Kids Book Index
Rosiee Thor
2026 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers title Your friends gather around the table, character sheets at the ready. You dive into the fantasy: a dark dungeon crawling with enemies, the journey promising wealth or ruin, victory or defeat.
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal StoriesCynthia Leitich SmithPrintz Award Winner American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee…Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Under the Light of FirefliesLee SandersStill reeling from the loss of his father in a suspicious tragedy, Noah is in a tragedy of his own—one that results in another inexplicable death, this time leaving Noah to suffer from severe amnesia.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present DayAlex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett, illustrated by Alex L. Combs and Andrew EakettDeeply researched, highly readable, and featuring a broad range of voices.What does “trans” mean, and what does it mean to be trans? Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures ranging from the controversial Roman emperor Elagabalus to the swashbuckling seventeenth-century conquistador…Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details