Kids Book Index
Isabel Ibañez
After Atoc uses an ancient object to call up ghosts and expel the Illustrians from La Ciudad, Ximena’s people have lost their home. The ruler who displaced the king seeks the deposed princess’s hand in return for hostages. Ximena, a warrior, offers to take the princess’s place. The book also includes a map and a glossary of Spanish and Quechua.
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Making Friends with Alice DysonPoppy NwosuAlice Dyson expects to spend her final year of high school quietly focused on textbooks and homework, following her parents' expectations. That plan changes when she forms an unexpected friendship with Teddy Taualai, a student regarded as a school outcast. The novel follows Alice as this connection shifts the way she approaches senior year and her own sense of self. Rumors, friendship, and the tension between expectations and change shape her story.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Surprising Power of a Good DumplingWai ChimAnna Chiu is a Chinese immigrant living in Australia whose mother has worsening mental illness. Anna must also manage academic pressure at school and help with the busy restaurant that supports her family. The novel follows an Asian immigrant family as Anna carries responsibilities at home, at work, and in school while coping with her mother's condition. Family life, food, work, and mental health are closely connected in Anna's experience.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
You Know I’m No GoodJessie Ann FoleySeventeen-year-old Mia is sent to a residential program for troubled teens after striking her stepmother. Before arriving, she has been getting poor grades, drinking heavily, and navigating sexual relationships she feels may have gone too far. At the facility, Mia begins a difficult process of recovery and developing greater awareness of herself. The novel centers her experience as she confronts the consequences of her actions and works toward understanding her life more clearly.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details