Teen Reads: Fiction Set in Japan
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Teen Reads: Fiction Set in Japan

  Flame in the mist – Ahdieh, Renée The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born…

Get To Know:  Markus Zusak
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Get To Know: Markus Zusak

QUICK FACTS@ Markus Zusak Genre: YA/Realistic Fiction/Historical Fiction/ Born and currently lives in Sydney Australia with wife and children New York Times Best Seller Author Has won numerous literary awards His novel The Book Thief was made into movie The book thief – Zusak, Markus. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its…

Schools and Libraries Will Have 45 Days to Apply for the $7.17 Billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Financial Support (FCC)
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Schools and Libraries Will Have 45 Days to Apply for the $7.17 Billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Financial Support (FCC)

“On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced schools and libraries can now begin to file applications for the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, the agency’s latest effort to connect Americans.” (FCC)

El aporte de la inteligencia artificial … a las sociedades del conocimiento / Derecho a la Igualdad (UNESCO)
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El aporte de la inteligencia artificial … a las sociedades del conocimiento / Derecho a la Igualdad (UNESCO)

“Hay muchos motivos para ser precavidos y no confiar tanto en los algoritmos como árbitros finales de las decisiones, ya que, en el mejor de los casos, solo proporcionan perspectivas útiles. Cualquier reclamo de justicia de los algoritmos debe calificarse por el hecho de que el proceso de toma de decisiones algorítmica tiene dos elementos clave: i) programadores humanos que toman decisiones críticas para enmarcar el problema y la validez del resultado, y ii) datos que pueden representar sesgos históricos, tergiversar grupos o no representarlos en absoluto.” (UNESCO)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix  (Rebecca Jeffrey Easby)
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix (Rebecca Jeffrey Easby)

“Beata Beatrix is one of many portraits of beautiful women painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the last two decades of his life. During this time, Rossetti created many pictures of his favorite models luxuriously dressed in Renaissance-looking costumes and jewelry, often without the story or content associated with his earlier paintings, such as Ecce Ancilla Domini.” (R. J. Easby)

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Read Your Sign: Cancer

The Crab is a Water Sign so they can be a bit unpredictable. Those born under the Cancer sign are sensitive, empathetic, sometimes insecure, and very intuitive. We chose books that explore these qualities and the watery depths of this sign. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – An exquisite ode that sensitive Cancers will…