Kids Book Index
Kathleen Glasgow
Emory is a teenage girl trying to understand herself amid the effects of her brother’s addiction. Her town is affected by the opioid crisis, and the novel views that crisis through the sister of a struggling boy. Emory has spent her life being told who she is. The book examines addiction, family strain, identity, and the secrets within a small town.
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The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim CulturesChristian AllaireChristian Allaire explores fashion and beauty as forms of self-expression, representation, and cultural reclamation. Beginning with the ribbon shirt made for him by his mother and aunts, the book includes Indigenous designers and a range of topics: cosplay, modest dress and hijabs, natural and braided hair, Native hair, henna, men’s heeled shoes, and makeup for Black skin. Photographs, illustrations, definitions, quotations, and short explanatory sections accompany the profiles and topics throughout the book.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Rebel DaughterLori Banov KaufmannDuring the Roman siege of Jerusalem in the first century CE, Esther is the daughter of a high priest who resists traditional expectations for Jewish women. She wants more than the arranged marriage her parents have planned with a prosperous silversmith. Against the destruction of Jerusalem, Esther confronts loss, love, capture, and enslavement. Her story is rooted in family obligations and survival during a period of war and upheaval.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Your Corner DarkDesmond HallFrankie hopes to leave Jamaica and use his college scholarship in the United States. His plans change after his father is shot, making his longtime crush Leah’s invitation to a date seem far less important. Trying to save his father draws Frankie into his family’s criminal and political activities. The story follows the pressure he faces as family loyalty, violence, romance, and his hoped-for future collide.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details