Kids Book Index
Ashlee Latimer
Five months after killing a witch to save her brother Hansel, Gretel is still haunted by memories of that violence. Hansel is increasingly like their father, while Gretel is trapped in a society of balls and nobles who scorn her family’s new wealth. Her father intends to marry her to an elderly man for financial gain. Gretel flees a ball and meets Prince Wilfried, who offers a possible answer to her situation.
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Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, TheAnna FiteniSabrina Parry lives in a Welsh mining town and tries to keep her job while helping secure a future for her sickly sister, Ceridwen. When Ceridwen disappears into the woods, leaving an iron ring behind, Sabrina enters Eu Gwald, or fairyland, to search for her. The place is more dangerous than she expected, and a fae prince offers assistance in exchange for a risky bargain. Sabrina learns that such bargains exact a price.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
LeapSimina PopescuThis debut graphic novel is set at a performing-arts boarding school in Bucharest, Romania. Dancers Ana and Carina pursue their ambitions while navigating friendship, first love, and queerness in a conservative city. Ana has studied contemporary dance since childhood but no longer feels committed to it. Her attention is on Carina, an ambitious ballerina who fears being outed, keeping their relationship hidden. The girls question whether the future they have worked toward is still the one they want.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
World Inside, TheJan FieldsTamika Warren expects a difficult summer after her friends leave for Paris and her mother criticizes her. When her great-aunt Lati falls into a coma, Tamika travels with her mother to Virginia to ready Lati’s farmhouse for her return. The house is said to be haunted and is filled with landscapes painted by Lati. An artist herself, Tamika wants to know her great-aunt, but the paintings begin reacting to her presence and pointing toward troubling secrets.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details