Child fiction book. In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on the train that would have taken her to the boat back to New York. Consequently, she must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance. Grade: 3+
Child fiction book. In 1942 13-year-olds Izzy and Matt become trapped on an Japanese-occupied Aleutian island when the rest of the American population is evacuated and must survive on their own for the duration of World War II. Grade 3+
Child e-book, and audiobook on CD. During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. Grade: 5+
Child fiction large print book. In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America. Grade: 4+
Child fiction book. When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive. Grade: 4+
Child fiction book, e-book, audiobook on CD, and e-audiobook. Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop's search for work lands the family on a rundown farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read, and doesn't know much about the country. Times are hard in the city, but times are hard in the country too, and the school and library are closed. When Pop gets work near Canada, he has to leave the children on the farm alone for two months, but Rachel's the oldest, and she'll make sure they're all right. Somehow. Grade: 4+
Child fiction book, and e-audiobook. During World War II, after moving with her parents to Willow Run, Michigan, when her father gets a job in the B-24 bomber-building factory, eleven-year-old Meggie learns about different kinds of bravery from all of the people around her. Grade: 4+
- This biography is of George Washington Carver who was born a slave in the 1860s in Missouri, a state that allowed slavery and didn't allow slaves to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first Black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first Black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture. In fact, Carver went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts.
- Target Audience: Ages 8 - 12
Presents the life of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India, and teaching others to respect life.
This biography of Napoleon Bonaparte presents the life of the military genius who rose to power during the French Revolution and who crowned himself Emperor of the French in 1804 until 1814, again in 1815 and attacked France's neighhbors to establish a European empire until eventually being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Child fiction book. Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive. Grade: 3+
In 1918, fourteen-year-old Daisy's family has fallen on hard times. Her sister Elsie's fiance was recently deployed to fight in World War I, and her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the U.S. entrance into the war. When the Spanish Flu arrives in her small town in Minnesota, Daisy tries to shield her loved ones from the devastating illness. As the influenza pandemic sweeps through the nation, can Daisy protect those closest to home? Featuring nonfiction support material, a glossary, and reader response questions, this Girls Survive story takes readers to one of history's most important moments.
Girls Volume 9
- In 1919 Boston, an orphaned eighth-grade girl, Leah, plans to head west to become a cowboy until the giant tank of molasses in her neighborhood explodes. Series: Girls Survive
Schedules, bills, errands, the dying water heater in the basement--sometimes running away from it all is a huge temptation. In a wise, wonderful novel that's as sweet, tart, and refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day, you'll meet a couple of dear friends who actually take the plunge. Luckily, they've got the best safety net two women could have--each other. Every day in her busy Wisconsin beauty salon, Eve's clients trust her with their hair and their hearts. Unattached and not unhappy about it, she chugs along through life, fueled by coffee, gossip, and the daily round of split-end crises and dye disasters--until long-time client Ruby proposes something completely wild. Maybe it's the perm fumes, but she wants Eve to drop everything and move with her to a rambling, dilapidated cottage way up north at the lake. What's even crazier is that Eve agrees. . . The lure of escaping their ordinary lives for total freedom is too tempting to ignore, although neither one of them expects it to come with a barn full of cobwebs, an eccentric cast of local characters, and a brand-new business to run. The difference is, bare feet, good food--not to mention the time to make it--and the serene beauty of the lake in their front yard make facing each new challenge a lot more fun. If life is what you make of it, Eve and Ruby are bound and determined to make it fabulous. . . Collapse title description text
Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.
Child Fiction:
When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.
In 1861, Grace, a runaway, and Flor, a stagecoach robber, join forces to thwart a plan by the Confederate Army in the New Mexico Territory.
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. For age 8-12
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all. Age: 9-12.
Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt out of sex altogether. Age: 9-11.
Adult nonfiction book. The poet Nikki Giovanni pays homage to gatherings of friends, family and lovers where at the center is food as sustenance, as aphrodisiac and as memory. Age: Adult
Child picture book. There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, celebrated in this gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni. Selected by illustrator Ashley Bryan, who adds a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. Age: 4-8.
Child Nonfiction:
This picture book version of Rosa Parks shows her peaceful act of civil disobedience in the work for Civil Rights.
Child nonfiction book. The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Age: 6-10.
Child nonfiction book. The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Age: 6-10.
Child fiction book, e-book, audiobook on CD and e-audiobook. In the late 1860s in the Texas hill country, a big yellow dog and a fourteen-year-old boy form a close, loving relationship. Grade: 5+
Child nonfiction book. Reading about Basha's life with her parents is an introduction to the lifestyle and customs of the Hmong tribes of the northern Vietnam. Age: 7+
Adult nonfiction book. “A polemic on the state of black America that argues that we don't yet live in a post-racial society"-- Provided by publisher. Age: Adult.
In the small town of Lawton, Alabama, high school senior Ryker, a player on and off the football field, falls in love with a deaf girl who lives with her overprotective twin brother and bigoted father.
Mike explores the world of outdoor recreation and discovers a new side of himself.
- Fifteen-year-old Maddie dreams of entering an art contest where first prize is an all-expense paid trip to New York City, but when her mom decides to start an organic farming business, Maddie is furious and sure she will never find the inspiration she needs to win the contest.
Child fiction book, e-book and e-audiobook. In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are affected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying. Grade: 6+
Lucy Katz, Maddie Li, and Delia Meyer team up to compete in ValleyStart, a prestigious high school tech incubator competition for a dream internship in the male-dominated world of tech.
Child Nonfiction:
Tells the story of how Billie Holiday and songwriter Abel Meeropol combined their talents to create, "Strange Fruit," the iconic protest song that brought attention to lynching and racism in America.
"Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jane the Virgin, this immediately accessible and irresistibly fun #ownvoices rom-com debut will spin readers into an unforgettable summer of late-night dancing, broken hearts, second chances, and telenovela twists. Carmen Aguilar just wants to make her happily ever after come true. Except apparently "happily ever after" for Carmen involves being stuck in an unpaid summer internship. Now she has to perform as a party princess! In a ball gown. During the summer. In Miami. Fine. Except that's only the first misfortune in what's turning out to a summer of Utter Disaster. But if Carmen can manage dancing in the blistering heat, fending off an oh-so-unfortunately attractive ex, and stopping her spoiled cousin from ruining her own quinceañera-Carmen might just get that happily ever after-after all."
"The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang--a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette's first love...and first betrayal. But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns--and grudges--aside and work together, for if they can't stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule."
"Ollie never expected his summer fling with unbearably sweet Will to survive after vacation, but when his family decides to stay in North Carolina, he lets himself hope. Those hopes are crushed when he learns that the guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High."
Child picture book. A touching and lyrical picture book about a parent who encourages their child to find joy and pride in all aspects of their multicultural identity. Age: 4+
This body positive book is a powerful opportunity for a supportive adult and child to see a wide range of bodies, understand the origins of the current binary gender system, how we can learn from nature to see the truth that has always existed and re-vision a new story that includes room for all bodies and genders. The Gender Wheel offers a queer-centric, holistic framework of radical gender inclusion in a kid-friendly way for the budding activists who will change our world. Age: 7-10.
In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been.
Pronouns serve as a familiar starting point for kids and grown-ups to expand ideas about gender and celebrate personal expression with fun imagery that provides a place to meet and play. Age: 3-8.
Child picture book. Written with Spanish and English. Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market. Age: 4-8.
Child fiction book. It is 1941 and four young people--Madge, Joe, Kiku, and Walt--happen to meet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon they are caught up in a search for a book of legends about King Arthur. The book is hidden in the museum, and Nazi spies are using it to send coded messages to each other. If the four can find it, they'll be able to prevent disaster. Grade: 4+
With full-color cartoons and humorous, kid-friendly text, this Laugh & Learn title teaches readers how to safely stand up against bullying, support other kids who are targeted, and spread the word that bullying is not cool. For ages 8-12
In need of a break from his wildly successful clothing design business, Archie the fashionable dog packs for a vacation at the beach, then keeps thinking of more items to bring until his suitcase is bursting at the seams.
Child fiction book. During Holly and Ivy's annual month-long visit at the family's New Hampshire lake house in 1965, the distance that seems to be growing between the thirteen-year-old cousins fades when they accidentally uncover hints of a family secret dating back to World War II. Grade: 5+
Child fiction book. Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker's daughter, tries to maintain her close friendship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist official, as pre-Revolutionary War tensions in 1773 Boston increase and push them apart. Grade: 4+
When his older sister encourages him to ask someone to the prom, things do not go as planned and Nolan ends up fake dating a guy who used to bully him.
Junior year is going to be the best ever for slacker Mike until he loses his girlfriend, gets roped into school activities, and becomes totally confused about his sexual orientation after sharing a drunken kiss with a guy.
- When Tommy gets a chance to be in a special martial arts show, he must learn to focus or risk losing like he has been doing.