Kids Book Index
Tommy Wallach
Four high school seniors’ lives cross paths as a meteor approaches Earth. It may pass by, but there is a 66.6 percent chance that it will strike the planet and destroy all life. With only two months potentially remaining, the four friends must decide how they want to spend that time. Their choices unfold under the pressure of a possible planetary catastrophe.
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First & ThenEmma MillsHigh school senior Devon Tennyson is content to watch Friday-night football from the bleachers, keep her feelings for her best friend Cas quiet, and avoid thinking about life after graduation. Her routine is disrupted when a foster brother arrives. He is an all-star football player, and his arrival turns Devon’s life upside down. The novel also draws on Jane Austen.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ink and AshesValynne E. MaetaniClaire’s father was once a gang member in Japan, though he later changed his life. Ten years after his death, that criminal history still affects Claire and her family. The story examines the continuing impact of a parent’s past on the people left behind, with Japan forming part of the family’s history. A glossary is included.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
What We SawAaron HartzlerA sexual assault at a high school party tests friendships and draws an entire town into controversy. The novel examines what happens in a small community after some residents commit a serious crime. It is inspired by events in the Steubenville rape case. The party at John Doone’s house is unclear in the memories of those involved, while questions of guilt and innocence become difficult to separate.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details