Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus, a riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment, tells the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.A New York Times BestsellerStonewall Book Award Winner--Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature AwardYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist One teenager in a skirt.One teenager with a lighter.One moment … [Read more...] about The 57 Bus
“People of the Moon”
with Ted Stout For thousands of years people mostly avoided the lava fields of Idaho. Artifacts indicate that native people passed through, but they did not remain for long due to the lack of water. Later the trails that the Shoshone-Bannock created around the northern edge of the lava provided a path for Oregon bound migrants and ultimately highway motorists. Eventually curiosity about this unknown area led scientists and others to seek it out. In the 1920s, Robert Limbert explored the … [Read more...] about “People of the Moon”
Together We Read: “The Kiss Quotient”
by Helen Hoang The Community Library's Together We Read book club is hosted the third Tuesday of every other month and led by a diverse range of library staff. Books cover all genres from new fiction to classics to nonfiction, young adult, graphic novels, and everything in between. Join us for one discussion or many! June's pick is The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. The discussion will be led by operations director Nicole Lichtenberg. Registration is … [Read more...] about Together We Read: “The Kiss Quotient”
“A Future We Can Love”
with Susan Bauer-Wu When the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg spoke for the first time in January 2021, millions of people around the world took notice. “It is encouraging to see how you have opened the eyes of the world to the urgency to protect our planet, our only home,” the Dalai Lama wrote to Greta before their meeting. In her new book, A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis with the Power of Our Hearts and Minds, Susan Bauer-Wu shares the words of … [Read more...] about “A Future We Can Love”
Book Review: A Man Called Ove
Ann Sandefer, Philanthropy & Volunteer Associate, recommends A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. A Man Called Ove is a book about routines and the unexpected, happiness and sorrow, love and loss, youth and aging, life and death. The book begins with a very grumpy, 59-year-old man with principles as deep as his daily routines who’s been having a rough time. Ove had always seen the world as black-and-white with his now deceased wife providing the only color for him. He’s … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Man Called Ove
Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Luis Alberto Urrea
The annual Hemingway Distinguished Lecture is presented each year, honoring the month of Ernest Hemingway’s birth and death. The event celebrates the power of words and the creative spirit in a landscape that Hemingway loved. This year, The Community Library welcomes LUIS ALBERTO URREA: hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of … [Read more...] about Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Luis Alberto Urrea
