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Will my cat eat my eyeballs?: big questions from tiny mortals about death
By Caitlin Doughty. 2019
Mortician and author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (BR 20548) answers questions she has frequently received from children. Topics…
include the title question, the disposition of an astronaut's body, keeping parents' skulls, and the decomposition process. 2019The sound of silence: growing up hearing with deaf parents
By Myron Uhlberg. 2019
Memoir of award-winning author that tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents during the…
Great Depression and WWII. Details his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2019Body talk: 37 voices explore our radical anatomy
By Kelly Jensen. 2020
Award-winning editor of (Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health (DB 93515), compiles narratives from…
writers, models, celebrities, musicians, and artists. The collection explores personal experiences with body image, eating disorders, disabilities, a cancer diagnosis, and more. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2020Finish the fight!: the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote
By Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times. 2020
The Staff of The New York Times profiles the unsung heroines of the women's suffrage movement and includes women of…
different races and sexual orientations. Recounts their stories and trailblazing efforts that helped change the fabric of America. For grades 4-7. 2020A collection of essays from various writers highlighting the human side of immigration policies and polarized rhetoric through personal stories.…
Includes writing from, among others, Victoria Blanco, Nina Li Coomes, Nur Nasreen Ibrahim, and Porochista Khakpour. Strong language and some violence.How we fight for our lives: a memoir
By Saeed Jones. 2019
A poet describes his experiences growing up as black and gay in the American South through a series of vignettes.…
Describes familial relationships, romantic flings, and friendships. Examines what people do for and to each other in the search for identity. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2019Wild game: my mother, her lover, and me
By Adrienne Brodeur. 2019
The author relates her role as confidante and helpmate when still young in her mother's affair with her husband's best…
friend. Discusses the calamitous consequences for all involved. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2019Parkland: birth of a movement
By Dave Cullen. 2019
The author of Columbine (DB 68856) provides an account of the young survivors of the Parkland school shooting who launched…
the March for Our Lives movement regarding gun control. Follows the kids' daily lives, the Road to Change tour, and more as they cope with their experiences. 2019Fighting for the forest: how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
By P. O’Connell Pearson. 2019
Recounts the history behind President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and how this social program…
provided jobs for impoverished young men who built and improved hundreds of state and national parks. For grades 5-8. 2019Author tells the true story of her great-uncle, Sam Babb, who went from farm to farm in Oklahoma during the…
Great Depression, recruiting young women to play for his basketball team. The women left their families, finding a passion for the sport and camaraderie with teammates. 2017After the shot drops
By Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Dread nation
By Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The games: a global history of the Olympics
By David Goldblatt. 2016
An expert on the sociology of sports looks at the history of the modern Olympic Games. From the founding of…
the contemporary Olympics in 1896 in Athens through the grand spectacles of more recent years, he stresses the political and social forces that impacted the games. 2016Overboard!: Survivor diaries (Survivor Diaries)
By Terry Lynn Johnson. 2017
Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Marina, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of…
Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips. For grades 3-6. 2017A burst of light: and other essays
By Audre Lorde. 2017
Four essays and an interview explore various aspects of the author's identity and experiences. In the title essay, she reflects…
on living with metastasized breast cancer through a series of diary entries dated from January 1984 to December 1986. Other essays cover race, gender, and sexuality. Some strong language. 1988Dreamers
By Yuyi Morales. 2018
Author and illustrator, a Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpré Award recipient, reflects on her own immigration journey from Mexico to…
America. Her feelings of isolation disappear after she discovers the wonders of a public library. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018The secret lives of color
By Kassia St. Clair, Kassia St Clair. 2017
Journalist explores the social and cultural history of colors. Between six and ten shades are highlighted for each of the…
main hues: white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, green, brown, and black. Discusses the development of each pigment and its use in the fine and decorative arts. 2016A guide to the issues and terminology surrounding gender identity and expression. Discusses the meanings of various identities, the use…
of pronouns, gendered language, how to ask questions sensitively, and advice for advocating on behalf of others or one's self. 2018The line becomes a river: Dispatches From The Border
By Francisco Cantú. 2018
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican American author, plagued…
by nightmares, abandons the Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Strong language and some violence. 2018Let the children march
By Monica Clark-Robinson. 2018