Kids Book Index
Cath Crowley
Rachel returns to the hometown she once shared with Henry Jones after her brother’s drowning. Grief has made her withdraw from life and fail senior year. In an old bookstore, she and Henry work amid hidden matters, old memories, crushes, and love letters. Their connection is revisited as Rachel faces feelings connected to both loss and love, while the bookstore holds its own secrets.
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Strange the DreamerLaini TaylorLazlo Strange is an orphaned librarian in the world of Zosma who dreams of finding the lost city of Weep. His search takes him on an expedition to the mysterious city, where he discovers that it holds more than he expected. In Weep, godspawn and ghosts remain after humans nearly eradicated them centuries earlier. The novel follows Lazlo’s pursuit of truth in a fantasy world shaped by a haunting past.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL820LATOS Book Level 6.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
This Impossible LightLily MyersWritten as a sequence of poems, the novel follows fifteen-year-old Ivy as stress accumulates around her changing body, her parents’ divorce, and growing distance from her best friend. Her mother’s depression is another part of the family’s situation. Under these pressures, Ivy develops an eating disorder. The book centers her struggles with body image and self-worth while tracing the emotional effects of family change and loss of connection.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
You Bring the Distant NearMitali PerkinsThree generations of Bengali American women tell this family story. Ranee and her daughters, Tara and Sonia, arrive in the United States in the 1970s after living in Ghana and London. Tara, who loves acting, tries to fit into American life, while Sonia pursues reading, writing, racial politics, and the women’s movement. In the next generation, their teenage daughters Anna and Chantal are also finding their own paths. The novel moves among India, London, Queens, and New Jersey.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details