Let’s get Ready for Summer
Reading! Come Check out some of our New Teen Fiction Books. Click on the links under the descriptions and
put the books on hold for pickup at Haverford Library.
The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human trafficking. https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2554209
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi
Coates (Author)
As a child, Ta-Nehisi Coates was seen by his
father, Paul, as too sensitive and lacking focus. Paul Coates was a Vietnam vet
who'd been part of the Black Panthers and was dedicated to reading and
publishing the history of African civilization. When it came to his sons, he
was committed to raising proud Black men equipped to deal with a racist
society, during a turbulent period in the collapsing city of Baltimore where
they lived.
Coates details with candor the challenges of
dealing with his tough-love father, the influence of his mother, and the
dynamics of his extended family, including his brother "Big Bill,"
who was on a very different path than Ta-Nehisi. Coates also tells of his
family struggles at school and with girls, making this a timely story to which
many readers will relate. https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2554199
This Is My America by Kim Johnson (Author)
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present? https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2540271
The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert (Author)
Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She’s always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band’s first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can’t vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she
takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn’t spent month’s
doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right.
And that’s how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct
to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and
again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as
strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find
Marva’s missing cat), it’s clear that there’s more to their connection than a
shared mission for democracy. https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2540264
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