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Thankful for the best NEW BOOKS of the Year.

by Nic Netzel on 2017-11-16T08:00:00-08:00 in General Interest | 0 Comments

I am thankful for the upcoming Looooong weekend, and for all of the great new books we have in the Library (that would be great to read over a long weekend for some non-digital learning and enjoyment).  Much of this list is fiction (not in the sense that I made it up, but rather that the books are novels:  some of the Best Books of 2017 according to Jerene Battisti & Angelina Benedetti, two Rock Star-level Librarians from King County, WA), and some of it is based on student and faculty request (reminder: you can fill out a book-order-request on the library website  http://libguides.centralcatholichigh.org )

 
Lots of Books to talk about, so lets dig in before the Tryptophan kicks in (or the urban legend makes us act like it does )...
 
We have two new ones from authors on our Summer Reading list: M.T. Anderson's Landscape with Invisible Hand is deep commentary on current society and technology masked in science fiction and art history (Aliens "invade", solve our problems, and then withhold Health Care from people who can't afford it...). It has a tiny "To Serve Man" vibe.     Marina Budhos (Watched) and Marc Aronson serve up non-fiction about love and photojournalism in the 1930s:  Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the invention of modern photojournalism.
 
Jason Reynolds (All American Boys; The Boy in the Black Suit) was the featured Author at the same conference that I learned about all of these books. He's fantastic.  His newest book Long Way Down  is a novel-in-verse about a young man, a gun, and one minute in an elevator that could change his life forever.  We also have his Miles Morales: Spider-man, a novel about the Black, Latino Spider-man.
 
And if you want more novels-in-verse,  the award winning Loving vs. Virginia narrative-non-fiction-in-verse of exchanges between the  couple that broke marriage segregation in Virginia.   And also Sharon Creech's Love That Dog (which Jason Reynolds says is still the best novel-in-verse of all time (and made me rethink my feelings on poetry, and also is the only book that makes me tear-up just thinking about it)).
 
Nic Stone's Dear Martin (cover blurbs from Reynolds, and Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give)) is another quick and powerful read on race-relations in the US.
 
Lets talk Non-Fiction for a minute or two:  Fault Lines in the Constitution, by Cynthia and Sanford Levinson is an accessible look at the impacts the Framers' fights and flaws are still having today.  The March Against Fear (National Geographic) is a concise overview of a pivotal event from the 1960s' Civil Rights movement. Girl Rising, the companion to the video, profiles young women making a difference around the world, and teacher-recommended A Moonless, Starless Sky focuses on men and women fighting extremism on the African continent.
 
Readers of Ready Player One who want to dig deeper into my generation's nostalgia can plunk a quarter into Game On: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-man to Mario, Minecraft and more.    I think there's probably some of that Football stuff happening next weekend, and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team talks about 'the team that invented Football' , the greatest athlete of the 20th century, (and the injustice surrounding Native American 'education').  Poetry fans may(or may not!) enjoy Killing Poetry: Blackness and the makeing of Slam and Spoken Word Communities.
 
Artists, STEMmers, Makers and more are directed to design-thinking guru Don Norman's The Design of Everydaythings ( a must read for empathic design), and social/evolutionary psychology enthusiasts, witers, and/or those looking to understand why and how people are so easily persuaded, may want to read The Storytelling Animal: how stories make us human, or the oldie-but-goodie I am Right, You are Wrong: from Rock Logic to Water Logic by lateral thinker Edward DeBono.
 
I'm going to be honest:  our History collection, especially when it comes to Asia and the Pacific, is woefully outdated, and when it isn't, is woefully War-centric. We're going to fix that, starting with Vietnam: a New History.   In addition to that, two works of fiction by Vietnamese/Vietnamese-American authors:  Pioneer Girl, Bich Minh Nguyen's story of a young Vietnamese woman and her love of Little House on the Prairie; and The Reeducation of Cherry Truong, by Aimee Phan.  (and an additional plug here for the graphic novel The Best We Could Do).  Also, Pacific Worlds: a History of Seas, Peoples and Cultures is an academic, but accessible, history of Polynesia and the Pacific.
Okay, Fiction, The Main Course:  Fantasy fans of hefty tomes will be happy to hear that we have The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, as well as the Alice In Wonderland "prequel" Heartless, perennial favorite Marissa Meyer's origin story for the Red Queen.  Bordering on fantasy, though set in something resembling the real-world except "Symbology" is an academic discipline and everything is secretly connected by art-history, is Dan Brown's newest: Origin.  Also a prequel to Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity, The Pearl Thief.
A Psalm for Lost Girls, by Katie Bayerl, is the story of a small Massachusetts town's efforts to have their local 'saint', a recently deceased 17-year old producer of miracles named Tess, canonized. Printz Award winner Marcus Sedgwick's Saint Death is the story of one day in the life on the U.S.-Mexico border. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter,  by Erika Sanchez is a tale of expectations, sisterhood, and loss.
 
Love and Friendship stories include: The Whole Thing Together: two children who share almost everything, but  have never met.... Windfall: Unrequited love changes when someone wins the literal lottery. Ramona Blue (by Wordstock presenter Julie Murphy), a fish-out-of-water in Mississippi questioning her own identity. When Dimple Met Rishi, arranged marriage in modern America? this will turn out well... Release (Patrick Ness),  another "one day that will change your life" tale. Radio Silence: friendship forms over a podcast.
 
Oh, and a hardcover copy of Catcher in the Rye, and another copy of The Sun is Also a Star (to be confused with every other book that has a cover that is white with a burst of colorful scribbles, like Robin Benaway's Far From the Tree).
 
If you need a "moment of zen," over the long weekend, remember:  There is No Right Way to Meditate, and Other Lessons, by Yumi Sakugawa.
 
And, lest I forget, The One Memory of Flora Banks is the story of a young woman who lost the ability to make new short-term memories when a dangerous tumor was removed, though she remembers kissing her best friend's boyfriend...
 
Here's the full menu....
 
Call Number Title Author
eBook The Hansa towns Zimmern, Helen, 1846-1934.
153 BON I am right, you are wrong : from rock logic to the water logic De Bono, Edward, 1933-
158.1 SAK There is no right way to meditate : and other lessons Sakugawa, Yumi.
323.119 BAU The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power Bausum, Ann.
342.73 LEV Fault lines in the constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today Levinson, Cynthia.
363.32 OKE A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa Okeowo, Alexis.
371.822 STO Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time Stone, Tanya Lee.
745.2 NOR The design of everyday things Norman, Donald A.
770.92 ARO Eyes of the world : Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the invention of modern photojournalism Aronson, Marc.
781.66 AND Rock 'n' roll camp for girls : how to start a band, write songs, record an album, and rock out! edited by Marisa Anderson ; foreword by Carrie Brownstein.
794.8 HAN Game on! : video game history from Pong and Pac-man to Mario, Minecraft, and more Hansen, Dustin.
796.332 SHE Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team Sheinkin, Steve.
808.5 GOT The storytelling animal : (how stories make us human) Gottschall, Jonathan.
811.009 JOH Killing poetry : blackness and the making of slam and spoken word communities Johnson, Javon.
950.1 LIU The Silk Roads : a brief history with documents Liu, Xinru.
959.7 GOS Vietnam : a new history Goscha, Christopher E.
995 MAT Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures Matsuda, Matt K.
CO LL-01 Dell XPS LL-01  
FIC AND Landscape with invisible hand Anderson, M. T.
FIC BAR The one memory of Flora Banks Barr, Emily.
FIC BAS Girls made of snow and glass Bashardoust, Melissa.
FIC BAY A psalm for lost girls Bayerl, Katie.
FIC BEN Far from the tree Benway, Robin.
FIC BRA The whole thing together Brashares, Ann.
FIC BRO Origin : a novel Brown, Dan, 1964-
FIC CAS Jane, unlimited Cashore, Kristin.
FIC CLU A shadow bright and burning Cluess, Jessica.
FIC CRE Love that dog Creech, Sharon.
FIC DIC The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate.
FIC ENG Dinner at the center of the earth Englander, Nathan.
FIC GRE Turtles all the way down. John Green.
FIC HES Beneath the wheel Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
FIC HUT We are the ants Hutchinson, Shaun David.
FIC KHO The library of fates Khorana, Aditi.
FIC MEN When Dimple met Rishi Menon, Sandhya.
FIC MEY Heartless Meyer, Marissa.
FIC MIL Augustown Miller, Kei.
FIC MUR Ramona Blue Murphy, Julie, 1985-
FIC NES Release Ness, Patrick, 1971-
FIC NGU Pioneer girl Nguyen, Bich Minh.
FIC OSE Radio silence Oseman, Alice.
FIC PHA The reeducation of Cherry Truong Phan, Aimee.
FIC POW Loving vs. Virginia : a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-
FIC REY Long way down Reynolds, Jason.
FIC REY Miles Morales, Spider-Man Reynolds, Jason.
FIC SAL The catcher in the rye Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.
FIC SAN I am not your perfect Mexican daughter Sánchez, Erika L.
FIC SAN The way of kings Sanderson, Brandon.
FIC SED Saint death Sedgwick, Marcus.
FIC SMI Windfall Smith, Jennifer E., 1980-
FIC STO Dear Martin Stone, Nic.
FIC WEI The pearl thief Wein, Elizabeth.
FIC WIL Clayton Byrd goes underground Williams-Garcia, Rita.
PROF 371.94 KLU "You're going to love this kid!" : teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom Kluth, Paula.
 
 
Nic Netzel
Is probably going to read some of these over the break, unless you do!
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