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Librarian's Top Picks
24 May 2019
Don't know what to read next? Stuck reading the same books over and over? Want a suggestion you can trust? These top picks will include books from all genres, new or old and are hand-picked by the librarian to pique your interest. The best bit is they are all available in the school library.
Deathwatch – by Nicola Morgan – suitable for Year 8+
Someone is watching Cat McPherson. Is it a young schizophrenic, a retired scientist, or Cat’s ex-boyfriend? Or it could be someone else entirely. An obsession with insects
seems to link them all. And Cat hates insects. She’s easy prey, especially as she has given away so much about herself on an internet site which her parents have forbidden her
to use. But does she even realize that she’s being stalked? A talented athlete, she’s too busy with the pressures of training and deciding whether she really wants to run for
a living. The trouble is, soon she will have to run for her life…
Beyond Clueless – by Linas Alsenas – suitable for all
Marty Sullivan’s life is over; her parents have enrolled her in a private high school. A private, Catholic, girls-only high school. Meanwhile, at their local public school,
her best friend, Jimmy, comes out of the closet and finds himself a boyfriend and a new group of friends. Marty feels left out and alone, until she gets a part in the school
musical, Into the Woods, and Jimmy and his new crew are in it, too! Things start looking even better when Marty falls for foxy fellow cast member Felix Peroni. And Felix seems
to like her back. But the drama is just beginning…. Can Marty and Jimmy keep up their friendship? And is Marty’s new beau everything he appears to be? Or is Marty too clueless
to figure it all out before it’s too late?
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – by Austin Channing Brown – suitable for older readers
Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she
was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means to love blackness," a journey that led to a
lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker and expert who helps organizations practice genuine inclusion. In a time when nearly all institutions
(schools, churches, universities, businesses) claim to value "diversity" in their mission statements, I'm Still Here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often
fall short of our words. Austin writes in breath taking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear
witness to the complexity of America's social fabric - from Black Cleveland neighbourhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms
at majority-white organizations.
One Man Guy – by Michael Barakiva – suitable for all
Alek Khederian should have guessed something was wrong when his parents took him to a restaurant. Everyone knows that Armenians never eat out. Between bouts of interrogating
the waitress and criticising the menu, Alek's parents announce that he'll be attending summer school to bring up his grades. Alek is sure this experience will be the perfect
hellish end to his hellish freshman year of high school. He never could've predicted that he'd meet someone like Ethan. Ethan is everything Alek wishes he were: confident,
free-spirited, and irreverent. He can't believe a guy this cool wants to be his friend. And before long, it seems like Ethan wants to be more than friends. Alek has never
thought about having a boyfriend - he's barely ever had a girlfriend but maybe it's time to think again.
Librarian's Top Picks
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