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Best of 2018: Ofilia
Happy Tuesday, fellow readers! We’ve got a brand new best of for you today, and this time it’s Ofilia’s! Ofilia is our fearless leader here in the youth services department of SPL, and loves all things Frida Kahlo. She’s also … Continue reading
Posted in Best of 2018, ficiton, heroine, multicultural, nonfiction, Ofilia, Readers Advisory, Smith Public Library, young adult
Tagged books, fantasy, library, magic, non-fiction, Readers Advisory, teen, YA, young adult
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Best of 2018: Stephanie
Welcome back to another installment of SPL’s Best of 2018! This week we’re featuring Stephanie! Stephanie is one of our full time reference assistants, and is one of the most creative people we know! Here is her Best of 2018 … Continue reading
Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue by Susan Casey
Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue by Susan Casey Part of the Women in Action series this book gives readers a chance to learn about the amazing service and sacrifice of women … Continue reading
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke Polish-Catholic Irene Gut is 17 years old in 1939 when the German Panzers roll into Poland crushing everything in their path. A nursing student, unaware of the fate … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, Debbie, Holocaust, nonfiction, WWII
Tagged In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, Irene Gut Opdyke
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The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: pastor, spy, unlikely hero by Patricia McCormick
The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: pastor, spy, unlikely hero by Patricia McCormick About: It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his … Continue reading
Posted in History, nonfiction, WWII
Tagged Anti Nazi Movement, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Patricia McCormick, WWII
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Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-tech Toilets and Maid Cafes by Christine Mari Inzer
Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-tech Toilets and Maid Cafes by Christine Mari Inzer About: Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novel, nonfiction
Tagged Christine Mari Inzer, Diary of a Tokyo Teen, Smith Public Library, Wylie TX
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Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Edwards
About: Black Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light. Anna’s Thoughts: This … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, equality, nonfiction
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Smith Public Library, Sue Bradford Edwards, Wylie TX
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The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming About: Here is the riveting story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. When Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Candace Fleming, Smith Public Library, The Family Romanov, Wylie Texas
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose About: At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of their nation’s leaders, a group of teenagers resolved to … Continue reading
