Author at a Glance: Jason Reynolds Grew up in Washington, DC Loves hip-hop music. His love of reading was first inspired by reading the lyrics from Queen Latifah’s album Black Reign Read his first book cover to cover at 17 years old Has BA in English from the University of Maryland, College Park He is…
Book Overview Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalist in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills bag”. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and…
Book Overview Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will…
Washington D.C. native Tracy Chevalier always felt like “the outsider” growing up in the United States. Even after living in England over 25 years, she still feels like an outsider. In regards to writing she says, “…you need to be an outsider to write” Spending more time in music than in writing, Chevalier planned to…
Tuesday, July 10, at 2p.m. in the Boardroom Are you looking for a brand new kind of book club? We think we have something you’ll enjoy. Instead of all reading the same book and then discussing, you get to do it your way … Read a book or an article, listen to a podcast or…
…ever wonder what famous people do when they are not out being famous? The originator of all things The Game of Thrones gave his top book pics to the New York Public Library as part of their #ReadingIsLit campaign. He actually gave them two lists; we have combined them. If you are interested in seeing both…
