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Category Archives: Ofilia
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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Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge
About: This free-verse biography with black-and-white watercolor illustrations depicts “Frankenstein’s” young author, Mary Shelley. Ofilia’s Thoughts: This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein so this biography of Mary Shelley comes at a perfect time. This is … Continue reading
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz About: A story set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn’t … Continue reading
The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
The Leaving by Tara Altebrando About: Six kindergarteners were taken. Eleven years later, five come back–with no idea of where they’ve been. No one remembers the sixth victim, Max. Avery, Max’s sister, needs to find her brother–dead or alive–and isn’t … Continue reading
Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics About: When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner’s family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory … Continue reading
Posted in ghost story, historical fiction, Horror, Ofilia
Tagged Amy Lukavics, Daughters Unto Devils, Smith Public Library, Wylie TX
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Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer
Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer About: Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain’s strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843. … Continue reading
Posted in female protagonist, historical fiction, History, Ofilia, young adult
Tagged Carolyn Meyer, Queen Victoria, Smith Public, Victoria Rebels, Wylie TX
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