A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's
Peculiar Children; Book Four
“Having defeated the
monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is
back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma and
their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But
carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a
discovery of a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob's grandfather, Abe.
Clues to Abe's double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets
long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous
legacy he has inherited - truths that were part of him long before he walked
into Miss Peregrine's time loop.” –WorldCat
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
“It all starts when
six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to
listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for A Room to
Talk), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything
from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to
Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing
family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and
fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow
braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.” –Amazon
When Louise Wolfe's
boyfriend mocks Native people in front of her, she dumps him over e-mail. It's
her senior year and she'd rather spend her time working on the school
newspaper. In no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to
cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The Wizard
of Oz has been provoking backlash. –Summary
Losers Bracket by Chris Crutcher
“When it comes to family,
Annie is in the loser’s bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly),
her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many
times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back
into their drama. Love is like that. But when a family argument breaks out at
Annie’s swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who
can get him back. With help from her friends, her foster brother, and her
social service worker, Annie puts the pieces of the puzzle together, determined
to find her nephew and finally get him into a safe home.” –Amazon
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
“For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on ‘climbing boys’--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire.” –Amazon
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
“For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on ‘climbing boys’--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire.” –Amazon