Category Archives: social issues
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Invincible Microbe by Jim Murphy
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Jessica in Nonfiction, social issuesInvincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure by Jim Murphy I saw this book laying out on a library table one evening, and for some reason, it intrigued me. I checked it out thinking I’d just skim it, but ended up reading it from cover to cover. I’d only ever gotten little [...]
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Dreamsleeves by Coleen Paratore
Posted on June 15, 2012 by Jessica in Realistic Fiction, social issuesAislinn’s name means “Dream,” and she has a lot of them. She has three dreams in particular this summer: for her father to stop drinking, for her family to buy a house, and for Mike Mancinello to like her. Her third dream has pretty good chances of coming true, but her first two will take [...]
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Inspiration from the Refugee Experience
Posted on January 1, 2012 by Jennifer in Historical Fiction, Newspaper column, other award winners, Realistic Fiction, social issues, world cultures>Library column printed in The Mercury, Jan. 1, 2012 Several books featuring refugee children have left me in awe of the rebounding spirit of children and their amazing ability to hope, dream and find their place in the world. Though these are all fictional accounts, several authors had personal experiences that led them to write, [...]
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Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventure
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Victoria in Early Chapter Books, Historical Fiction, social issues>Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventureby Laurie Myers Young Tom McKnight, son of the Presbyterian minister, lives across the street from his father’s church in Augusta, Georgia. The church has become a temporary hospital for hundreds of wounded Confederate soldiers being sent back from the front. Tom sees a injured soldier drop a book in [...]
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Paintings From The Cave: Three Novellas
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Victoria in animals, My Favorite, Realistic Fiction, social issues> by Gary Paulsen Paintings From The Cave: Three Novellas is powerful stuff. Paulsen writes about what he knows here, drawing from his own abusive childhood. Paulsen rescued himself by his own strength, the love of reading and the love of many good dogs along the way. The young people in these stories are all [...]
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Seedfolks
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Realistic Fiction, social issues> by Paul Fleischman I’ve been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately, and some books change media better than others. I’m glad I listened to this particular book, though. It is told from thirteen different viewpoints, mostly from immigrants. Each chapter is read by a different reader, so the different accents and dialects come [...]
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The Other Half of My Heart
Posted on August 9, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Inspirational, Realistic Fiction, social issuesby Sundee T. Fraizer Kiera and Minni are your average twins; they love hanging out with one another, sharing jokes, whispering secrets and are always there to support the other. There is one difference, however, between the two…the color of their skin. Kiera has black skin like their mama, and Minni has white skin, like [...]
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Inside Out & Back Again
Posted on August 7, 2011 by Melendra in Historical Fiction, social issues>By Thanhha Lai In this novel in verse, based in part upon Lai’s own experiences, Há must leave behind the only life she’s ever known, that of a South Vietnamese child during the Vietnam war. In Vietnam, she is a slightly spoiled youngest child, well-educated, loved, and teased by her three older brothers. But when [...]
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Matched
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Fantasy, social issuesMatched by Ally Condie Life appears easy for Cassia; meals are supplied, schedules are outlined and even true love is carefully planned out. The pressure of discovering who her future husband is no big deal because the society will only match her with her true and honest soul mate, right? After the reveal of her [...]
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Zora and Me
Posted on May 19, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Historical Fiction, Mysteries, other award winners, social issuesby Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon This story will captivate you and leave you wanting to know more about the childhood adventures of writer Zora Neal Hurston and her best friend Carrie. Told from the point of view of ten-year-old Carrie, the story is set inEatonville,FL.where girls get caught up in a story they didn’t [...]
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