• Books for Consideration SAC Meeting 01/13/2025

    Name of Book

    Author

    Publisher Age Range
    Recommendation 

    Booklist Age Range
    Recommendation

    Don’t Let The Forest In

    C G Drews

    Ages 13-18

    Booklist:  Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Wild Huntress

    Emily Lloyd-Jones

    Ages 7 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Material World: the six raw materials that shape modern civilization

    Ed Conway

    Adult

    Adult

    Fake Famous

    Dana L. Davis

    Young Adult

    Booklist:  Grades 9-11
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up

    The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance

    Josh Ulrich

    Ages 12

    Booklist:  Grades 7-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-14
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Night Owls

     

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18

    The Story of a Heart

    Dr. Rachel Clarke

    Adult

    Adult

    Discovering Life’s Story: Biology’s Beginnings

    Joy Hakim

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 8-11
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Aisle Nine

    Ian Cho

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Great Black Hope

    Louis Moore

     

    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Heist Royale

    Kayvion Lewis

    Young Adult

    Kirkus: Ages 13-18

    The Art of Us

    Julie Wright

    Young Adult

    Booklist:  Grades 9-11
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up

    Rani Choudhury Must Die

    Adiba Jaigirdar

    Young Adult

    Booklist:  Grades 7-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    The Serviceberry

    Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Adult

    Adult

    In Want of a Suspect

    Tirzah Price

    Age 14 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18

    Sharks Don’t Sink

    Jasmin Graham

    Adult

    Adult

    The Paranormal Ranger

    Stanley Milford Jr.

    Adult

    Adult

     

    Ruin Road

    Lamar Giles

    Young Adult

    Booklist:  Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Us in Ruins

    Rachel Moore

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Better, Faster, Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

    Maggie Mertens

    Adult

    Adult

    Medici Heist

    Caitlin Schneiderhan

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    With Love Echo Park

    Laura Namey

    Young Adult

    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up

    Under the Surface

    Diana Urban

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist:  Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

     

    Books for Consideration SAC Meeting 11/04/2024

    Name of Book

    Author

    Publisher Age Range
    Recommendation

     

    Booklist Age Range
    Recommendation

    Marked Man

    John Floria

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 7-10
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    The Enigma Girls

    Candace Fleming

    Ages 8 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 7-11
    Kirkus: Ages 9-14
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Into the Sunken City

    Dinesh Thiru

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal

    Gretchen Schreiber

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Breathing Underwater

    Abbey Lee Nash

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Dropped

    Alice Kuipers

    Grades 8-12
    Ages 12 & Up

    Kirkus: Ages 12-18

    Into the Sunken City

    Dinish Thiru

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    Six Truths and Lie

    Ream Shukairy

    Grades 7 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Other Lola

    Ripley Jones

    Ages 13-18

    Kirkus: Ages 13-18

    Ryan and Avery

    David Levithan

     

    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Have You Seen This Girl

    Nita Tyndall

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up

    Bad Graces

    Kyrie McCauley

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18

    Spilled Ink

    Nadia Hashimi

    Ages 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 8-11
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Sleepless in Dubai

    Sajni Patel

    Grades 8 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 8-11
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18

    Dark Star Burning, Ash Fall White

    Amelie Wen Zhaodar

    -

    -

    Coming Home

    Brittney Griner

    -

    Kirkus Reviews: Adult

    Sociopath A Memoir

    Patric Gagne, PHD

    -

    Booklist: Adult
    Kirkus: Adult
    Publishers Weekly: Adult

    Icon and Inferno

    Marie Lu

    Young Adult

    Kirkus: Ages 14-18

    Darker by Four

    June Tan

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 10-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Just Add Water

    Katie Ledecky

    Adult

    -

    Spilled Ink

    Nadia Hashimi

    Age 13 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 8-11
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The End of Always

    Rebecca Phillips

    Ages 13-18

    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    And Then There Was US

    Kern Carter

    Age 14

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    Shift Happens: The History of Labor In The United States

    J. Albert Mann

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Whose Right Is It? The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equality

    Hana Bajramovic

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Snow Globe

    Soyoung Park

    Young Adult

    Publishers Weekly: Young Adult

    Wild Dreamers

    Margarita Engle

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 7-10
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Two Sides to Every Murder

    Danielle Valentine

    Ages 12 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Darkness Rises

    Stacy Stokes

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Road Home

    Rex Ogle

    Ages 14-18

    Kirkus: Ages 14-Adult
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    The Smoke That Thunders

    Erhu Kome

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 7-10
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Shackled

    Candy Copper

    Ages 13-17

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-16
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    Hurdles in the Dark

    Elvira Gonzalez

    Ages 14-18

    Booklist: Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up

    Our Wicked Histories

    Amy Goldsmith

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    Where Was Goodbye

    Janice Lynn Mather

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    I Will Never Leave You

    Kara Kennedy

    Age 12 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up

    The 21: the True Story of the Youth Who Sued the US Government Over Climate Change

    Elizabeth Rusch

    Ages 13 7 Up

    Booklist: Grades 6-10
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

    David Wallace-Wells

    Ages 12 & Up

    Kirkus: Ages 14-18

    Discovering Life’s Story: the Evolution of an Idea

    Joy Hakim

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    No Going Back

    Patrick Flores-Scott

    Ages 14-18

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up

    Dead Things Are Closer

    Robin Wasley

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 10-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and the Reclamation of Their Groundbreaking History

    Karen Valby

    Adult

    Booklist: Adult
    Kirkus: Adult
    Publishers Weekly: Adult
    School Library Journal: Adult

    Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How it Will Change Everything

    Martha Brockenbrough

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 7-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    A Crane Among Wolves

    June Hur

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 13 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

    Lex Croucher

    Ages 14-18

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    How Do I Draw These Memories

    Jonell Joshua

    Ages 12-18

    Booklist: Grades 10-12
    Kirkus: Ages 15-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    Sheine Lende

    Darcie Little Badger

    Young Adult

    No Reviews Found – Middle Grades U Up for Series

    Only for the Holidays

    Abiola Bello

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-17
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    The Lost Souls of Benzaiten

    Kelly Murashige

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up

    Masquerade

    O. O. Sangoyomi

    Adult

    Booklist: Adult
    Kirkus: Adult
    Publishers Weekly: Adult
    School Library Journal: Adult

    The House Where Death Lives

    Alex Brown

    Ages 14 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 14-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 10 & Up

    The Blonde Dies First

    Joelle Wellington

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 9 & Up

    Civic Minded: What Everyone Should Know About the US Government

    Jeff Fleischer

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 6-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    School Library Journal: Grades 6 & Up

    The Loss of the Burying Ground

    J. Anderson Coats

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 14 & Up

    The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom

    Neal Bascomb

    Grades 7 & Up

    Booklist: Grades 7-10
    Kirkus: Ages 12-16
    School Library Journal: Grades 8 & Up

    The Second Chance

    David F. Walker

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 8-12
    Kirkus: Ages 12-18
    Publishers Weekly: Ages 12 & Up
    School Library Journal: Grades 7 & Up

    The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal

    Ambika Vohra

    Young Adult

    Booklist: Grades 9-12
    Kirkus: Ages 13-18

    The Witch’s Daughter

    Orenda Fink

    Adult

    Booklist: Adult
    Kirkus: Adult
    Publishers Weekly: Adult

     

    Books for Consideration SAC Meeting 04/08/2024

    • "Treacle Walker" by Alan Garner
    • "Hockey girl loves drama boy" by Faith Erin Hicks
    • "Breakthrough : Katalin Kariko and the mRNA vaccine" by Stephanie McPherson
    • "Brooms" by Jasmine Walls
    • "Rouge : a novel" by Mona Awad
    • "What the river knows : a novel (Secrets of the Nile, Book 1)" by Isabel Ibanez
    • "Caught in a bad fauxmance" by Elle Rose
    • "Seven minutes in Candyland" by Brian Wasson
    • "With or without you" by Eric Smith
    • "Ruthless vows : a novel (Letters of Enchantment, Book 2)" by Rececca Ross
    • "Ruth Asawa : an artist takes shape" by Sam Nakahira
    • "Out of body" by N. Davenport
    • "Out of our league : 16 stories of girls in sports" by Feiwel & Friends
    • "Thieves' gambit" by Kayvion Lewis
    • "The future of geography : how the competition in space will change our world" by Tim Marshall
    • "Run and hide : how Jewish youth escaped the Holocaust" by Don Brown
    • "Facing the enemy : how a Nazi youth camp in America tested a friendship" by Barbara Krasner
    • "The race to be myself : a memoir" by Caster Semenya
    • "Einstein in time and space : a life in 99 particles" by Samuel Graydon
    • "Yours from the tower" by Sally Nicholls
    • "Only she came back" by Margot Harrison
    • "Sleepless in Dubai" by Sanji Patel
    • "Dark star burning, ash falls white" by Amelie Zhao
    • "Dear Black girls : how to be true to you" by A'ka Wilson
    • "We got the beat" by Jenna Miller
    • "Teen killers at large : a novel (Teen Killers Club, Book 3)" by Lily Sparks
    • "Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials" by Marion Gibson
    • "A place for vanishing" by Ann Fraistat
    • "Pieces of a Girl" by Stephanie Kuehnert
    • "Tender beasts" by Liselle Sambury
    • "with a little luck" by Marissa Meyer

    Books for Consideration SAC Meeting 03/04/2024

    • "Into the Bright Open - A Secret Garden Remix" by Cherie Dimaline
    • "Rez Ball" by Byron Graves
    • "The Narrow" by Kate Alice Marshall
    • "Disappearing Act : A True Story" by Jiordan Castle
    • "The Caretaker" by Ron Tash
    • "Ryan and Avery" by David Leviathan
    • "Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass : The Graphic Novel" by Mel Valentine Vargas
    • "The Lost Wife" by Alfred A. Knopf
    • "You Don't Have A Shot" by Racquel Marie
    • "Flight Plan" by Eric Walters
    • "The Only Girl In Town" by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
    • "The Space Between Here and Now" by Sarah Suk
    • "What Stalks Among Us" by Sarah Hollowell
    • "The Six : The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts" by Loren Grush