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Ava Dellaira
This parallel mother-and-daughter story follows Marilyn and Angie when each is seventeen. Marilyn’s strand returns to the summer when she falls in love and starts making her own way. In Angie’s, a biracial teenager tries to uncover the truth about the father she has never known. Together, their stories explore family history, identity, and the secrets that connect generations.
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Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and CourageIn This Together Media, foreword by Amy KlobucharThis anthology gathers essays by actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teenagers. Contributors, including Patrisse Cullors, Alia Shawkat, Maulik Pancholy, Azure Antoinette, and Gavin Grimm, write about experiences from their youth. Their personal accounts describe navigating difficult circumstances connected to marginalized identities and being held back because of them. A grayscale comic strip appears alongside the essays. The book also provides contributor biographies and discussion questions.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, AdventurerSarah B. Pomeroy, Jeyaraney KathirithambyBorn in 1647, Maria Sibylla Merian began studying butterflies at thirteen, observing and drawing insects through their life cycles. Her work on metamorphosis preceded other scientists’ accurate published descriptions of the process. Later, she and her daughter traveled thousands of miles from the Netherlands to South American rainforests to observe and illustrate unfamiliar insects. The biography includes Merian’s artwork, a glossary, and a bibliography.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
INFORMATION BOOKS Photographic: The Life of Graciela IturbideIsabel QuinteroThis graphic biography follows Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. Born in Mexico City in 1942 and the eldest of thirteen children, she turned to photography after tragedy struck when she was a young mother. A poet narrator and graphic artist trace how her eye produced black-and-white photographs of cultures and places, presenting her life and photographic work.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details