What We’re Reading
Here are some quotes from library staff about their latest recommended picks:
I Really Want to Make Lemonade by Harriet Ziefert: “This easy to follow narrative has wonderful graphics, STEM concepts like math, measurement, procedure/logic steps and reflective questions, encouraging persistence, creativity and community involvement/altruism. Great book.”
Look On the Bright Side by Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann: “This title is truly feminist and helps young readers learn how to be the best version of themselves, even if they’re still figuring out what that is.”
Starfish by Lisa Fipps: “A powerful novel about self-acceptance and finding your voice.”
What’s Hot This Month
Arrrr! Looking for a pirate-themed read to close out your summer reading for the year? Make sure to check out these swashbuckling nautical picks:
Featured Title
Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B. B. Alston
War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.
Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind. Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians—and Amari’s former partner—is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians’ victory, it would make him invincible.
With neither the Bureau nor the League safe for Amari, and her newly returned brother, Quinton, determined to keep her out of the fray, she and her friends decide to find a way to end the war on their own. So when they learn that the only way to stop Dylan is to find powerful magical inventions known as Wonders, they go after them. But wielding these items comes at a terrible cost, and Amari will have to decide just how much she’s willing to sacrifice.
What’s New This Month
A brand new picture book celebration of Black hair by Carole Boston Weatherford is on the way to library shelves, along with new books in the
Warriors, The Princess in Black, Middle School and Other Disasters, and
Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel series. Also, make sure to check out new books from authors like Kyloe Lukoff, James Ponti, Remy Lai, J. C. Cervantes, Kathryn Lasky, Gayle Forman, Sharon M. Draper, and more:
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