Kids Book Index
Jennifer Gilmore
Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Stoller suddenly collapses, and an illness leads to hospitalization while doctors take time to determine its cause. During her stay, Lizzie meets Connor, a troubled boy whose injuries are described as internal. Their meeting becomes an unexpected source of comfort for Lizzie. The novel considers the painful effects of wounds that cannot be seen as readily as physical ones.
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Up to this PointeJennifer LongoSeventeen-year-old Harper Scott has planned to become a professional ballerina, but that dream falls apart. Devastated, she takes a job as a research assistant and spends the winter at McMurdo, a United States science station in Antarctica near the South Pole. The change gives her distance from the future she expected and time to consider other possibilities. Harper’s move from ballet to a science internship becomes an opportunity to reevaluate what she wants from the next stage of her life.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Sun Is Also a StarNicola YoonOver one consequential day, Natasha and Daniel meet by chance. Natasha has lived in the United States since she was eight with her Jamaican immigrant family and is trying to prevent their deportation. Daniel, whose parents immigrated from Korea, is on his way to a college-related interview for a medical career he does not want. The novel alternates between their viewpoints and also includes the histories of relatives and people they encounter, including a security guard and an immigration attorney.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL650LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When the Moon Was OursAnna-Marie McLemoreMiel and Sam have been friends since Miel appeared frightened and drenched in a field near a drained water tower. Miel is haunted by fragments of a past that includes family deaths, but is cared for by Aracely and supported by Sam. Miel knows that Sam, born Samira, lives as a boy; his mother’s Pakistani heritage names this practice bacha posh, but Sam’s identity is enduring. Four sisters called the Bonner Girls also shape the town’s strange, magical world.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details