Kids Book Index
Stephanie Kuehn
Written by Stephanie Kuehn, the book brings Dani and Camila together as roommates at the Peach Tree Hills treatment facility. The rural Georgia facility is described as beautiful. At first, neither expects to get along with the other or believes getting better is possible. Their relationship unfolds alongside recovery and the possibility of finding one's people in an unexpected place.
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Hell Followed With UsAndrew Joseph WhiteSixteen-year-old Benji, a trans boy, flees the fundamentalist cult that raised him. The sect has brought about an apocalypse that devastates the population, and it has infected Benji with a bioweapon. While trying to find somewhere beyond the cult’s reach, he is pursued through a world changed by its destruction. When monsters corner him, a group of teens from the Acheson LGBTQ+ Center rescues him.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
If Anything Happens I Love YouWill McCormack, Michael Govier, illustrated by Youngran NhoRose watches from above as her parents slowly break down under the pain of their loss. Her soul tries to help them reconnect. The story presents human connection as a response to unimaginable loss, following the emotional distance between Rose’s parents and Rose’s continuing effort to bring them back together.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
What’s Coming to MeFrancesca PadillaWhat’s Coming to Me concerns a girl who needs money after being kicked out of school and left stranded during her mother’s latest hospitalization. She wants to escape the dead-end hometown where she is stuck. The book’s circumstances bring together financial need, exclusion from school, a parent’s hospitalization, and the hope of leaving an unpromising place.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details