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At last she stood : how Joey Guerrero spied, survived, and fought for freedom / Erin Entrada Kelly.
Kelly, Erin Entrada,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Gue Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063218901 :
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"A biography of the legendary and inspiring Josefina "Joey" Guerrero: World War II spy, Filipina guerrilla fighter, war hero, Medal of Freedom recipient, leprosy survivor, teacher, and peacemaker"--Provided by publisher.
Kelly, Erin Entrada,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Gue Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063218901 :
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"A biography of the legendary and inspiring Josefina "Joey" Guerrero: World War II spy, Filipina guerrilla fighter, war hero, Medal of Freedom recipient, leprosy survivor, teacher, and peacemaker"--Provided by publisher.
Ours to tell : reclaiming indigenous stories / Eldon Yellowhorn ; Kathy Lowinger.
Yellowhorn, Eldon,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Yel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781773219530 :
Pub. Info: Toronto : Annick Press, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"A wide-ranging anthology that shines a light on untold Indigenous stories as chronicled by Indigenous creators, compiled by the acclaimed team behind Turtle Island and Sky Wolf's Call. For too long, stories and artistic expressions from Indigenous people have been written and recorded by others, not by the individuals who have experienced the events. In Ours to Tell, sixteen Indigenous creators relate traditions, accounts of historical events, and their own lived experiences. Novelists, poets, graphic artists, historians, craftspeople, and mapmakers chronicle stories on the struggles and triumphs lived by Indigenous people, and the impact these stories have had on their culture and history. Some of the profiles included are: Indigenous poet E. Pauline Johnson, acclaimed novelist Tommy Orange, brave warrior Standing Bear, poet and activist Rita Joe. With each profile accompanied by rich visuals, from archival photos to contemporary art, Ours to Tell brilliantly spotlights Indigenous life, past and present, through an Indigenous lens. Because each profile gives an historical and cultural context, what emerges is a history of Indigenous people."-- Provided by publisher
Yellowhorn, Eldon,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Yel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781773219530 :
Pub. Info: Toronto : Annick Press, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"A wide-ranging anthology that shines a light on untold Indigenous stories as chronicled by Indigenous creators, compiled by the acclaimed team behind Turtle Island and Sky Wolf's Call. For too long, stories and artistic expressions from Indigenous people have been written and recorded by others, not by the individuals who have experienced the events. In Ours to Tell, sixteen Indigenous creators relate traditions, accounts of historical events, and their own lived experiences. Novelists, poets, graphic artists, historians, craftspeople, and mapmakers chronicle stories on the struggles and triumphs lived by Indigenous people, and the impact these stories have had on their culture and history. Some of the profiles included are: Indigenous poet E. Pauline Johnson, acclaimed novelist Tommy Orange, brave warrior Standing Bear, poet and activist Rita Joe. With each profile accompanied by rich visuals, from archival photos to contemporary art, Ours to Tell brilliantly spotlights Indigenous life, past and present, through an Indigenous lens. Because each profile gives an historical and cultural context, what emerges is a history of Indigenous people."-- Provided by publisher
The daughter of Auschwitz : the girl who lived to tell her story / Tova Friedman.
Friedman, Tova,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Fri Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063381544 :
Pub. Info: New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
At the tender age of five years old, Tola Grossman was sent to a Nazi labor camp. As World War II was breaking out around them, the only thing Tola and her parents were left with was the instinct to survive at all costs. Tola's life became a series of miraculous close calls, from being saved from a gas chamber to successfully hiding from the Nazis as they were rounding people up. In this evocative account of one young girl's survival, Tova Friedman chronicles the atrocities she witnessed while at Auschwitz and, ultimately, the sources of hope and courage she and her family found to persist against all odds.
Friedman, Tova,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Fri Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063381544 :
Pub. Info: New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
At the tender age of five years old, Tola Grossman was sent to a Nazi labor camp. As World War II was breaking out around them, the only thing Tola and her parents were left with was the instinct to survive at all costs. Tola's life became a series of miraculous close calls, from being saved from a gas chamber to successfully hiding from the Nazis as they were rounding people up. In this evocative account of one young girl's survival, Tova Friedman chronicles the atrocities she witnessed while at Auschwitz and, ultimately, the sources of hope and courage she and her family found to persist against all odds.
Children of radium : a buried inheritance / Joe Dunthorne.
Dunthorne, Joe,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Dun Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781982180751 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scribner, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up Grades 9 & Up.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Hamish Hamilton,an imprint of Penguin Books."
"In the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this extraordinary family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author's great-grandfather, a talented German-Jewish chemist specializing in radioactive household products who wound up developing chemical weapons and gas mask filters for the Nazis. When novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne began researching his family history, he expected to write the account of their heroic escape from Nazi Germany in 1935. Instead, what he found in his great-grandfather's voluminous, unpublished, partially translated memoir was a much darker, more complicated story. "I confess to my descendants who will read these lines that I made a grave error. I betrayed myself, my most sacred principles," he wrote. "I cannot shake off the great debt on my conscience." Siegfried Merzbacher was a German-Jewish chemist living in Oranienburg, a small town north of Berlin, where he developed various household items, including a radioactive toothpaste called Doramad. But then he was asked by the government to work on products with a strong military connection-first he made and tested gas-mask filters, and then he was invited to establish a chemical weapons laboratory. Between 1933 and 1935, he was a Jewish chemist making chemical weapons for the Nazis. While he and his nuclear family escaped safely to Turkey before the war, Siegfried never got over his complicity, particularly after learning that members of his extended family were murdered in Auschwitz. Armed only with his great-grandfather's rambling, 2,000-page deathbed memoir and a handful of archival clues, Dunthorne traveled to Munich, Ammendorf, Berlin, Ankara, and Oranienburg-a place where hundreds of unexploded bombs remain hidden in the irradiated soil-to reckon with the remarkable, unsettling legacy of his family's past"-- Provided by publisher.
Dunthorne, Joe,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Dun Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781982180751 :
Pub. Info: New York : Scribner, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up Grades 9 & Up.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Hamish Hamilton,an imprint of Penguin Books."
"In the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this extraordinary family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author's great-grandfather, a talented German-Jewish chemist specializing in radioactive household products who wound up developing chemical weapons and gas mask filters for the Nazis. When novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne began researching his family history, he expected to write the account of their heroic escape from Nazi Germany in 1935. Instead, what he found in his great-grandfather's voluminous, unpublished, partially translated memoir was a much darker, more complicated story. "I confess to my descendants who will read these lines that I made a grave error. I betrayed myself, my most sacred principles," he wrote. "I cannot shake off the great debt on my conscience." Siegfried Merzbacher was a German-Jewish chemist living in Oranienburg, a small town north of Berlin, where he developed various household items, including a radioactive toothpaste called Doramad. But then he was asked by the government to work on products with a strong military connection-first he made and tested gas-mask filters, and then he was invited to establish a chemical weapons laboratory. Between 1933 and 1935, he was a Jewish chemist making chemical weapons for the Nazis. While he and his nuclear family escaped safely to Turkey before the war, Siegfried never got over his complicity, particularly after learning that members of his extended family were murdered in Auschwitz. Armed only with his great-grandfather's rambling, 2,000-page deathbed memoir and a handful of archival clues, Dunthorne traveled to Munich, Ammendorf, Berlin, Ankara, and Oranienburg-a place where hundreds of unexploded bombs remain hidden in the irradiated soil-to reckon with the remarkable, unsettling legacy of his family's past"-- Provided by publisher.
King : a life / Jonathan Eig ; with Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long.
Eig, Jonathan,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Kin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374393106 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"A young readers' adaptation of Jonathan Eig's bestselling biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., King: A Life"--Provided by publisher.
Eig, Jonathan,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Kin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374393106 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2025.
Target Audience: Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
"A young readers' adaptation of Jonathan Eig's bestselling biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., King: A Life"--Provided by publisher.
Star sailor : my life as a NASA astronaut / Charles F. Bolden Jr. with Tonya Bolden.
Bolden, Charles,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Bol Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536216325 :
Pub. Info: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Sail the stars with astronaut Charlie Bolden as he recounts his amazing shuttle missions, including deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, training with Sally Ride, and leading the first US space mission that included a Russian cosmonaut as a crew member. Charlie even got to congratulate Star Wars creator George Lucas at the Academy Awards-from space! Follow Charlie's incredible story, from watching movies as a kid about Flash Gordon flying to Mars-from the balcony where Black people had to sit-all the way to becoming the first Black NASA Administrator. From the thrill of watching lightning storms from the mesosphere to the heartbreak of the Challenger disaster, Charles's life as a star sailor is full of adventure and discovery, told in his own words along with award-winning author Tonya Bolden. In-depth looks at how astronauts train, work, and live are complemented by diagrams, highlighted vocabulary, scientific sidebars, and incredible personal photographs. Back matter includes an author's note and timeline"--Provided by publisher.
Bolden, Charles,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Bol Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536216325 :
Pub. Info: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8.
"Sail the stars with astronaut Charlie Bolden as he recounts his amazing shuttle missions, including deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, training with Sally Ride, and leading the first US space mission that included a Russian cosmonaut as a crew member. Charlie even got to congratulate Star Wars creator George Lucas at the Academy Awards-from space! Follow Charlie's incredible story, from watching movies as a kid about Flash Gordon flying to Mars-from the balcony where Black people had to sit-all the way to becoming the first Black NASA Administrator. From the thrill of watching lightning storms from the mesosphere to the heartbreak of the Challenger disaster, Charles's life as a star sailor is full of adventure and discovery, told in his own words along with award-winning author Tonya Bolden. In-depth looks at how astronauts train, work, and live are complemented by diagrams, highlighted vocabulary, scientific sidebars, and incredible personal photographs. Back matter includes an author's note and timeline"--Provided by publisher.
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.