Kids Book Index
Kate A. Boorman
Liv and Jory, teenage siblings, narrate in alternating viewpoints. Liv is a former beauty queen, while Jory has a facial deformity. Their parents vanish just before a verdict is due in Liv’s emancipation lawsuit. The siblings set out to find them. Their search unfolds alongside questions about memory, time, and what it takes to establish the truth when the consequences may be life or death.
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Thirteen Doorways: Wolves behind Them AllLaura RubySet in 1941, this novel brings together two young women, one living and one dead, during World War II. Frankie and her sister live in a Chicago orphanage after their mother’s death and their father’s departure. The nuns running the institution subject the girls to cruelty. At the same orphanage, a ghost seeks closure. Loss, desire, and the vulnerability of the American dream shape the parallel lives.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
How to Make Friends with the DarkKathleen GlasgowSixteen-year-old Tiger is left alone after her mother dies suddenly. Her mother never spoke about Tiger’s father, and Tiger has no grandparents, aunts, or uncles to turn to. With the family connections she might have relied on absent, her belongings are packed into a suitcase and she is moved into foster care. The novel follows Tiger as her ordinary life is overturned by bereavement, isolation, and an abrupt change of home.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When the Ground Is HardMalla NunnAdele, a sixteen-year-old biracial girl, attends a boarding school in 1965 Swaziland, where students whose families pay tuition receive preferential treatment. A wealthy new arrival pushes her out of her friend group, and she shares a room with Lottie, a poor student of Zulu heritage. Adele initially resents Lottie’s manners and confrontational response to snubs but comes to value her fearlessness. The disappearance of Lottie’s friend Darnell, who has a developmental disability, becomes increasingly important as Adele tries to understand why her mother left the village where she grew up.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details