DOCSLIB.ORG

YA Reads by Black Authors Elizabeth Acevedo Clap When You Land

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
YA Reads by Black Authors Elizabeth Acevedo Clap When You Land YA Reads By Black Authors Elizabeth Acevedo Clap When You Land TEEN ACEVEDO Clap, TEENBOCD ACEVEDO Clap, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook The Poet X TEEN ACEVEDO Poet, TEENBOCD ACEVEDO Poet, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Acevedo, Elizabeth Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha series) TEEN ADEYEMI Children, TEENBOCD ADEYEMI Children, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook TEEN ADEYEMI Children, TEENBOCD ADEYEMI Children, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Kwame Alexander He said, She Said: A Novel TEEN ALEXANDER He, Overdrive eBook Swing TEEN ALEXANDER Swing, TEENBOCD ALEXANDER Swing, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Kwame, Alexander Coe Booth Bronxwood TEEN BOOTH Bronxwood, Overdrive eBook Kendra TEEN BOOTH Kendra, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Booth, Coe Echo Brown Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard TEEN BROWN Black, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Patrice Caldwell A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (edited by Patrice Caldwell) TEEN PHOENIX, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Dhonielle Clayton The Belles and The Everlasting Rose (Belles Series) TEEN CLAYTON Belles, TEENBOCD CLAYTON Belles, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook TEEN CLAYTON Everlasting, TEENBOCD CLAYTON Everlasting, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Brandy Colbert Little and Lion TEEN COLBERT Little, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook The Revolution of Birdie Randolph TEEN COLBERT Revolution, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Colbert, Brandy Jay Coles Tyler Johnson Was Here TEEN COLES Tyler, TEENBOCD COLES Tyler, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Dana Davis Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now TEEN DAVIS Tiffany, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook The Voice in My Head TEEN DAVIS Voice Sharon M. Draper The Battle of Jericho TEENPB Draper Battle, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Copper Sun TEEN DRAPER Copper, TEENBOCD DRAPER Copper, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Draper, Sharon M. Sharon Flake Pinned TEEN FLAKE Pinned, Overdrive eAudiobook The Skin I’m In TEEN FLAKE Skin, TEENBOCD FLAKE Skin, Overdrive eAudiobook For more titles search Flake, Sharon L. R. (Lamar) Giles Fake ID TEEN GILES Fake, TEENBOCD GILES Fake, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Not So Pure and Simple TEEN GILES Not, TEENBOCD GILES Not, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Giles, L. R. Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade TEEN GRIMES Bronx, TEENBOCD GRIMES Bronx, Overdrive eBook Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir TEENNF 811.54 G862or, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Grimes, Nikki Justina Ireland Dread Nation: Rise Up and Deathless Divide (Dread Nation series) TEEN IRELAND Dread, TEENBOCD IRELAND Dread, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook TEEN IRELAND Deathless, TEENBOCD IRELAND Deathless, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Ireland, Justina Tiffany D. Jackson Let Me Hear a Rhyme TEEN JACKSON Let, TEENBOCD JACKSON Let, Overdrive eBook Monday’s Not Coming TEEN JACKSON Monday’s, TEENBOCD JACKSON Monday’s, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Jackson, Tiffany Angela Johnson The First Part Last TEEN JOHNSON First, TEENBOCD JOHNSON First, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Johnson, Angela Claire Kann If It Makes You Happy TEEN KANN If Let’s Talk About Love TEEN KANN Let’s, Overdrive eBook Kekla Magoon How it Went Down TEEN MAGOON How, Overdrive eBook The Rock and the River TEEN MAGOON Rock, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Magoon, Kekla Candice Montgomery By Any Means Necessary TEEN MONTGOMERY By Home and Away TEEN MONTGOMERY By Walter Dean Myers Monster TEEN MYERS Monster, TEENBOCD Myers Monster, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook All the Right Stuff TEEN MYERS All, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Myers, Walter Dean Tochi Onyebuchi Beasts Made of Night TEEN ONYEBUCHI Beasts, Overdrive eAudiobook War Girls TEEN ONYEBUCHI War, Overdrive eBook Jason Reynolds All American Boys TEEN REYNOLDS All, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Long Way Down TEEN REYNOLDS Long, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Reynolds, Jason Nic Stone Dear Martin TEEN STONE Dear, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Stone, Nic Angie Thomas The Hate U Give TEEN THOMAS Hate, TEENBOCD THOMAS Hate, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook On the Come Up TEEN THOMAS On, TEENBOCD THOMAS On, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Renee Watson Piecing Me Together TEEN WATSON Piecing, Overdrive eBook Watch Us Rise TEEN WATSON Watch, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Watson, Renee Ashley Woodfolk The Beauty That Remains TEEN WOODFOLK Beauty, TEENBOCD WOODFOLK Beauty When You Were Everything TEEN WOODFOLK When, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Jacqueline Woodson After Tupac and D Foster TEEN WOODSON After, TEENBOCD WOODSON After, Overdrive eBook For more titles search Woodson, Jacqueline Nicola Yoon The Sun is Also a Star TEEN YOON Sun, TEENBOCD & TPLAY YOON Sun, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Everything, Everything TEEN YOON Everything, TEENBOCD YOON Everything, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Ibi Zoboi American Street TEEN ZOBOI American, TEENBOCD ZOBOI American, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (edited by Ibi Zoboi) TEEN BLACK, TEENBOCD BLACK, Overdrive eBook & eAudiobook For more titles search Zoboi, Ibia .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Grade 8 – Summer Work
    Grade 8 – Summer Work Students entering eighth grade are required to read at least THREE books and are encouraged to work on math skills over the summer. Students are expected to come to school in September ready to actively engage in discussions about these texts. Unless noted, families must either purchase or borrow their own copies of books. Digital format (Kindle) is acceptable, as is audiobook accompaniment for readers who benefit from it. Many digital books are accessible through Park's Digital Library: Sora and Hoopla via the Boston Public Library, available to all Massachusetts residents. Also, check out the Summer Reading Ideas page from the Librarians. To strengthen the home-and-school connection, you are invited (but by no means required) to read these selections alongside your child. Most of all, please join us in promoting reading as a wonderful way to relax, and enjoy the summer. English 4. At least ONE podcast. Listen on any platform. Select from following list: Students entering eighth grade should read a minimum of Grammar Girl - any 8 episodes THREE books over the summer and listen to ONE podcast. Harry Potter and the Sacred Text - at least 3 chapters from any 1. At least ONE choice from the Grade 8 Summer Poetry season (you must have read or be reading Harry Potter!) List. Students should make mental note of poems which appeal to them in style or content. Select from the following list: Have You Heard of George’s Podcast - any 4 contiguous episodes Maya Angelou: I Shall Not Be Moved Song Exploder - any 4 episodes Billy Collins: Sailing Around the Room, New and Selected Poems The Slowdown - any 8 episodes Emily Dickinson: Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One Two Princes - any season Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper and Other Poems Note: The Grade 8 curriculum explores themes of social issues and human rights.
    [Show full text]
  • Black History Month Book List-Teen Services
    Black History Month Reading List Teen Fiction Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo * The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo *# With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo * Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi * Swing by Kwame Alexander * The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta * Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron * Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown * A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown * A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell * The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton * Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert * The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert * The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert * Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles * * Available via library streaming & download services # Disponible en Español Black History Month Reading List Teen Fiction (cont.) Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis * Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis * Legendborn by Tracy Deonn * The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow * Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper * Pet by Akwaeke Emezi * I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest * Dream Country by Shannon Gibney See No Color by Shannon Gibney * Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles * Spin by Lamar Giles * The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed * Available via library strea ming & download services # Disponible en Español Black History Month Reading List Teen Fiction (cont.) Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko * Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh Dread Nation by Justina Ireland * Allegedly by Tiffany D.
    [Show full text]
  • Printz Award Winners
    The White Darkness The First Part Last Teen by Geraldine McCaughrean by Angela Johnson YF McCaughrean YF Johnson 2008. When her uncle takes her on a 2004. Bobby's carefree teenage life dream trip to the Antarctic changes forever when he becomes a wilderness, Sym's obsession with father and must care for his adored Printz Award Captain Oates and the doomed baby daughter. expedition becomes a reality as she is soon in a fight for her life in some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Postcards From No Man's Winners Land American Born Chinese by Aidan Chambers by Gene Luen Yang YF Chambers YGN Yang 2003. Jacob Todd travels to 2007. This graphic novel alternates Amsterdam to honor his grandfather, between three interrelated stories a soldier who died in a nearby town about the problems of young in World War II, while in 1944, a girl Chinese Americans trying to named Geertrui meets an English participate in American popular soldier named Jacob Todd, who culture. must hide with her family. Looking for Alaska A Step From Heaven by John Green by Na An YF Green YF An 2006. 16-year-old Miles' first year at 2002. At age four, Young Ju moves Culver Creek Preparatory School in with her parents from Korea to Alabama includes good friends and Southern California. She has always great pranks, but is defined by the imagined America would be like search for answers about life and heaven: easy, blissful and full of death after a fatal car crash. riches. But when her family arrives, The Michael L.
    [Show full text]
  • What Will Your Students Read?
    What will your students read? HARPER1STYEAR.COM Dear First-Year Administrator, We’re proud to feature new books and authors for your common book program and first-year seminars in this catalog. As we continue along the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that there may be uncertainty and/or changes in the coming school year. We’ll try to be as flexible as we can to meet any challenges you may be facing. At Harper1stYear.com, you’ll find additional resources as well as our teaching materials and podcast interviews with our authors. We hope that you’ll also think of us as a resource. Need sample copies? You can reach us at [email protected] or 212.207.7546. For titles not yet published, we’re happy to provide advance physical and/or e-book copies, subject to availability. We’re happy to suggest titles, alert our Speakers Bureau about your request for a live or virtual author visit, and help coordinate your book order with our special sales group. If you would like to hear from us on a monthly basis, please email us at [email protected]—and we’ll sign you up for our FYE e-newsletter, where we highlight new titles and offer free sample copies.* Sincerely, Diane Burrowes Michael Fynan Kim Racon Harper1stYear.com *Free Samples for Freshman Common Book Committees To request free samples copies of the titles in this catalog—or other HarperCollins titles—for your common book committee members, please email us at [email protected] or give us a call at 212-207-7546.
    [Show full text]
  • DEAR MARTIN and DEAR JUSTYCE Photo © Nigel Livingstone
    CLASSROOM UNIT FOR DEAR MARTIN AND DEAR JUSTYCE Photo © Nigel Livingstone RHTeachersLibrarians.com @RHCBEducators TheRandomSchoolHouse Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League— but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up— way up—sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack. Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce—the protagonist of Dear Martin—Quan’s story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there’s a dead cop and a weapon with Quan’s prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure.
    [Show full text]
  • Elizabeth Acevedo's
    EDUCATORs’ Guide foR EliZABETH ACEveDo’s Includes discussion questions and educator resources for reading and discussing Elizabeth Acevedo’s novels in verse with teen readers. HarperStacks.com CLap WhEn You laNd ABOUT THE BOOK Camino Rios loves the water, her tía, her island, and spending every summer with her papi when he visits her in the Dominican Republic. Yahaira Rios lives in New York City and idolizes her father but has recently had a hard time looking him in the face. When they both receive the news that their father’s plane has crashed, they know that their lives will never be the same. Just like that, these two girls are thrown into a reality where their father is dead and it seems their dreams are quickly slipping away. How do you cope with losing the father you love while reckoning with the secrets he kept from you? What will it mean to be a sister to someone you’ve never met? And what will Camino and Yahaira do to keep their dreams alive? DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SISTERHOOD • The author writes the first part of the book switching between the sisters’ points of view in each chapter. In the last section of the book, however, their perspectives are combined, and we often have to figure out who is speaking by context clues. Why do you think the author chose to structure the book in this way? How does your understanding of the sisters change when you start seeing them through each other’s perspective? • Camino and Yahaira both have complicated feelings about suddenly having a sibling.
    [Show full text]
  • High School Smorgasbord for 2021
    With the Fire on High By Elizabeth Acevedo Citation: Acevedo, Elizabeth. With the Fire on High. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, a ​ ​ division of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. 389 p. (Grades 9 and up). Annotation: Deciding what to do after high school is difficult, but Emoni Santiago knows what her passion is: cooking. When a new elective opens up, Emoni has to take Culinary Arts. However, Emoni has a ​ ​ daughter, Emma, and she relies on her Abuela for so much. Can Emoni find the balance between school, family, and her future, or what will she have to sacrifice? Booktalk: "Since my earliest memory, I imagined I would be a chef one day." Emoni Santiago is a natural in the kitchen. She grew up watching cooking shows and experimenting with food at every opportunity. Growing up she cooked for her 'Buela, whom she lives with, but now she cooks for her two year old daughter, Emma, as well. While she has the instincts for cooking, she’s never been properly trained, so when the Culinary Arts: Spain Immersion elective opens up at school, it's a chance she can't resist. Not everything is how she expects it to be though. In an actual kitchen, improvisation isn't always a good thing, no matter what the results are. Plus there's a new guy in her class, Malachi, who seems to like her but doesn't know she has a daughter at home, not to mention Tyrone, Emma’s father. There is also the matter of money; paying for Emma’s childcare is enough of a burden without adding in a trip to Spain, and she can’t rely on 'Buela for everything.
    [Show full text]
  • Printz Award Winners
    Jellicoe Road How I Live Now Teen by Melina Marchetta by Meg Rosoff YF Marchetta YF Rosoff 2009. High school student Taylor 2005. To get away from her pregnant Markham, who was abandoned by stepmother in New York City, her drug-addicted mother at the age 15-year-old Daisy goes to England to Printz Award of 11, struggles with her identity and stay with her aunt and cousins, but family history at a boarding school in soon war breaks out and rips the Australia. family apart. Winners The White Darkness The First Part Last by Geraldine McCaughrean by Angela Johnson YF McCaughrean YF Johnson 2008. When her uncle takes her on a 2004. Bobby's carefree teenage life dream trip to the Antarctic changes forever when he becomes a wilderness, Sym's obsession with father and must care for his adored Captain Oates and the doomed baby daughter. expedition becomes a reality as she is soon in a fight for her life in some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Postcards from No Man's Land American Born Chinese by Aidan Chambers by Gene Luen Yang YF Chambers YGN Yang 2003. Jacob Todd travels to 2007. This graphic novel alternates Amsterdam to honor his between three stories about the grandfather, a soldier who died in a problems of young Chinese nearby town in World War II, while in Americans trying to participate in 1944, a girl named Geertrui meets an American popular culture. English soldier named Jacob Todd, who must hide with her family. The Michael L. Printz Award recognizes Looking for Alaska books that exemplify literary A Step from Heaven by John Green excellence in young adult literature YF Green by Na An 2006.
    [Show full text]
  • Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
    Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fsts and her ferceness do the talking. Why you'll like it: Free verse. Coming-of-Age. Family. About the Author: Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American poet and author, born and raised in New York City. She received several awards for her book The Poet X, a 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature, the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, and the 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Questions for Discussion 1. How does a novel in verse give the words room to breathe? Consider the physical formatting and spacing of the poetry. How does it convey the emotion of the scene and Xiomara’s feelings? 2. Acevedo’s novel explores the theme of voice. How does she convey Xiomara’s struggle to find her own voice, and how does joining the Poetry Club become a defining moment? 3. At its heart, The Poet X is a novel about teenage rebellion against strict parents and a coming-of-age story. While this is a common theme in YA novels, how did Acevedo find a fresh take on this plot? How is Xiomara’s story current and relevant? 4. The Poet X looks at religion, family values, and sexuality. How does Xiomara’s struggle to find a balance between her own values, her mother’s values, the teaching of her religion, ad the expectations of her peer group create tension in the story? 5.
    [Show full text]
  • R.A.D. Challenge Book List
    WELCOME TO NEWMARKET’S READING ABOUT DIVERSITY (R.A.D.) CHALLENGE! For summer reading this year, we will be participating in the R.A.D. challenge, a reading challenge created by the Lamprey Chapter of the National Honor Society. The goal of the R.A.D. challenge is for students to learn more about others’ diverse experiences and perspectives. You are required to read at least one book from this list for summer reading. Below is a list of books that count toward the challenge. We have many of these titles available through our school library or through the Newmarket Public Library, so please ask one of your teachers if you need help obtaining a copy. “Every student deserves to see themselves in the books they read. Books have the power to encourage students while at the same time enlighten other readers of the truths about lives they don’t live. And hopefully, that enlightenment will spur compassion, understanding, and change.” - Jennifer H., Scholastic “On Our Minds” How does the R.A.D. Challenge work? This challenge has 10 main categories: - African American Voices (AFAV) - Asian American Voices (ASAV) - Diverse Abilities (DA) - Female Voices (FV) - Hispanic American Voices (HAV) - Immigration (IMMI) - LGBTQ+ Voices (LGBTQ+) - Native American Voices (NAV) - Social Injustice (SI) - Voices of those Experiencing Poverty/Homelessness (VOTEPH) Step 1) Read a book from one of these categories. We encourage you to read books across all 10 categories. Step 2) Once you complete a book, you will be asked to fill out the reflection form listed below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIC23X7LOL8cb9BXYrzV9j0rQOFR mjvRSdGGBd7A15uO7Zrg/viewform?usp=sf_link Step 3) After your reflection is submitted, you will receive a certain number of raffle tickets which you can enter in a raffle for gift cards to various businesses and restaurants.
    [Show full text]
  • Anti-Racist Resources and Reads: Lists for All Ages
    Anti-racist Resources and Reads: Lists for All Ages By Elizabeth Bird See the whole list here: Antiracist Resources and Reads: Lists for All Ages | A Fuse #8 Production ​ Books for Children (Fiction): Blended by Sharon M. Draper DB093013 ​ From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks DB098670 ​ A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Marie Ramee DB094289 ​ It All Comes Down to This by Karen English DB088659 ​ New Kid by Jerry Craft (Hoopla ebook) DB094151 ​ One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia BR019326 DB071082 ​ The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson BR013093 ​ Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga DB096396 ​ Books for Children (Facts): A Ride to Remember by Sharon Langley DB098530 ​ Books for Teens (Fiction): All American Boys by Jason Reynolds DB083370 ​ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ​ ● BR007222 ● BR012265 ● DB018576 ● DB040883 (Spanish) ● DB058842 ● DV000297 ● LP000438 Dear Martin by Nic Stone DB089400 ​ Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes BR022276 DB090875 ​ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas BR021874 DB087441 DB087967 (Spanish) ​ How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon DB080691 BR020666 ​ Monster by Walter Dean Myers BR012515 ​ Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson BR022201 DB088750 ​ The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo BR022420 DB092221 ​ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston BR022592 DB035745 ​ Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles BR022250 DB090391 ​ Books for Teens (Facts) Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore BR019701 ​ Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly BR021798 DB085959 (Spanish) DB086234 ​ In The Shadow of Liberty by Kenneth C.
    [Show full text]
  • Summer Reading – 9​Th​ Grade
    th Summer Reading – 9 ​ Grade - English 1 Honors ​ Welcome to the start of your next chapter. We are very excited to walk with you this year. In order to better prepare for the rigor of your high school English class, we have designed the following tasks. 1. Choose ONE of the books below. You may purchase it or use a library or digital copy. 2. Complete ONE of the assignments independently. BOOK CHOICES: These options have been selected because they each offer a ​ unique and diverse perspective on what it means to come-of-age, and include literary elements which will help you be better prepared for the literature we will read in class. o March: Book One - John Lewis ​ March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement (Goodreads). o The Hate You Give –Angie Thomas* ​ Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend (Goodreads). o Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card ​ Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life.
    [Show full text]