ETHS Staff Book Recs

The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party

• Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon

Love Has No Age Limit: Welcoming an Adopted Dog into Your Home

• This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Concrete Rose

• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (of the Exonerated Five)

Daisy Jones & The Six

• A Very Punchable Face  by Colin Jost

After the Rain

• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Concrete Rose

• Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz

After the Rain

• Girls Like Me by Lola St.Vil

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

• We Were Liars  by E. Lockhart

This Is My America

• The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown
• A Very Wide Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (audio)

Clap When You Land

• The Couple Next Door  by Shari Lapena
• The Answer Is...: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Dancing at the Pity Party

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

A Very Punchable Face

• Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett

One of Us Is Next

• Internment by Samira Ahmed

The Coldest Winter Ever

• Life After Death by Sister Souljah (March 2021).

Not So Pure and Simple

• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Cousins

• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

This Is My America

The President Is Missing

• Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
• Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast by Ken Forkish

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

• Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
• the short story collection Black Enough, edited by Ibi Zoboi

The Daughters of Ys

• Girls Like Us by Gail Giles

the Chaos Walking trilogy

Finna

• Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson 
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge

Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar tells the story of Ona  Maria Judge Staines, who was born into slavery at George and Martha Washington's Mount Vernon plantation. Ona escaped freedom in 1796. The author does an amazing job of telling the painful truth of Ona, who was erased from the history of this country. 

Also recommended:

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Truly Devious

"A compelling YA mystery that I couldn't quite figure out -- and which also has two sequels!"

Also recommended:

• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

• Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

• Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

Punching the Air

"Co-written by member of Central Park 5, novel in verse"

Also recommended:

• Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

• mysteries by Elizabeth George or Tana French

They Called Us Enemy

"So glad that this was the 2020-2021 One Freshman Class-One Book. Such an important read with easy connections to today's society. Beautifully illustrated and elegantly told by the great George Takei (Ta-KAY, not Ta-KAI)"

Also recommended:

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reed

• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amir Towles

Flamer

"Graphic memoir- LGBTQ theme and beauitfully illustrated"

Also recommended:

• Devils Within by S.F. Henson

• Parkland Speaks, edited by Sarah Lerner

Clap When You Land

"Highly recommended!"

When the Elephants Dance

"Adult historical fiction, but worth reading"

Queenie

Also recommended:

• The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare