The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Themes: good vs evil, morality, friendship, and authority, and oppression. Review by Kristen Higgason (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Read more
Miles Morales, Vol. 1, Straight Out of Brooklyn Ahmed, Saladin. (2019). Miles Morales, Vol. 1, Straight Out of Brooklyn. New York, NY: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 136 pages. Audience: Grades 8+ Read more
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me Tamaki, Mariko. (2019). Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me. New York, NY: First Second. 289 pages. Audience: Grades 9+, High School Review Read more
American Street Zoboi, Ibi. (2017). American Street. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray. 324 pages. Audience – Grades 10+ Review by: Kayla Hlad (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Read more
When Dimple Met Rishi Menon, Sandhya. (2017). When Dimple Met Rishi. New York, NY: Simon Pulse. 380 pages. Audience – Grades 9+ Review by: Kayla Hlad (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent Read more
The Grace Year Liggett, Kim. (2019). The Grace Year. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Publishing Group. 408 pages. Audience – Grades 9+ Review by: Kayla Hlad (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent Read more
History is All You Left Me Silvera, Adam. (2018). History is All You Left Me. Somerville, MA: Soho Press. 294 pages. Audience – Grades 9+ Review by: Kayla Hlad (she/her) Read more
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager Philippe, Ben. (2018). The Field Guide to the North American Teenager. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray. 372 pages. Audience – Grades Read more
We are Okay LaCour, Nina. (2017). We Are OKAY. United States: Dutton Books. 236 pages. Type/Genre/Tags: Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+, Own Voice Audience: Grades 9+, High School Review by: Kayla Hlad Read more
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir Grimes, Nikki. (2019). Ordinary Hazards. Honesdale, PA: Word Song. 325 pages. Type/Genre/Tags – Memoir, Verse, Diverse Authors Audience – Teens Grades 9+ Review by: Kayla Hlad Read more
