Kids Book Index
Tahereh Mafi
Laylee is thirteen and works as a mordeshoor, caring for the dead by washing and preparing bodies for the Otherwhere. Villagers shun her, and the work has nearly exhausted her. When Alice and Oliver arrive, they want to help Laylee, but none of them knows exactly what help should look like. Their arrival interrupts a life shaped by exhausting work and rejection from the village. The novel is a companion to Furthermore.
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RestartGordon KormanAfter a concussion leaves Chase with amnesia, he must piece together who he was. Before his injury, he was known both as a sports star and as a bully. With no memory of that past, Chase faces decisions about the person he wants to become. His new path includes filmmaking and being a more generous friend, while the question of his earlier actions remains central.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 730LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Piecing Me TogetherRenée WatsonJade is an ambitious African American high school student attending a private school on scholarship. She misses her neighborhood friends and hopes for selection to an international volunteer trip, while her counselor encourages her to join a mentoring program for African American girls. Paired with an alumna and getting to know a classmate from school, Jade thinks more deeply about how others view her and her community. A denied opportunity and a nearby police assault intensify her frustration and disconnection.All readersLexile Text Measure 680LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Who’s That GirlBlair ThornburghSeventeen-year-old Nattie McCullough is a Latin student and member of her school’s gay-straight alliance. When Sebastian Delacroix, a singer she once had a crush on, returns to town with a hit song called “Natalie,” she wonders whether it is about her. Nattie searches for clues in the lyrics, Sebastian’s elusive texts, and their brief encounter the previous summer while public speculation about the song’s subject grows. Her first kiss with Sebastian lands her in the hospital.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details