E-books - Page to Screen

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

• Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Book Review - Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

After her school presentation goes horribly wrong, Alaine is suspended from school. Her parents decide to send her to Haiti, where her mom has been living since her on-air explosion. While in Haiti, Alaine is to spend her time interning at her aunt's non-profit and learning about the local culture and her family's heritage. A heritage that includes a curse that Alaine feels explains what is happening to her mother.

The story is told in multiple formats, including e-mails, postcards, texts, and diary entries, which excellently presents the story. Alaine is a smart and witty teen, who readers will come to love if they don't do so from the beginning. While Alaine and her family are fictional, readers will get an intriguing look into Haiti and its culture.

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E-books - Books to Make You LOL

• My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

• Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

• Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

• When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

E-books - Road Trip

• Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

• The Haters by Jesse Andrews

• 16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

• Road Trip by Gary Paulsen & Jim Paulsen (Tween Friendly)

• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone (Tween Friendly)

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Book Review - The War Outside

📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖

The War Outside

by Monica Hesse

It’s 1944, and Japanese-American Haruko, her sister, and their mother are voluntarily heading to Crystal City to be reunited with their father/husband. Crystal City is unique as this WWII internment camp is for both Japanese and German families. German-American Margot is attending the federal school at the camp because the German school doesn’t have certified teachers, and it’s there she and Haruko meet. The pair forms an unlikely friendship, but complications at the camp make things even more complicated than just being different.

This book is an intriguing story of family, friendship, and betrayal that will have readers wondering what happens next. While Haruko and Margot’s stories are fictional, Crystal City was a real place, and some events did happen. Readers will get an eye-opening look at life during WWII for Japanese-American and German-Americans through this great fictional lens. Haruko and Margot are both intriguing characters, as is their individual and combined stories. 

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E-books - Asian-American Teen Lives

• Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao

• Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lai

• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

• Frankly in Love by David Yoon

E-books - Libros en Espanol

• La Reina Roja by Victoria Aveyard

• Alguien está mintiendo by Karen M. McManus

• Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana by Erika L. Sánchez

• El odio que das by Angie Thomas

• La distancia entre tú y yo by Kasie West

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Book Review - I Wanna Be Where You

📖Recommend for Grades 7 and up📖

I Wanna Be Where You Are

by Kristina Forest

Chloe Pierce wants nothing more than to audition for a ballet conservatory. However, her mom won't allow her to while her mom is away on vacation, Chloe devices a plan to audition anyway, which involves hitting the road to D.C.  When her neighbor Eli asks for him and his dog Geezer to hitch a ride, Chloe hits the first of the speed bumps on her road to audition. With two unwanted guests, butterflies in her stomach, and other obstacles along the way, can Chloe make it to her audition?

Readers looking for a great road trip story can find one here. The story is told through Chloe's point of view, and readers will enjoy hearing her insight. Chloe and Eli are both intriguing and entertaining characters, and the relationship between them is engaging.

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E-books - Latina Teen Lives

• The Victoria in My Head by Janelle Milanes

• Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

• Running by Natalia Sylvester

E-books - Latino Teen Lives

• The Closest I've Come by Fred Aceves

• North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

• Sanctuary Somewhere by Brenna Dimmig

• Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt De La Peña

• The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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Book Review - Stamped

📖Recommend for Grades 7 and up📖

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

In a remix of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: From the Beginning, Jason Reynolds reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. He shares how racist views have always existed and why it continues to linger today. Also, while these racist ideas came easily into existence, they can be discredited as well.

You may be thinking, why would you want to read a history textbook? But as Jason Reynolds states, “This is NOT a history book.” While history books can be long, stuffy, and dull, Jason Reynolds shares this narrative freshly and more conversationally. This book also shows a side of history you won’t learn in school.

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E-books - Summer Camp

• Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson
• Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita
• Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
• Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
• Camp by L. C. Rosen

E-books - It's Summertime

• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

• A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison

• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

• Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

• Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills

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