Kids Book Index
Stacey Lee
A runaway enslaved girl and a Chinese American girl accused of murder disguise themselves as boys. They set out along the Oregon Trail, traveling together through danger and racism. A tragic accident has left the accused girl with nothing, and she broke the law in self-defense. Their journey joins a search for safety with dreams of a different future.
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One Thing StolenBeth KephartSeventeen-year-old Nadia lives in Florence, Italy, while her father is conducting research. During that year, she becomes increasingly withdrawn from her family and keeps secrets she cannot share. She begins stealing, and speaking becomes difficult because words seem distant to her. Nadia's troubling conduct leaves her family facing questions about what is causing this sudden disconnection. The novel traces a girl whose behavior changes while she is living abroad.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Heart and Other Black HolesJasmine WargaAysel lives with painful isolation: her mother struggles to look at her, classmates talk about her, and her father’s violent crime has shaken their small town. Feeling overwhelmed by this burden, she wants to disappear but doubts that she can carry out that decision alone. She and another teenager agree to a suicide pact. As they spend time together, love makes both of them reconsider the choice they had planned to make.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Untwine: A NovelEdwidge DanticatSixteen-year-old Giselle Boyer is inseparable from her identical twin, Isabelle, although their family is already coming apart. After a devastating car collision, Giselle awakens in hospital unable to speak, move, or ask what happened to her parents and twin. Unable to communicate, she revisits her past to understand how her friends, parents, and especially Isabelle have shaped her.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details