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Graphic Novels just added!

4/26/2017

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New graphic novels added to the library this spring, they are on display above the graphic novel section by the information desk. Click on images for more info about the book!

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Refugee Stories

4/24/2017

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We have several new books with stories of refugees around the world. Both current stories & from the past.

The Milk of Birds
Darfur (Sudan) -- Fiction

Human cargo : a journey among refugees
Personal stories of people struggling to make lives for themselves in such areas as Cairo, Lebanon,and Australia

.	A time of miracles In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and welcoming unforgettable encounters with other refugees searching for a better life.

Where I belong

13 year old Somali refugee

What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng

Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction

The good braider : a novel
Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine

Brothers in hope : the story of the lost boys of Sudan

Strength in what remains

Refugees -- Burundi -- Biography

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Read 1984 this year?

4/19/2017

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If you read 1984 on your own or in Mrs.Engbers class...
here are a few suggestions on what to read next:

Unwind By Newal Shusterman

Feed By M.T. Anderson

Hunger Games By Suzanne Colins

Little Brother by Cory Docorow

The Girl who drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Giver, by Lois Lowry