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Hispanic Heritage Month: From biography to fantasy to historical fiction, we have it all.
Oh, the horror!: Find a spine-tingling tale that is perfect for a crisp, autumn night! As an added bonus, you can also look over some "Howling Good Books" if you dare. But, reader beware, the full moon is October 9th!
25 Essential High School Reads from the Last Decade: Inspired by this Edutopia article - How many have you read?
STARTING OCTOBER 11, 2022
STARTING OCTOBER 11, 2022
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New Additions from Junior Library Guild
New Additions from Junior Library Guild
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Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales - A Memoir by Doreen Cunningham - 941 CUN
In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier.Teen Innovators: Nine Young People Engineering a Better World with Creative Inventions by Fred Estes - 609.2 EST
Teen Innovators celebrates the determination and ingenuity of ten young people who created their own original inventions. From water testing to windmills, these youth use unique methods to overcome real world problems.Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment by Lawrence Goldstone - 341.6 GOL
Examines the history of racism against Japanese Americans, exploring the territory of citizenship and touching on fears of non-white immigration to the US.Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle - 306.8 OGL
Rex [Ogle] captures and celebrates the powerful presence [of] a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. 'Abuela, Don't Forget Me' is a . . . portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself.Acceptance: A Memoir by Emi Niefeld - 305.5 NIE
A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment. Candid and frequently harrowing, with a ribbon of dark humor, Acceptance is a stunning human story and an invaluable view of the actual cost of upward mobility.My Name is Jason. Mine too.: Our Story. Our Way by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin - 811.6 REY
Jason Reynold. Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey. To move to New York, and make it in New York. Best friends willing to have a hard life if it meant a happy life. All they needed was a chance. A reissue of a memoir of a moment in time within a lifetime of friendship.Golden Boy: Beethoven's Youth by Mikael Ross - 780.912 ROS (*Graphic Novel)
. . . tells the story of Beethoven from 1778 to his first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. It begins when the family is living a difficult life in Bonn [Germany]. Father Johann battles with alcoholism and is deep in debt. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the piano offer any hope for the future--if only he would stop composing his own pieces and just play what's expected of him.The High Desert: A Memoir by James Spooner - 781.6 SPO (*Graphic Novel)
A coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of "Afro-Punk": a young man's immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.Fiction
Fiction
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed - F MYS AHM
After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf - F MYS ALK
Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman - F GOO
After her sister is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau finds herself in way over her head while searching for a witness--and the truth--and must decide how much she is willing to risk to clear her sister's name.The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho - F HO
In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.Family of Liars by E. Lockhart - F MYS LOC
Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.Slip by Marika McCoola - 741.5 MCC (*Graphic Novel)
A young pottery student finds her artistic voice and first love at an art camp, while also coping with feelings of guilt and worry about her best friend, who recently attempted suicide.Unretouchable by Sofia Szamosi - 741.5 SZA (*Graphic Novel)
A young pottery student finds her artistic voice and first love at an art camp, while also coping with feelings of guilt and worry about her best friend, who recently attempted suicide.
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Monthly Themes
Monthly Themes
October is the time to recognize, celebrate, and drive awareness for the following themes:
Go to Rowan University's LRC website for valuable resources for these themes and more!
Looking ahead: November Themes and Events
Looking ahead: November Themes and Events
Native American Heritage Month
Cancer Awareness: Lung, Pancreatic, Stomach, Carcinoid
Family Literacy Month
Movember for Men's Health Awareness
National Veteran and Military Families Month
November 14th to 18th: American Education Week
November 2nd: Dia de los Muertos
November 11th: Veterans Day
November 13th: World Kindness Day
November 15th: America Recycles Day
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Beyond the Bookshelves
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