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Tiger Daughter
Rebecca Lim. Delacorte, $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-593-64897-1 Because of 13-year-old Wen Li Zhou’s struggles with math, her father often deems her a “useless, insolent child.” His verbal abuse also extends to her mother; once a vivacious woman, she now acts reserved to avoid Wen’s father’s outbursts. Wen finds peace with her best friend Henry Xiao.
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook, $19.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-25026-572-2 In striking detail, Sheinkin (Fallout) chronicles how, in June 1944, 19-year-old Rudi Vrba, together with 24-year-old Alfred Wexler, both Slovakian Jewish, were the first to reveal to the world the then-hidden Nazi atrocities occurring in Auschwitz. Both prisoners who witnessed firsthand the “death on an industrial scale,” the two made a perilous escape from the camp, determined to alert the public.
THE BRILLIANT MS. BANGLE
by Cara Devins ; illustrated by K-Fai Steele ‧ A charming portrayal of a whimsical trickster librarian who knows how to get kids reading. Change can be challenging but good. Summer’s over, and the Belford Elementary students are thrilled to return to school. But when they learn that Ms. Stack, their librarian, has moved away, they hatch a plan to refuse to read with the new librarian, Ms. Bangle, until Ms. Stack returns.
Announcement: My Birthday Is Cancelled This Year
Hi, Everyone, Just writing to let you know that, in light of everything going on, my birthday is cancelled this year. (I mean, what isn’t?!) It just doesn’t feel right to be celebrating at a time when there are so many more pressing matters at hand. Obviously, I’ll still be doing a small family FaceTime, immediately followed by a larger Zoom with my college friends and maybe three work friends, max, but that’s really going to be it.
Netflix Presents You've Got Mail at Upright Citizens Brigade
Netflix has rebooted the 1998 classic You’ve Got Mail and they are not sorry. Their version includes ALL of the best parts: AOL and white people complaining and NONE of the worst parts: Tom Hanks (hack), Meg Ryan (hack), Dave Chappelle (hack), Parker Posey (gifted pianist), Greg Kinnear (hack). Ticket Information: https://franklin.ucbtheatre.com/show/7078 For further information, click here. The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?
The Game Shelf at Your Weekend Rental
Hello, and welcome to your weekend rental! Lucky for you, this house is not only a short drive to the beach and walking distance from Pinksinkie Creek, but it also comes with a whole bookshelf full of games and activities to keep you entertained for hours.
The House in Poplar Wood
K.E. Ormsbee. Chronicle, $16.99 (344p) ISBN 978-1-4521-4986-8 In Boone Ridge, Tenn., 13-year-old twins Lee and Felix Vickery live at opposite ends of the same house. Per the Agreement, Lee lives with his mother and Memory in the warm west end, where he jars and labels memories (“sealed tight”) before he leaves the house for school.
Refugee
In this hard-hitting novel, Gratz (Projekt 1065) skillfully intertwines the stories of three protagonists seeking asylum with their respective families. Twelve-year-old Josef is fleeing Nazi Germany on a ship headed for Cuba in 1939; in 1994, 11-year-old Isabel leaves Cuba for the United States aboard a boat; and 12-year-old Mahmoud leaves Syria in 2015 after a bomb destroys his family’s apartment building.
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