Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom

The Red Pencil

Daniel's Gift

Stink

Vietnam

The Diamond Girls

Joey Goes to the Oberland (Chalet School)

Twisted

It’s senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she is mourning the loss of her father. She finds solace in the one person she trusts, her boyfriend, and she soon finds herself pregnant. Kenzie’s boyfriend and mother do not understand her determination to keep the baby. She is sent to southern Spain for the summer, where she will live out her pregnancy as a cook’s assistant on a bull ranch, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple.

Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. She begins to open her eyes and her heart to the beauty that is all around her and inside of her.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom

Chloe Bristol, Beth Kephart, 2023

The Red Pencil

Shane W. Evans, Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2014

Daniel's Gift

Helldorfer, M.C. Helldorfer, 1987

Stink

Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds, 2005

Vietnam

Emily Rose Oachs, 2018

The Diamond Girls

Jacqueline Wilson, 2004

Joey Goes to the Oberland (Chalet School)

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, 1954

Twisted

R.L. Stine, 1987