Oh, Brother!

On the Wings of Heroes

Right as Rain

Red, White, and Whole

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

While I Was Away

Ruby on the Outside

Family secrets cut to the bone in this mesmerizing debut novel about a teen whose drug-addicted brother is the prodigal son one time too many.

There is a pecking order to every family. Seventeen-year old Clare is the overprotected baby; Peter is the typical, rebellious middle child; and Luke is the oldest, the can’t-do-wrong favorite. To their mother, they are a normal, happy family.

To Clare, they are a family on the verge of disaster. Clare: the ambitious striver; Peter: the angry ticking time bomb; and Luke: a drug-addicted convicted felon who has been in and out of jail for as long as Clare can remember—and who has always been bailed out by their parents.

Clare loves Luke, but life as his sister hasn’t been easy. And when he comes home (again), she wants to believe this time will be different (again). Yet when the truths behind his arrests begin to surface, everything Clare knows is shaken to its core. And then Luke is arrested. Again.

Except this time is different, because Clare’s mom does the unthinkable on Luke’s behalf, and Clare has to decide whether turning her back on family is a selfish act…or the only way to keep from drowning along with them.

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Oh, Brother!

Nikki Grimes, Mike Benny, 2007

On the Wings of Heroes

Richard Peck, 2007

Right as Rain

Lindsey Stoddard, 2019

Red, White, and Whole

Rajani Larocca, 2021

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say

Angela Dominguez, 2018

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

Christina Salinas Castillo, 2023

While I Was Away

Waka T. Brown, 2021

Ruby on the Outside

Nora Raleigh Baskin, 2015