Kids Book Index
Francesca Padilla
What’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.
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Ballad & DaggerDaniel José OlderBallad & Dagger is an urban fantasy by Daniel José Older in which two teenagers come to know one another while fighting for their diaspora community. Nearly sixteen years earlier, Mateo Matisse’s island homeland disappeared beneath the sea. The book is presented by Rick Riordan and includes magic connected to deep traditions. Mateo’s lost homeland forms part of the novel’s premise.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Crimson ReignAmélie Wen ZhaoCrimson Reign concludes the Blood Heir trilogy in an epic fantasy retelling of the Anastasia story. Princess Anastacya Mikhailov, known as the Red Tigress, has lost her blood Affinity after it was taken during a battle in Bregon. The stolen power is now held by Sorsha Farrald, a dangerous Affinite traveling toward Cyrilia and Ana’s aunt, Empress Morganya. Ana must join with a con man as she seeks to free her empire from terror.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Always JaneJenn BennettThe daughter of a chauffeur becomes involved in a romantic triangle with the two sons of her employer’s wealthy next-door neighbors. Her summer plans are disrupted by love and by Fen Sarafian. Set among neighboring households with unequal wealth, the story places the chauffeur’s daughter between two brothers while romance changes the course of her summer. It is a love story shaped by families, neighbors, and a three-person romantic conflict.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details