Thursday, April 3, 2025
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green
Thursday, March 27, 2025
I LOVE YOU, MICHAEL COLLINS by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Monday, March 24, 2025
BANNED TOGETHER: Our Fight for Readers' Rights edited by Ashley Hope Perez
WHEN WE RIDE by Rex Ogle
Diego works hard in school and at his job. He plans to earn good grades and save his paychecks so he can go to college. Lawson, on the other hand, isn't keen on school, and his job isn't exactly legal. He has been selling weed to high school friends and college students. Recently, he has added some harder stuff to his inventory.
Lawson constantly asks Diego to drive him around. Diego is worried that one of these days they will be pulled over and both of them will end up in jail. Lawson promises he won't let Diego go down for whatever he is carrying, but the reassurances don't make Diego comfortable.
What does it take to maintain a friendship when two friends have different goals? Can Diego step away from 10 years of friendship to protect himself, or does he feel too protective of Lawson? WHEN WE RIDE will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
TEAR THIS DOWN by Barbara Dee
Sunday, March 16, 2025
ONE STEP FORWARD by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Readers are introduced to Matilda Young. History says she was the youngest suffragist to actively fight for women's rights. She was one of a family of four sisters and one brother. Her older sisters became part of the protests in Washington, D.C., by the National Women's Party. As Matilda watched, she saw the importance of the movement and began picketing with the women in front of the Whitehouse.
Matilda's parents worried about their young teenage daughter as she put her own safety on the line to fight for change. She didn't picket at first. She helped organize the picketing schedule, prepared the banners the women carried as they walked and stood in front of the White House, and offered them food and drink when their shifts were over.
Matilda eventually joined the women on the front lines of the protest. She was hired by NWP to answer phones and other communication. She was arrested numerous times and joined a hunger strike in jail that threatened her life.
Author Marcie Flinchum Atkins uses verse to chronicle the years of picketing and protest that eventually led to the successful adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment. It was a hard-fought battle, and Matilda Young was in the thick of it.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
EVERY STAR THAT FALLS by Michael Thomas Ford