The Library @ AHS - Three+ Books About

The Library @ AHS

Three+ Books About

Books about superheroes...

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Miles Morales comes to terms with his new identity as Spider Man.

*Available on cloudLibrary

Batman: Nightwalker

18-year-old Bruce Wayne gets stuck doing community service at Arkham Asylum. Can he survive inmate Madeline Wallace's tense game of intrigue and deception to bring down the Nightwalkers?

*Available on cloudLibrary

Black Panther: The Young Prince

T'Challa is sent from Wakanda to Chicago where he must assimilate into American life. Hiding his true identity becomes increasingly difficult when strange things start happening at his middle school. Can the future superhero stop an ancient evil before his time?

*Available on cloudLibrary

Catwoman: Soulstealer

Selina Kyle coming-of-age as Catwoman!

*Available on cloudLibrary

Books about race, racism, and anti-racism...

This Book is Anti-Racist

Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and Me

*Available in cloudLibrary

March

Non-fiction graphic novel

All American Boys

*Available in cloudLibrary

Four Hundred Souls

Dear Martin

*Available in cloudLibrary

Books about immigration, refugees, and the immigrant experience

Frankly in Love

*Available in cloudLibrary

American Like Me

Come On In

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Latehomecomer

*Available in cloudLibrary

We Are Here to Stay

Almost American Girl

(graphic novel)

We Are Not From Here

A gut-wrenching story of three Guatemalan teenagers caught in the web of a local gang. Desperate to seek a way out, they flee for the United States and face a perilous journey across Mexico.

This book brought a deeply affecting and realistic human perspective to the United States' oft-headlined immigration issue. Months after reading, I still think about Pulga, Pequena, and Chico, the dire circumstances that pushed them to leave their home, and the unfathomable dangers of their attempted escape.

*cloudLibrary audiobook recommended!

Tell Me How It Ends

Sanctuary

*Available in cloudLibrary

Dream Country

*Available in cloudLibrary

When Stars are Scattered

(graphic novel)

Books about criminal justice

Just Mercy

*Available in cloudLibrary

This is Not My America

*Available in cloudLibrary

Punching the Air

*Available in cloudLibrary

The New Jim Crow

*Available in cloudLibrary

Moonrise

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear

Books that take place Senior year (or shortly thereafter)...

American Panda

A freshman at MIT, Mei must reconcile her parents' expectations with her own dreams for the future.

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Solo

A revealed family secret sends Blade on a mission to rediscover his past, and himself.

*Available in cloudLibrary

What I Carry

Muir has just one year left before she ages out of foster care. As she grows closer to her new foster mom, friendships, and a new love, Muir fights the urge to flee the closest thing she's ever had to a home.

*Available in cloudLibrary

Boy21

An unlikely friendship helps Finley and Russ come to terms with the tragedies of their pasts.

*Available in cloudLibrary

Frankly in Love

A forbidden love, college applications and SAT exams, and a family illness weigh on Frank Li's Senior year...

*Available in cloudLibrary

Auto-boyography

With four months left of Senior year, Tanner falls for the wrong guy...

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Books about basketball...

Boy21

Super engaging story about the lives of Finley and Russ, two seemingly-opposite kids from very different backgrounds whose lives come together their final year of high school. Their unlikely friendship helps both boys come to terms with the tragedies of their pasts.

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The Crossover

I loved this novel-in-verse about twin brothers whose life is basketball. It is a story about family and brotherhood and coming to grips with their father's declining health.

*Available on cloudLibrary

After the Shot Drops

This one is on my "To-Read" list. "A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family."

*Available on cloudLibrary

Michael Jordan: The Life

"The definitive biography of the most legendary basketball player of all time...Drawing on personal relationships with Jordan's coaches; countless interviews with friends, teammates, family members, and Jordan himself..."

*Available on cloudLibrary

Three books about food...

With the Fire On High

Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef.

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Music of What Happens

Opposites attract between two Arizona teens running a food truck. As their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Way You Make Me Feel

Heartwarming and funny story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck.

*Available in cloudLibrary

Three books about running...

Track series, including Ghost

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Running Dream

*Available in cloudLibrary

A Heart in a Body in the World

When her anxiety is triggered at Dick's Drive-In, Annabelle "takes off like a bolt of lightning." She starts running from the neighborhood near her Seattle home and calls her mom to say she won't stop running until she reaches Washington, DC. Soon after, Annabelle is met by her grandfather who will shadow Annabelle in his RV. She runs the distance of a marathon each day, and each day she is haunted by grief, flashbacks of "The Taker," and her near-debilitating anxiety and panic attacks. When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?

*cloudLibrary audiobook recommended!

Three books about mental health...

Darius the Great is Not Okay

Sequel coming soon!

*Available in cloudLibrary

We Are Okay

*Available in cloudLibrary

Brave Face

*Available in cloudLibrary

Turtles All the Way Down

*Available in cloudLibrary

Three books about music...

On the Come Up

*Available in cloudLibrary

Solo

*Available in cloudLibrary

Spin

Three books written as letters/diaries...

Dear Martin

Justyce McAllister is smart and driven with a big bright future ahead of him when he becomes the victim of racial profiling.

*Available in cloudLibrary

Monster

Written in diary format. *Available in cloudLibrary.

House Arrest

Novel in verse

The Diary of a Young Girl

Four books about game-based survival...

Nerve

The Hunger Games

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Calling

Panic

Books about identity, 'otherness,' and the struggle to fit in...

I Was Their American Dream

Engaging graphic novel exploring identity, family, immigration, and the American Dream.

*Available in cloudLibrary

Eleanor and Park

*Available in cloudLibrary

Genesis Begins Again

*Available in cloudLibrary

Mexican Whiteboy

*Available in cloudLibrary

Books about historical events...

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

*Available in cloudLibrary

Loving vs. Virginia

*Available in cloudLibrary

Fever 1793

*Available in cloudLibrary

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Three novels-in-verse...

The Poet X

*Available in cloudLibrary

Solo

*Available in cloudLibrary

Moonrise

*Available in cloudLibrary

Loving vs. Virginia

Three books about human-environment interaction...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

*Available in cloudLibrary

Dry

*Available in cloudLibrary

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Four Newbery Award winners...

The Giver

The Crossover

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Graveyard Book

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Four books set in space...

The Martian and Artemis

*Both available in cloudLibrary

Dove Arising

*Available in cloudLibrary

Contagion

*Available in cloudLibrary

Three books made into movies...

The Book Thief

Movie trailer here

*Available in cloudLibrary

Just Mercy

Movie trailer here

*Available in cloudLibrary

The Sun is Also a Star

Movie trailer here

*Available in cloudLibrary

Four magical realism books...

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

*Available in cloudLibrary

American Street

*Available in cloudLibrary

Everybody Sees the Ants

Every Day

*Available in cloudLibrary

Three books about video games...

Ready Player One

*Available in cloudLibrary

Armada

*Available in cloudLibrary

Warcross

*Available in cloudLibrary

Three haunted books...

The Haunted

*Coming soon to cloudLibrary

The Agony House

*Coming soon to cloudLibrary

Asylum

Books with a mystery to solve...

Allegedly

*Available in cloudLibrary

One of Us is Lying

Told in multiple voices with absorbing character story lines; will keep you guessing until the surprise ending!

*Available in cloudLibrary

Trash

*Available in cloudLibrary

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson

Everyone in Fairview knew that popular Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Case closed. That is, everyone but Pip, who is determined to find the real killer. Using her senior project to disguise her investigation, Pip, along with Sal's brother Ravi, set out to uncover the truth.

This absorbing and twisty mystery thriller had me guessing until the very end.

*cloudLibrary audiobook recommended!

Book #2, Good Girl Bad Blood, is out now and I can't wait to read it!

Three books that will make your heart happy...

When Dimple Met Rishi

What if It's Us

*Available in cloudLibrary

Meet Cute

Original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met."

Books set in fantasy worlds...

Raybearer

by Jordan Ifueko

Raised in isolation, Tarisai’s lifelong desire for family is realized when she is chosen as one of the Crown Prince’s council members. Their lifelong bond and the love and loyalty Tarisai feels for her council siblings is threatened by a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey: kill the Crown Prince once she gains his trust.

This adventurous fantasy has an exciting plot, visionary worldbuilding, and ethnically and religiously diverse characters. Themes of imperialism, poverty, misogyny, and struggles against discrimination are relatable in today's world.

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