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Quick Look at All Books

Below find links to Reviews, Purchasing Options, and Borrowing options for all books.

NoveList is a book recommendation and review service the CCHS Library subscribes to. It may contain reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, as well as much more about the book. Passwords for CCHS students and faculty are located on this Google Document.

NOTE: Some review websites, such as Common Sense Media and the New York Times only allow a user to view a limited number of reviews

Summer Reading 2021 - CCHS Library Catalog
Summer Reading 2021 - Good Reads
Summer Reading 2021 via the CCHS Online Bookstore
All Summer Reading books are available for purchase through the Central Catholic Bookstore.

Dragon Hoops - Quick Look

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
Call Number: GNOV B YAN
ISBN: 9781626720794
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
"Gene Luen Yang understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championship. Once Gene meets these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons' lives, but his own life as well"

2020 Printz Award Honor Book

Reviews

GoodReads
Kirkus
Hornbook
School Library Journal (may require subscription)
Common Sense (may require subscription)
New York Times (may require subscription)

Purchase

Borrow (requires public library card, limited copies available)

Multnomah County Library (eBook via Overdrive)
Multnomah County Library (Print)

Furia - Quick Look

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Call Number: FIC MEN
ISBN: 1616209917
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.

NoveList - Furia
Requires Password for home use.

2021 Pura Belpré Award Winner
(for Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth)

Reviews

GoodReads
Kirkus (Starred Review)
School Library Journal (subscription required)
Common Sense (may require subscription)
See the NoveList link above for Starred Review from Publishers' Weekly

Purchase

Amazon.com
Powells
Bookshop.org
Barnes & Noble
ABEbooks
Libro.fm (Audiobook)

Borrow (requires public library card, limited copies available)

Multnomah County Library (Print)
- eBook
- Audiobook (via Overdrive)
Learning Ally

Martin Marten - Quick Look

Martin Marten by Brian Doyle
Call Number: FIC DOY
ISBN: 1250045207
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
"Dave is fourteen years old, living with his family in a cabin on Oregon's Mount Hood. He is entering high school, adulthood on the horizon not far off in distance, and contemplating a future away from his mother, father, and his precocious younger sister. And Dave is not the only one approaching adulthood and its freedoms on Wy'east that summer. Martin, a pine marten, is leaving his own mother and siblings and setting off on his own as well. As Martin and Dave's paths cross on forest trails and rocky mountaintops, they witness the full, unknowable breadth and vast sweep of life, and the awe inspiring interconnectedness of the world and its many inhabitants, human and otherwise."

NoveList - Martin Marten

Reviews

GoodReads
School Library Journal (may require subscription)
See NoveList link above for additional reviews.

Purchase

Amazon.com
Powells
Bookshop.org
Barnes & Noble
ABEbooks
Libro.fm (Audiobook)

Borrow (requires public library card, limited copies available)

Multnomah County Library
- eBook
- Audiobook via Overdrive

Redbone - Quick Look

Redbone: the True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler; Sonia Paoloni; Thibault Balahy (Illustrator)
Call Number: GNOV B RED
ISBN: 1684057140
Publication Date: 2020-10-27
Presents the history of the Native American rock band Redbone, who rose to fame while maintaining their cultural identity, and took a stand as the American Indian Movement in the 1970s gained momentum.

Reviews

GoodReads
Kirkus
School Library Journal (requires subscription)
Other

Purchase (see note below)

Borrow (requires public library card, unlimited readers via the Hoopla app from Multnomah County)

Multnomah County Library / (en Español)
- Hoopla eBook (free, unlimited readers, uses the free Hoopla App for mobile devices)

Important Note:

Redbone is available to read digitally, at no cost, using a Multnomah County Library card. Any person attending school within Multnomah County qualifies for a Multnomah County Library Card. Accessing the digital version of the book uses the Hoopla app.

See the links below for information about getting a public library card and the hoopla app.

Get a Library Card - Multnomah County Library
Online Application for Library Card. Residents of surrounding counties may also apply for Multnomah County Library cards.
Hoopla
Hoopla is an app for borrowing Digital Movies, TV shows, Music, and Comics

Sanctuary - Quick Look

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza; Abby Sher
Call Number: FIC MEN
ISBN: 1984815717
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tía Luna in the sanctuary state of California.

NoveList - Sanctuary
Requires password for home use.

Reviews

GoodReads
Kirkus (starred review)
School Library Journal (Starred Review)(requires subscription)
Common Sense (may require subscription)
See additional Starred Reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal via NoveList link above.

Purchase

Amazon.com
Powells
Bookshop.org
Barnes & Noble
ABEbooks
Libro.fm (Audiobook)

Borrow (requires public library card, limited copies available)

Multnomah County Library (print)
- eBook
- Audiobook from Overdrive

The Voting Booth - Quick Look

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
Call Number: FIC COL
ISBN: 9781368053297
Publication Date: 2020-07-07
The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, as they work tirelessly to get Duke the ability to cast his ballot, fall in love. Big picture issues of voter suppression, racism, classism, colorism, etc. wrapped up in a fun story of youth activism.

NoveList - The Voting Booth
Password required for home use.

Reviews

GoodReads
Kirkus (starred review)
Common Sense (may require subscription)
see reviews from Booklist (starred review) and Publishers Weekly (starred review) via NoveList database

Purchase (Paperback edition July 6, 2021)

Amazon.com
Powells
Bookshop.org
Barnes & Noble
ABEbooks
Libro.fm (audiobook)

Borrow (requires public library card, limited copies available)

Multnomah County Library (print)
Multnomah County Library (audiobook via Overdrive)