My Dark Vanessa is the debut novel from Kate Elizabeth Russell. It is the story of a predatory teacher who flatters, manipulates, and grooms a troubled teenaged student into a sexual relationship. This novel spans seventeen years of the victim’s life – from age fifteen to thirty-two.
Weedflower is a historical fiction novel for middle school readers by Cynthia Kadohata, the Newbery Award winning author of Kira-Kira. Weedflower is the story of a young Japanese-American girl and her struggles with loss, loneliness, war, racism, and life in an internment camp during the World War II era.
Day of Tears, Julius Lester (1939-2018) is a historical fiction novel for teens and tweens, based on actual events. On March 2nd and 3rd of 1859, the largest and most devastating slave auction in American history was held in Savannah, Georgia.