What's New in the Library
Anti-Racist Reads
The following ebooks are available for our students looking to broaden their understanding of anti-racism. Visit our ebook website or the Axis 360 app to check out these materials. Please contact a librarian for more recommendations.
Fiction
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
Nonfiction
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Lincoln Books
Every year a panel of student, librarians, and educators from across the state come together to create a recommended book list for Illinois High School Students. If you read at least 4 titles by the end on March 2021, you can participate in the state-wide vote to choose a winner! Ask you school librarian for details about the program and more raffles and activities taking place at your school!
CLICK HERE to view the full list