Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

Sydney Reilly is concerned about visiting her mother in San Francisco for the summer.  Her mother, Lila Shore, is a famous actress who has not been involved in Sydney's life.  Entrenched in narcissism, Lila is dating, Jake, who has a mysterious career in art.  Lila and Jake are not the ideal couple and tensions between the two cause Sydney to escape to the beach each day.  Sydney longs to have the "perfect" summer since she is turning 16!  She spends her time scouting out nearby beaches with her new best friend, Max, a German Shepard.  Along the way she meets Nicco, the interesting boy on the beach.  Could this be the summer she was dreaming of or does the sourness at home change all her plans?

Fire Keeper's Daughter

Daunis Fontaine is part of the Ojibwe reservation of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan.  She is 18, starting out fresh in college, but tragedy seems to follow her and those in her town.  In a place where hockey is "king" and a new shining starter, Jamie, is winning Daunis over.  Little does Daunis know that the FBI is investigating people in her town to expose a long time crime ring.  Forced to do what is right, protect those she loves, and overcome the obstacles to reveal the truth; Daunis learns what truly means to be a strong Ojibwe woman.   

Narrated in first person point of view, the content of the novel is perfect for addition for Native American related themes.  Language is clean; however, content also includes drug use and sexual assault.

Perfect Young Adult crossover read!

  

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Graphic Novels, more than Manga

 

Graphic novels are a great place to start for those who struggle with reading.  We offer not just Manga series books, but Shakespeare, classics, and new novels in graphic format.  Readers not only have text to read but must also infer the images.  

Stop by the library today, and pick up something different to read.  You just might be surprised!

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Powerful story

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi T. Nwaubani is a powerful and gripping story that needs to be told.  Set in a Nigerian village, a young girl longs to be the first in her family to go to university.  Her family works very hard to survive through farming in their small village.  Their lives are tragically changed one evening when the village is savagely attacked by a Boko Haram group.  

The novel to brings light the true story that took place in April 2014, when Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls, many of whom are still missing.

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree would be a good book for topic discussions regarding economics, government, religious groups, and cultures.  I appreciate the author's writing style.  Many of the graphic events in the book are implied enough without the use of strong language.  Readers should be aware of sensitive areas dealing with war and kidnapping.