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Adriana's Book Club recommends books from Sumner's library to everyone and provides updates about new books in the Sumner's library!
New Books In The Library!
LoterĂa
By Karla Arenas Valenti
Instructions For Dancing
By Nicola Yoon
Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan
By Sasami Nitori
Here's To Us
By Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
Our Violent Ends
By Chloe Gong
Starfish
By Lisa Fipps
Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things
By Margie Fuston
The Last Cuentista
By Donna Barba Higuera
Kaiju No. 8
By Naoya Matsumoto
Me: Moth
By Amber Mcbride
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe
By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Kageki Shojo!
By Kumiko Saiki
Book Reviews!
The Black Friend
Frederick Joseph
Adriana's Star Rating: 5/5 Stars!
Genre: Antiracist literature, autobiography
Series: Stand alone novel
Digital Maine Library Description: Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans.
First Sentence of The Black Friend: "One of the most important lessons lessons I learned when I was younger was that being a Black person in this world usually means that at some point, you're going to have to do thing you don't enjoy."
Books Like The Black Friend
This Book Is Anti-Racist
By Tiffany Jewell
Rise Up!
By Crystal M. Fleming
The Other Talk
Brendan Kiely
When We Make It
Elisabet Velasquez
Adriana's Star Rating: 4/5 Stars
Genre: Coming-of-age stories, Novels in free verse, Hispanic Identity, Fiction
Series: Stand alone novel
Digital Maine Library Description: "Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives."
Books Like When We Make It
The Poet X
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Home Is Not a Country
By: Safia Elhillo
Color Me In
By: Natasha Diaz
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman
Adriana's Star Rating: 4/5 stars
Genre: LGBTQIA+ fiction, Realistic fiction
Series: Radio Silence is part of a whole universe of books, comics, and a show all written by Alice Oseman.
Digital Maine Library Description: "A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship."
Other Books By Alice Oseman
Solitare
By Alice Oseman
Heartstopper
By Alice Oseman
Nick and Charlie
By Alice Oseman
Boys Run The Riot
Keito Gaku
Adriana's Star Rating: 4/5 Stars
Genre: LGBTQIA+ Fiction, Coming of Age
Series: Boys Run The Riot is a series of manga and is ongoing!
Description: "A transgender teen named Ryo finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the world of street fashion. This personal, heartfelt, fictional story from a transgender manga creator made waves in Japan and will inspire readers all over the world!"
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