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Hi everyone!  My name is Ms. Cohen and I'm so excited to be the librarian at I.S. 10 Horace Greeley! I have been working as a teacher at Newtown High School since 2012 as an ENL and ELA teacher and now I'm in the library!  

You can always find me with my partner in crime, Rosie.  Rosie is a great book reviewer! 

Email me! ecohen10@schools.nyc.gov

The Unteachables by Gordon Korman

Genre: Realistic Fiction 

Recommended by: A middle schooler 

Reading: On Sora

Blurb: Isolated from the rest of the student body in Room 117, the Unteachables are just that—an infamous group of middle school misfits with a colorful array of quirks, they are considered simply irredeemable. To add to the fun, their newly assigned teacher Mr. Kermit is the most burned-out teacher in all of Greenwich. Once a rising star, Mr. Kermit’s career was rocked by a cheating scandal some 26 years prior, and now the only thing he cares about is counting down the days until early retirement. When a gutsy vuvuzela heist rallies them all together, the Unteachables and Mr. Kermit might finally get their true shot at redemption after all.

My Thoughts: I loved this book!  Sometimes we need to be reminded why we teach and that every student learns in their best way! 

All American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney

Genre: Realistic Fiction 

Recommended by: Found on the Shelf 

Reading: From the I.S. 10 Library

Blurb: Allie Abraham has it all going for her—she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating cute, popular, and sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock...and Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. As Allie witnesses ever-growing Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she begins to embrace her faith—studying it, practicing it, and facing hatred and misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the façade of the "perfect" all-American girl? What does it mean to be a "Good Muslim?" And can a Muslim girl in America ever truly fit in?

My Thoughts: I am really loving this book!  It's so smart and interesting and I am learning about what it's like to be a Muslim.  I can relate a little becuase I am an American Jewish woman and I have similar feelings to Allie in this book. 

Nuestro Pacto by Ryan Andrews

Género:  Novela gráfica de fantasía 

Recomendado Por: Encontrado en la biblioteca

Leyendo: En la biblioteca de I.S. 10

Resumen: Durante el equinoccio de otoño Ben y sus amigos deciden averiguar a dónde van todas esas lámparas de papel que cada año la gente de su pueblo libera en la corriente del río. ¿Se convertirán en estrellas, como dice la vieja canción que han escuchado desde pequeños? ¿Terminarán en una profunda cueva, en el mar? ¿O simplemente se hundirán en algún punto de la corriente para nunca volver a emerger? Sea lo que sea, quieren saberlo. Ben y su inesperado compañero, Nathaniel, se encuentran con un gran oso que lleva a cuestas una enorme canasta. Al descubrir que tienen el mismo destino, deciden viajar juntos, aunque sea sólo una parte del camino. Se pierden, escapan de una bruja, cruzan cuevas submarinas con el cielo nocturno reflejado en el techo, consiguen atravesar una tormenta y se cruzan con una caravana resplandeciente que acude a una celebración… ¡Todo para descubrir el destino de un montón de lamparitas!

Mis peinsos: Me encantó este libro!  Estoy aprendiendo español ahora y me emociona mucho poder leer un libro completo en español. 

In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero 

Genre: Memoir

Recommended by: Her! On a podcast! 

Read on: Audible, read by the author

Blurb: Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family.

My thoughts: This book was incredible.  I can't imagine coming home to my parents being inaccessible to me but I know that this is the reality for a lot of people.  It broke my heart but also was so inspirational.  I loved her in Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin and she is a wonderful story teller.