Kids Book Index
McCullough, Joy; Illustrated by Maia Kobabe
From the author of the acclaimed Blood Water Paint, a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sister's rapist escapes with no prison time.Em Morales's older sister was raped by another student after a frat party.
Freedom SwimmerWai ChimA powerful story of friendship, bravery, and a desperate bid for freedom, inspired by true events.Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields.When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
PumpkinMurphy, JulieWaylon Brewer, aka Pumpkin—nicknamed for his bright red hair—is fat, gay, and biding his time in Clover City until his real life can begin after graduation, when Pumpkin and his twin sister, Clementine, who is lesbian, plan to attend community college in Austin.Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
All Our Hidden GiftsO’Donoghue, CarolineMaeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears.After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St.Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details