The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
Charlie has just transferred to an arts school. She doesn’t know anyone and she’s not even sure she made the right choice switching schools. During an activity fair she starts getting hounded by a girl at one of the booths who is trying to start a basketball team at the school for the first time. […]
I’ve always been a fan of Erin Bowman. She writes amazing science fiction and some of the only historical fiction (westerns) I actually enjoy reading. Dustborn combines all of the world building and action from her previous books into one story. Delta, lives in a world where everything is sun scorched and desert. Rivers and […]
In this YA thriller with a Native teen at its center, Firekeepers Daughters opens upon a small Canadian town over the border from the U.S., embedded with indigenous culture, yet still discriminatory and separate, and above all a small town hiding dark secrets. Daunis, a fierce hockey player, sister and friend, bridges the divide in […]
Do you love graphic novels with authentic female leads and true stories of teens finding their ways? “Almost American Girl” by Robin Ha is a must read! Chronicling the author’s move from South Korea to the US in the 90’s, a teenager forced by her mother to adapt to an entirely new world. Entering the […]
William “Scoob” Lamar has been suspended from school and his dad, who’s always hard on him is not pleased. Scoob thinks this suspension is going be a huge drag until his G-ma pulls up one day in an RV and says they’re going on a road trip. Scoob loves hi G-ma, so he doesn’t think […]
“See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum” and that’s how the joke starts. The Joker escapes Arkham Asylum and decides to cause chaos, as usual. However, this time he has a specific motive: to prove he isn’t so different from everyone else, that life and all human systems and values are part […]
The Black Friend, is a great resource for white teens looking to learn more about anti -racism and social justice. Not only does author, Fredrick Joseph pull in his own perspectives and life experiences into the book; he also interviews authors and activists like Angie Thomas and Jemele Hill. Joseph covers and gives relatable examples […]
The year is 1921 in this fictional tale of two teenagers growing up and falling in love in historic Greenwood, or Black Wall Street, in Tulsa Oklahoma days before the horrific race massacre. Isaiah is secretly an intelligent poet and deep thinker, but he hides his true self behind the persona of a mischievous troublemaker. […]
“God exists and he’s American”. Actually, to be more specific, he’s from New York. The Watchmen are a group of semi-retired vigilantes. Within the group exists Dr. Manhattan, a physicist who disintegrated himself in a freak accident, somehow puts himself back together and as a result gains countless abilities. The US government then decides to […]
Race to the Sun is an exciting story, full of adventure, friendship and humor. Seventh grader Nizhoni Begay can see monsters, often disguised as humans, and one shows up at her house trying to kill her and lure her brother and father away to nefarious uses. Using Dino, or Navajo, mythology as a backdrop, Nizhoni […]
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