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Edmonia Lewis / written by Jasmine Walls ; illustrated by Bex Glendining ; colored by Kieran Quigley ; lettered by DC Hopkins.
Walls, Jasmine,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Lew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781684156344
Pub. Info: Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Box, 2020.
Target Audience: 6.9. 5-8.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 1.0
Presents a graphic novel profile of Civil War era sculptor Edmonia Lewis, describing her childhood, work in Rome, Italy, and how she rose to become the first artist of color to gain prominence in the artistic mainstream.
Walls, Jasmine,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Lew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781684156344
Pub. Info: Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Box, 2020.
Target Audience: 6.9. 5-8.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 1.0
Presents a graphic novel profile of Civil War era sculptor Edmonia Lewis, describing her childhood, work in Rome, Italy, and how she rose to become the first artist of color to gain prominence in the artistic mainstream.
Make it count : my fight to become the first transgender Olympic runner / CeCe Telfer.
Telfer, CeCe,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Tel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781538756249 :
Pub. Info: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"CeCe Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship, she has contended with transphobia on and off the track since childhood. Now, she stands at the crossroads of a national and international conversation about equity in sports, forced to advocate for her personhood and rights at every turn. After spending years training for the 2024 Olympics, Telfer has been sidelined and silenced more times than she can count. But she's never been good at taking no for an answer. MAKE IT COUNT is Telfer's raw and inspiring story. From coming of age in Jamaica, where she grew up hearing a constant barrage of slurs, to beginning her new life in Toronto and then New Hampshire, where she realized what running could offer her, to living in the backseat of her car while searching for a coach, to Mexico, where she trained for the US Trials, this book follows the arc of Telfer's Olympic dream. This is the story of running on what feels like the edge of a knife, of what it means to compete when you're not just an athlete but treated like a walking controversy. But it's also the story of resilience and athleticism, of a runner who found a clarity in her sport that otherwise eluded her-a sense of being simply alive on this earth, a human moving through space. Finally, herself"--Provided by publisher.
Telfer, CeCe,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Tel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781538756249 :
Pub. Info: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"CeCe Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship, she has contended with transphobia on and off the track since childhood. Now, she stands at the crossroads of a national and international conversation about equity in sports, forced to advocate for her personhood and rights at every turn. After spending years training for the 2024 Olympics, Telfer has been sidelined and silenced more times than she can count. But she's never been good at taking no for an answer. MAKE IT COUNT is Telfer's raw and inspiring story. From coming of age in Jamaica, where she grew up hearing a constant barrage of slurs, to beginning her new life in Toronto and then New Hampshire, where she realized what running could offer her, to living in the backseat of her car while searching for a coach, to Mexico, where she trained for the US Trials, this book follows the arc of Telfer's Olympic dream. This is the story of running on what feels like the edge of a knife, of what it means to compete when you're not just an athlete but treated like a walking controversy. But it's also the story of resilience and athleticism, of a runner who found a clarity in her sport that otherwise eluded her-a sense of being simply alive on this earth, a human moving through space. Finally, herself"--Provided by publisher.
The mythmakers : the remarkable fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien / John Hendrix.
Hendrix, John,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Hen Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781419746345 :
Pub. Info: New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"The Mythmakers is the illustrated story of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and how each came to write their masterworks-neither story can be told without including the other, they are so intertwined. Through narrative and comic panels, the book chronicles their near-idyllic childhoods, then moves on to both men's horrific tour of the trenches of WWI to their first meeting at Oxford in 1929, and then the foreshadowing, action, and aftermath of WWII. This nonfiction graphic novel follows the shared story of their friendship and creative fellowship, in all its ups and downs, that gave them confidence to venture beyond academic concerns (fantasy wasn't scholarly writing but considered the domain of children), shaped major story/theme ideas, and shifted their ideas about the potential of mythology and faith. The book also shows the camaraderie and the importance of the social/literary circle of friends called the Inklings, and how the friendship of these two great men fell apart and came together again. Hendrix concludes describing how the writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had re-enchanted the 20th century, after two World Wars. In writing aimed at scholars, adults, and young people, these two tweedy academics altered the course of storytelling and embraced the concept that fantasy writing for an adult audience was an accepted form of literature. The format is similar to The Faithful Spy, prose interspersed with images and narrative comics. The narration is often conversations between a knowledgeable wizard and a comical lion. Through brisk conversation between these two friends, they explain some of the bigger ideas in an approachable and entertaining way. Throughout the story, there are "gateways" that lead readers to the back matter where certain themes, such as how myth/fantasy evolved or the art of world-building, are discussed more fully. This device keeps the main story flowing quickly and smoothly for those readers not interested in the more academic ideas behind the narrative. Among the ideas covered in the narrative and back matter: - Tolkien's world building - The "Theology of Creation" linking their faith to their writings - The meaning of real friendship - Notions of modernity and mythology - The value of fantasy - The power of a creative community - An exploration of the different kinds of storytelling in Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, both relying on "The Myth" as a story-telling device, but differing in the use of allegory vs. symbolism - The creative differences of Lewis and Tolkien: the high standards of Tolkien's fiction and the faster and more immediate approach of Lewis's - Logos vs. Mythos: Lewis created from images, Tolkien created from language - The mixing of mythologies Also included are an author's note, endnotes, bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher.
Hendrix, John,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Hen Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781419746345 :
Pub. Info: New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"The Mythmakers is the illustrated story of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and how each came to write their masterworks-neither story can be told without including the other, they are so intertwined. Through narrative and comic panels, the book chronicles their near-idyllic childhoods, then moves on to both men's horrific tour of the trenches of WWI to their first meeting at Oxford in 1929, and then the foreshadowing, action, and aftermath of WWII. This nonfiction graphic novel follows the shared story of their friendship and creative fellowship, in all its ups and downs, that gave them confidence to venture beyond academic concerns (fantasy wasn't scholarly writing but considered the domain of children), shaped major story/theme ideas, and shifted their ideas about the potential of mythology and faith. The book also shows the camaraderie and the importance of the social/literary circle of friends called the Inklings, and how the friendship of these two great men fell apart and came together again. Hendrix concludes describing how the writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had re-enchanted the 20th century, after two World Wars. In writing aimed at scholars, adults, and young people, these two tweedy academics altered the course of storytelling and embraced the concept that fantasy writing for an adult audience was an accepted form of literature. The format is similar to The Faithful Spy, prose interspersed with images and narrative comics. The narration is often conversations between a knowledgeable wizard and a comical lion. Through brisk conversation between these two friends, they explain some of the bigger ideas in an approachable and entertaining way. Throughout the story, there are "gateways" that lead readers to the back matter where certain themes, such as how myth/fantasy evolved or the art of world-building, are discussed more fully. This device keeps the main story flowing quickly and smoothly for those readers not interested in the more academic ideas behind the narrative. Among the ideas covered in the narrative and back matter: - Tolkien's world building - The "Theology of Creation" linking their faith to their writings - The meaning of real friendship - Notions of modernity and mythology - The value of fantasy - The power of a creative community - An exploration of the different kinds of storytelling in Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, both relying on "The Myth" as a story-telling device, but differing in the use of allegory vs. symbolism - The creative differences of Lewis and Tolkien: the high standards of Tolkien's fiction and the faster and more immediate approach of Lewis's - Logos vs. Mythos: Lewis created from images, Tolkien created from language - The mixing of mythologies Also included are an author's note, endnotes, bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher.
The girl who fought back : Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / Joshua M. Greene.
Greene, Joshua,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Mie Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781338880519 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Warsaw, Poland, 1940s: The Nazis are on the march, determined to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Teenage Vladka and her family are among the thousands of Jews forced to relocate behind the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto, a cramped, oppressive space full of starvation, suffering, and death. When Vladka's family is deported to concentration camps, Vladka joins up with other young people in the ghetto who are part of the Jewish underground: a group determined to fight back against the Nazis, no matter the cost. Vladka's role in the underground? To pass as a non-Jew, sneaking out of the ghetto to blend into Polish society while smuggling secret messages and weapons back over the ghetto wall. Every move she makes comes with the risk of being arrested or killed. But Vladka and her friends know that their missions are worth the danger--they are preparing for an uprising like no other, one that will challenge the Nazi war machine. This astonishing true story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, told through the lens of Holocaust survivor and educator Vladka Meed, introduces readers to a crucial piece of history while highlighting the persistence of bravery in the face of hate"--Provided by publisher.
Greene, Joshua,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Mie Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781338880519 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Warsaw, Poland, 1940s: The Nazis are on the march, determined to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Teenage Vladka and her family are among the thousands of Jews forced to relocate behind the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto, a cramped, oppressive space full of starvation, suffering, and death. When Vladka's family is deported to concentration camps, Vladka joins up with other young people in the ghetto who are part of the Jewish underground: a group determined to fight back against the Nazis, no matter the cost. Vladka's role in the underground? To pass as a non-Jew, sneaking out of the ghetto to blend into Polish society while smuggling secret messages and weapons back over the ghetto wall. Every move she makes comes with the risk of being arrested or killed. But Vladka and her friends know that their missions are worth the danger--they are preparing for an uprising like no other, one that will challenge the Nazi war machine. This astonishing true story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, told through the lens of Holocaust survivor and educator Vladka Meed, introduces readers to a crucial piece of history while highlighting the persistence of bravery in the face of hate"--Provided by publisher.
Three summers : a memoir of sisterhood, summer crushes, and growing up on the eve of war / Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, with Laura L. Sullivan.
Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Sab Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374390815 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"A middle-grade nonfiction story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia"--Provided by publisher.
Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Sab Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374390815 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"A middle-grade nonfiction story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia"--Provided by publisher.
Barracoon : adapted for young readrs / written by Zora Neale Hurston ; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi ; illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson.
Hurston, Zora Neale,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Lew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063098336 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2024
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Originally published in 2018 by Amistad."--Title page verso.
Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved, 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage--fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist, anthropologist, and writer Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston spent months talking with Cudjo about the details of his life. Cudjo recounted memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of the raid of his village, being captured and held in a barracoon for sale by human traders, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War.
Hurston, Zora Neale,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Lew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063098336 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2024
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Originally published in 2018 by Amistad."--Title page verso.
Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved, 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage--fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist, anthropologist, and writer Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston spent months talking with Cudjo about the details of his life. Cudjo recounted memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of the raid of his village, being captured and held in a barracoon for sale by human traders, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War.
The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival / written by Estelle Nadel with Sammy Savos and Bethany Strout ; art by Sammy Savos.
Nadel, Estelle,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Nad Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250247766 :
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
As the youngest child in a large Jewish family, Enia Feld's childhood is happy, carefree, and full of song. Until the Nazis invade Poland . . . Change comes slowly. It starts with German soldiers in town and a yellow star on her sweaters. Next, Jewish children are barred from school and there are whispers of their neighbors leaving Poland. And then, all at once, the Nazis start rounding up Jewish families, sending them to ghettos or by train to destinations unknown. In the space of a single night, Enia and her family are separated and forced into hiding--at the mercy of their neighbors during a terrifying time of war.
Nadel, Estelle,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Nad Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250247766 :
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
As the youngest child in a large Jewish family, Enia Feld's childhood is happy, carefree, and full of song. Until the Nazis invade Poland . . . Change comes slowly. It starts with German soldiers in town and a yellow star on her sweaters. Next, Jewish children are barred from school and there are whispers of their neighbors leaving Poland. And then, all at once, the Nazis start rounding up Jewish families, sending them to ghettos or by train to destinations unknown. In the space of a single night, Enia and her family are separated and forced into hiding--at the mercy of their neighbors during a terrifying time of war.
The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts / Loren Grush.
Grush, Loren,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Gru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781982172800 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scribner, 2023.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts-six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle."
Grush, Loren,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Gru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781982172800 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scribner, 2023.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts-six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle."
Two roads home : Hitler, Stalin and the miraculous survival of my family / Daniel Finkelstein.
Finkelstein, Daniel,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Fin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780385548557 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2023
Target Audience: Ages 15 & Up. Grades 10 & Up.
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, in 2023."--Title page verso.
"An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Love and Murder is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it."
Finkelstein, Daniel,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Fin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780385548557 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2023
Target Audience: Ages 15 & Up. Grades 10 & Up.
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, in 2023."--Title page verso.
"An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Love and Murder is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it."
Sacred hoops : spiritual lessons as a hardwood warrior / Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty ; foreword by Bill Bradley.
Jackson, Phil.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 796.323 Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781401308810 (pbk.)
Pub. Info: 2016
"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover.
Jackson, Phil.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 796.323 Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781401308810 (pbk.)
Pub. Info: 2016
"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover.