Partly Cloudy

Stargazing

Love Like Sky

Violet in Bloom: A Flower Power Book

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gifted

Wishing Day

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood

Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn’t know where he fits in. His strict Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend Henry has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer.

Tired, isolated, scared—Evan’s only escape is drawing in an abandoned church that feels as lonely as he is. And, yes, he kissed one guy over the summer. But it’s his best friend Henry who’s now proving to be irresistible. It’s Henry who suddenly seems interested in being more than friends. And it’s Henry who makes him believe that he’s more than his mother’s harsh words and terrifying abuse. But as things with Henry heat up, and his mother’s abuse escalates, Evan has to decide how to find his voice in a world where he has survived so long by avoiding attention at all costs.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Partly Cloudy

Tanita S. Davis, 2021

Stargazing

Alex Kuskowski, 2015

Love Like Sky

Leslie C. Youngblood, 2018

Violet in Bloom: A Flower Power Book

Lauren Myracle, 2010

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers

Folami Abiade, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dinah Johnson, Various Poets, 1997

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gifted

Marilyn Kaye, 2009

Wishing Day

Lauren Myracle, Julie McLaughlin, 2016

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood

Tameka Fryer Brown, Shane Evans, 2013