Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

e-Audio, 7.5 hours  Release Date: October 10, 2017 Published by: Dutton Books for Young Readers Read from: October 22-25, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Library (Overdrive)   For fans of: Contemporary, NeuroDiversity, Realistic Fiction, YA      Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most…

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

ARC, 320 pages Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Book Read from: October 22-23, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun….

Calling my Name by Liara Tamani

ARC, 384 pages  Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Greenwillow Books Read from: October 16-22, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, YA      Taja Brown lives with her parents and older brother and younger sister, in Houston, Texas. Taja has always known what the expectations of her conservative and…

Tweens Read 2017

Today I’ll be away because I’m attending Tweens Read for work! It’s held in Pasadena, Texas and it’s a great event that is totally free! This year there were 25 authors!  There’s a couple authors I want to meet, but mostly I just want to thank Celia Perez for Skpying in to our library and…

Take Me Away

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