Kids Book Index
Eileen Cook
After returning from Italy, a high school senior wakes in a hospital with no memory of the previous six weeks. She is accused of causing the car crash that killed her best friend. The missing period includes the accident itself, leaving her unable to recall what happened. The question of whether the crash was deliberate remains part of the mystery she faces.
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Every Hidden ThingKenneth OppelIn the nineteenth-century Badlands, Rachel and Samuel join their competing paleontologist fathers on a search for a huge dinosaur skeleton hidden in rock and sand. Samuel hopes the discovery, known in legend as Black Beauty, will make history for his father and perhaps change how his father sees him after he was expelled from school. The dinosaur hunt brings together scientific ambition, rivalries, and a romance between the children of the competing fathers.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Art of Not BreathingSarah AlexanderFive years after her twin brother Eddie drowned, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main is still trying to understand what occurred at the beach that day. Elsie, a Scottish teenager, confronts the sea and her family’s difficult past. Her brother disappeared at Rosemarkie Beach, and new images begin appearing to her, challenging what she thought she remembered. She searches for the truth about Eddie’s death.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
You Were HereCori McCarthyAfter graduation, five unlikely friends recount a summer of shared adventures in alternating narration. Jaycee’s daredevil brother, Jake, has died, and the anniversary leads her to his hideout in the ruins of an abandoned asylum. Her friends challenge her to confront buried parts of herself as the group works toward healing and forgiveness. Graphics and poems appear alongside the friends’ accounts.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details