As a teacher-librarian, I have the opportunity to read young adult books to share with my students. The list that I have provided will have an overview of the book and personal comments. They are on a Book-mercial style image to get a taste of the essence of the book.
Monday, February 10, 2025
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 is an excellent book for leaders of business, schools, presidents and others. Add this one to your be a better leader shelves and read the book.
James by Percival Everett
James is a smart story that represents Jim from Huckleberry Finn. Jim is a smart man who is running away from slavery. Huck teams up with Jim by chance and together travel meeting dangerous people and dangerous situations. Percival Everett knows how to write a story. This is a good one. The audio book also very good.
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
The Banned Book Club is a good story. There is family dysfunction, healing and rebuilding of lives. a compelling story. A good read.
The Hexologists #1 The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
The Hexologists is a great book. More for adults. If you like fantasy with a 1920's vibe, it's a good read. Smart and clever. Enjoy.
The Teller of Small Fortunes the Julie Leong
The Teller of Small Fortunes is a great book! I plan on reading more stories by Julie Leon. This is her debut novel. She's set the bar high. It's even fine for high school libraries.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
The Black Girl Survives in This One Desiree S. Evans (Editor) , Saraciea J. Fennell (Editor) , Brittney Morris (Contributor)
The Black Girl Survives in This One is a very smart collection of short stories. I plan on adding this one to my high school library. A good read. Enjoy.
The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill
The Moth Keeper is a lovely graphic novel with a diverse community that works together. A young girl becomes an apprentice to help take care of special moths that help plants grow. She must help fix an error when she loses the moths. A good read.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada (Writer) , Tsukasa Abe (Illustrator)
Frieren, is the story after a band of diverse warriors move on with their lives. From time to time Frieren, the long lived elf goes and visits her friends.
A good graphic novel to add to high school libraries.
Wynd #1 Wynd, Book One: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV (Writer) , Michael Dialynas (Illustrator) , Aditya Bidikar (Letterer)
Wynd, book one is fine for graphic novels to add to high school libraries. It has adventure, danger, evil villians and survival. There is a form of racism and people working together to help each other. A good read.
My Happy Marriage, Vol. 4 My Happy Marriage (Manga) #4 by Akumi Agitogi, Rito Kohsaka with Tsukiho Tsukioka
My Happy Marriage, vol 4 is a graphic novel that is fine for high school libraries. It's a Cinderella story line of a daughter who had to be a servant in a well to do family. She has a jealous mean half sister. The young man she ends up engaged to, shows kindness and helps her build her confidence. As he quietly investigates her family, he makes a connection that her deceased mother may have been part of a secretive magical family. A good read.
Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life by Jim Murphy
Inner Excellence is a self help book to focus on improving on your life. There's a game plan in this book. It's similar to other self-improvement books. A fine book to check out.
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