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Explores the Black Lives Matter movement that was launched in 2013 to address civil rights issues against African American citizens.…
Covers the divide between black citizens and the police, the formation of the movement, its detractors, and law enforcement accountability. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018
When a hired hand, a baby, and a gun go missing from her corner of the Cherokee Nation, Check Singer…
is determined to find out what happened. She has little time with the post-Civil War US Army encroaching on tribal lands. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2019
Guide to atheism and other forms of doubt and nonbelief. Explores the challenges of questioning the views of one's upbringing,…
establishing beliefs about religion and spirituality, and addressing the practical aspects of managing religious occasions. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2015
Stories of nine undocumented young adults whose families fled violence and poverty in their homelands for a chance at a…
better life and education in the United States. Among other things, they discuss their fears of losing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protection. For senior high and older readers. 2019
Profiles baseball Hall of Fame catcher and New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra. Describes how Yogi's physical differences challenged his…
baseball prospects and helped motivate him to prove his abilities as a player, coach, and manager. For grades K-3. 2019
High school senior Shelby's memory treatment may have made her mind forget a devastating car accident, but her heart still…
remembers a boy with dark and mysterious eyes. For senior high and older readers. 2017
Examination of a root cause of gender inequality--the exclusion of women or preferential bias toward men in research data sets.…
Discusses the ways these biases play out in daily life, the workplace, product design, the doctor's office, and public life, and what happens when things go wrong. 2019
Valter, seventh and youngest child of soldier Str ng and his wife Hulda, is born in 1897. As he grows…
up, his father dies and his siblings immigrate to America. Valter must decide what he wants from life. Translated from the original 1946-47 three-volume Swedish edition. Some descriptions of sex. 1956
DC Simon Waterhouse and his team are dealing with a serial killer who targets sets of friends and leaves each…
a small, white, mostly blank book. Comedian Kim Tribbeck--who received one of the books but is still alive--aids the investigation. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016
After Elodee and her family move to Eventown, she starts to suspect that the town is a little bit weird…
and quickly learns that there is a price to pay for perfection. For grades 5-8. 2019
Three mysteries, written between 2016 and 2018, featuring Ben January--a mixed-race former slave turned surgeon and music teacher--set in 1830s…
Louisiana. Includes Drinking Gourd, Murder in July, and Cold Bayou, in which January is accused of murder after playing at a wedding. Some violence and some strong language. 2018
After her brother dies, eleven-year-old Rain and her family move from Vermont to New York City right before the end…
of her sixth-grade year. As she struggles to adjust, Rain also feels the weight of a secret that she is keeping. For grades 4-7. 2019
Abby's older brother moonlights as a superhero, but she has no interest in following in his footsteps. When a "supervillain"…
called Iron Phantom saves her life, though, she wonders what it really means to be a hero. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018
For Morgan Wakefield to claim the New Mexico ranch she inherited from her father, she must live there for a…
year with her husband. She proposes a marriage of convenience to rancher Seth Colter, only to discover a passion she never expected. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 1978
Examines various progressive movements in United States history and the songs that are most associated with them. Each chapter discusses…
the music of a different protest issue, such as nonviolence, worker rights, civil rights, women's rights, the environment, gay pride, and more. Some strong language. 2019
When their two San Francisco-based ad agencies merge, Annalise and Bennett learn there is only room for one regional creative…
director. With their jobs on the line, the pair compete to win the pitches that will save their positions, while fighting their attraction. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2018
Three novels written in 2009-2010. In A Year on Ladybug Farm, three friends decide that since their families are grown,…
they will leave the suburbs and buy a dilapidated house in the Shenandoah Valley together. Also includes At Home on Ladybug Farm and Love Letters from Ladybug Farm. Some strong language. 2010
In the aftermath of a massacre of both humans and vampires, three lives intersect: a librarian taken hostage by a…
vampire, a newly risen vampire determined to still protect those she loves, and the matriarch of a community of vampires. Sequel to Good Girls (DB 85298). Violence and strong language. 2018
Author of Our Man in Havana (DB 26596) recounts the 1935 trip he took through the interior of Liberia. Discusses…
his preparations for the trip, challenges his group faced, and his impressions of the people he met and environment he encountered. Includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. 1936