The Summer Olympics! As exciting a sports event as the world can imagine. Stoke that Olympic flame in your spirit with true stories and memoirs from Olympic athletes. Nonfiction: Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany – Andrew Maranniss The true story…
Summer is here and we have plenty of new books to pick from! Not sure what to read next? Try one of these books out and see if you find your next favorite! Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney From Little Tokyo, With…
Jason Reynolds Genre: YA/Realistic Fiction Born: Washington DC Used rap music as inspirations to write poetry at 9 years old Read his first novel at 17 years old Graduated from the University of Maryland in English Was named Library of Congress’ national ambassador for young people’s literature in January 2020 Star of “Write.Right.Rite” series where…
QUICK FACTS@ Sarah Dessen Genre: YA/Realistic Fiction/Romance Born in Illinois – Both of her parents were English professors She was a waitress at the famous Flying Burrito Restaurant She quit her job teaching English at the University of North Carolina after she published her first book That summer-Dessen, Sarah. For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing…
Flygirl – Smith, Sherri L. Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn’t stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy’s gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her. When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates…
Graphic Novels and Manga: Fiction: Nonfiction: Classics: The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett -The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were…
