Title
Girl Code
Call Number
YA 005.1 GON
YA 005.1 GON
Summary
The two teens behind the viral video game "Tampon Run" share the story of their experience at Girls Who Code and their rise to fame, sharing insider perspectives into today's startups, the influence of women in technology, and the power of coding.
The two teens behind the viral video game "Tampon Run" share the story of their experience at Girls Who Code and their rise to fame, sharing insider perspectives into today's startups, the influence of women in technology, and the power of coding.
Call Number
YA 323.092 SWA
YA 323.092 SWA
Summary
Offers an inside look into the lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his assassin, James Earl Ray, discussing the history of the time and systematically examining the assassination and its aftermath.
Offers an inside look into the lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his assassin, James Earl Ray, discussing the history of the time and systematically examining the assassination and its aftermath.
Title
De-Extinction
Call Number
YA 591.68 HIR
YA 591.68 HIR
Summary
Explores the pros and cons of de-extinction and the new science that makes it possible.
Explores the pros and cons of de-extinction and the new science that makes it possible.
Title
More Deadly than War
Call Number
YA 614.518 DAV
YA 614.518 DAV
Summary
A dramatic account of the Spanish Influenza epidemic that is based on survivor accounts and archival materials to offer insight into how the outbreak catastrophically transformed the world.
A dramatic account of the Spanish Influenza epidemic that is based on survivor accounts and archival materials to offer insight into how the outbreak catastrophically transformed the world.
Title
Attucks!
Call Number
YA 796.323 HOO
YA 796.323 HOO
Summary
Traces the inspirational story of the Crispus Attucks High School Tigers basketball team and how they broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana to become state champions.
Traces the inspirational story of the Crispus Attucks High School Tigers basketball team and how they broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana to become state champions.
Title
Shout
Call Number
YA 811.54 AND
YA 811.54 AND
Summary
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world.
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world.
Title
Boots on the Ground
Call Number
YA 959.7043 PAR
YA 959.7043 PAR
Summary
In over a decade of fighting, the Vietnam War claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers. Decades after America left Vietnam the war remains controversial and divisive both in the U.S. and abroad.
In over a decade of fighting, the Vietnam War claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers. Decades after America left Vietnam the war remains controversial and divisive both in the U.S. and abroad.
Title
Becoming Kareem
Call Number
YA BIO ABDUL-JABBAR
YA BIO ABDUL-JABBAR
Summary
The story of Kareem’s life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change.
The story of Kareem’s life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change.
Title
The Faithful Spy
Call Number
YA BIO BONHOEFF
YA BIO BONHOEFF
Summary
Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party’s evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible.
Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party’s evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible.
Title
Blood Brother
Call Number
YA BIO DANIELS
YA BIO DANIELS
Summary
A biography of civil rights worker Jonathan Daniels who was ultimately murdered in Hayneville, Alabama.
A biography of civil rights worker Jonathan Daniels who was ultimately murdered in Hayneville, Alabama.
Title
Dreaming in Code
Call Number
YA BIO LOVELACE
YA BIO LOVELACE
Summary
An illuminating biography of Ada Lovelace, now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age for her ideas and concepts, formulated in collaboration with inventor Charles Babbage, that presaged computer programming by almost 200 years.
An illuminating biography of Ada Lovelace, now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age for her ideas and concepts, formulated in collaboration with inventor Charles Babbage, that presaged computer programming by almost 200 years.
Call Number
YA BIO RAISMAN
YA BIO RAISMAN
Summary
Shares the author's journey to Olympic gold, including when she began her gymnastics training, how she dealt with naysayers, and how she surrounded herself with a strong support system.
Shares the author's journey to Olympic gold, including when she began her gymnastics training, how she dealt with naysayers, and how she surrounded herself with a strong support system.
Title
Irena’s Children
Call Number
YA BIO SENDLER
YA BIO SENDLER
Summary
The story of a Holocaust rescuer reveals the formidable risks she took to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
The story of a Holocaust rescuer reveals the formidable risks she took to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
Title
Silent Alarm
Call Number
YA F BANASH
YA F BANASH
Summary
Alys is a Plaineville, Wisconsin junior who dreams of studying violin at Julliard, but she must deal with the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting in which her older brother, Luke, was the shooter.
Alys is a Plaineville, Wisconsin junior who dreams of studying violin at Julliard, but she must deal with the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting in which her older brother, Luke, was the shooter.
Title
Passenger
Call Number
YA F BRACKEN
YA F BRACKEN
Summary
When a violin prodigy who has lost everything wakes up on a ship in another time period, a man who wants to escape a life of servitude is forced to confront his past while keeping his former captors from claiming a stolen object of untold value.
When a violin prodigy who has lost everything wakes up on a ship in another time period, a man who wants to escape a life of servitude is forced to confront his past while keeping his former captors from claiming a stolen object of untold value.