Kids Book Index
Whitney Gardner
Julia, a Deaf graffiti artist, covers a slur directed at her best friend with an unauthorized mural at the Kingston School for the Deaf. After another student reports her, she is expelled and sent to a suburban mainstream school, where she is the only Deaf student. Art remains central to her life there, but someone begins painting over her work, leaving Julia to discover who is doing it.
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The Pain EaterBeth GoobieMaddy Malone has kept silent about being raped by boys at her school. Although she initially wanted desperately to tell someone, shame and intimidation leave her trying to conceal what happened. At the start of a new school year, she attempts to push away the memories through self-inflicted cuts and cigarette burns. The story follows Maddy as she gradually begins to confront the pain she has tried to bury and deal with its aftermath.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dreadnought (Nemesis series)April DanielsFifteen-year-old Danny Tozer is transgender and struggling with that part of her life when the dying Dreadnought gives her his powers. Suddenly, Danny has inherited the abilities of the world’s greatest superhero. She must use those powers in battles against the nemeses Utopia and Sovereign. This first series installment combines Danny’s personal struggle with a superhero conflict centered on the legacy and powers of Dreadnought.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
10 Things I Can See from HereCarrie MacMaeve lives with severe anxiety and often prepares herself for disasters, imagining the worst and mentally composing obituaries. When her mother leaves for six months, Maeve moves to Vancouver to live with her father, bringing fresh worries and a major change in her daily life. There she meets Salix, a local girl whose lack of worry contrasts with Maeve’s experience, and Maeve finds moments of calm amid her anxiety.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL560LATOS Book Level 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details