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BOOK NOTES 6/14/2021 Who is RuPaul? by Nico Medina Call Number: 921 RUPAUL RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Ru developed his drag- queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race, which has raised the profile of the art of drag, and drag queens around the world. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu Call Number: 618.92 BALLOU Sincerely, Your Autistic Child represents an authentic resource for parents written by people who understand this experience most, autistic people themselves. Tackles the everyday challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic girls and nonbinary people. Plunder by Menachem Kaiser Call Number: 940.53 KAISER Kaiser takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s former battle to reclaim the family’s apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. He makes a discovery that his grandfather’s cousin wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex. A band of Silesian treasure seekers revere the memoir as the guidebook to Nazi plunder. Every Day is a Gift by Tammy Duckworth Call Number: 328.73 DUCKWORTH Learn the incredible story of Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth and see what inspired her to follow the path that made her who she is today. The book traces her impoverished childhood, her decision to join the Army, the months spent recovering from the RPG attack that shot down her helicopter and nearly took her life, and her subsequent mission of serving in elected office. .

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