Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales of the Real!!! We are exploring everything nonfiction which is one of my favorites to read! With nonfiction, there is literally something for every interest and even topics you have never even heard about. I highly suggest taking a look at the new nonfiction books when you come to the library because there is always an amazing selection--we even have a bonus selection because there were too many to choose from. We have some great highlights this week from books all about history to science and even some spies! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #amazingyouthnonfiction as well as on Libby and Hoopla.
The 2021 Summer Reading Program takes place from June 5th-August 11th with a new theme and badge activities every week. Make sure to watch the Middle Grade Book Spotlight book talk video for this week as it counts towards your badge activities for the week; if you read one of the titles featured or on the tagged list, that counts as another activity as well!!! Earn the weekly themed badges to get your virtual tickets which can be turned into opportunities to win prizes! For more information--such as to sign up or to sign in to your account in order to track your books and activities--visit our Summer Reading page and click “LOG IN NOW”.
Check back next week for a new middle grade book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
Lifting as We Climb by Evette Dionne--Presents the suffrage history of African American women who faced racism, rejection, and danger from white suffragists and others as they worked to secure their right to vote. Traces the historical lineage of their activism from abolition, to suffrage, to civil rights, to Black Lives Matter.
On the Horizon by Lois Lowry--Presents a collection of poems discussing the intersection of the Pearl Harbor attack and the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and the lives that were lost in both events. Discusses the personal experiences of American author Lois Lowry who lived in both Hawaii and in Tokyo.
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat--Explores the true story of the ordeal that twelve members of the young Wild Boars soccer team, along with their assistant coach, went through from June 23 to July 2 in 2018, when they got stuck inside a flooded cavern in Thailand. A team of people from around the world mobilized to save them.
Major Impossible by Nathan Hale--Presents a humorous graphic novel about American explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell, one of the first Americans to lead an exploration into the Grand Canyon.
Ultimate Explorer: Rocks and Minerals by Nancy Honovich--Offers kids a full-color identification guide to 184 rocks and minerals. Includes fact boxes, activities, and a glossary of terms.
The Dark Game by Paul Janeczko--A collection of accounts of espionage activities for and against the United States from George Washington's spy network to cyber espionage of modern times. Describes the work of such spies as Benedict Arnold, Mata Hari, and double agents Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.