The setting is the near future in a downtrodden small town suffering the effects of global warming and economic disaster following the loss of the surrounding forests. It’s intentionally ugly and depressing with surreal fantasy . . . read more »
Although it is written with a light touch, this book hit me hard. I had not remembered that the southern suffragettes did not include formerly enslaved black women and certainly not Chinese women.They were not even . . . read more »
I loved this book about a feisty young woman who succeeds against so many odds. She is an Afro Latinx senior in high school, living in racially challenging Philadelphia with her 3 yr old daughter and . . . read more »
The book goes back and forth between reality and fantasy. The telling is inspired with crystalline images from the fantasy world and interesting historical details of Mozart’s time. I was fascinated by the main characters, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . . . read more »
CUB by Cynthia L. Copeland 2020In a slightly fictionalized graphic novel memoir the author likens middle school to a jungle with predators (mean and popular kids) and prey (all the other kids). She (the main . . . read more »
We have other books for kids on the Japanese internment camps during WWII. I bought this one because it is told (through interviews) in the voice of a child. A real 10 year old child who loved baseball, . . . read more »
By Zanib Mian, 2019 Three cheers for this wonderful book! I had to read it all at once; taking it all in one big gulp. Omar is a totally wacky fantastic believable kid who navigates . . . read more »
by Anna James, 2018 What a delightful book. It will be more fun if you have read Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland, and The Little Princess. Treasure Island too. It’s about readers who . . . read more »
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, 2020 This book is so important and so gether. “Drinking “this book down quickly like a refreshing glass of water, I realized how thirsty I was for a simple . . . read more »
By David Yoon 2019 I listened to this audiobook on cloudLibrary. It’s a coming of age story of Korean American high school seniors in Southern California. The parents have immigrated and worked hard to make . . . read more »
