Gr. 7-12 ***Starred Review*** Fifteen-year-old Amandla has always set her sights on leaving Sugar Town, a slum outside Durban, South…
The Pick-Up by Miranda Kenneally
Gr. 8-12 Rising senior Mari is excited to be in Chicago at her dad’s for the weekend. She’s going to…
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibilities by Rajika Bhandari
A Ph.D.’s Memoir Champions a U.S. Education https://indiacurrents.com/america-calling-a-ph-ds-memoir-champions-a-u-s-education/ Each fall, thousands of students arrive with dreams and two suitcases each,…
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash
Shout Out! Imagine hearing an airplane land in a nearby small airport in the middle of the night, knowing that’s…
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Gr. 4-8 ***Starred Review*** Introspective and instructive, the inimitable Snicket returns with a philosophical and nearly stream-of-consciousness tale about learning…
Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman
Born in a Pandemic, a Children’s Novel Tackles the Broken Justice System In 2013, multi-award-winning author Padma Venkatraman read an…
Playing a Dangerous Game by Patrick Ochieng
Gr. 6-9 In the 1970s, 10-year-old Lumush lives with his family in Railway Estates in Kenya. A recent transfer to…
Maybe We’re Electric by Val Emmich
Gr. 9-12 Tegan has a limb difference. Born with a hand having only two fingers, she’s been made to feel…
Pretty Rude for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott
Gr. 7-11 (Sequel to Pretty Funny for a Girl) Fifteen-year-old comedy novice Haylah Swinton loves her big self, has faith…
How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
Gr. 9-12 Sinclair Prep on New York City’s Upper West Side is home to the brainiest students from the area’s…
