Brianna's Brilliant Books! by Brianna White https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu Discovering new books to love en-us 2021-01-30 13:21:43 UTC 2025-04-03 15:14:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60e.png Found by Joseph Bruchac briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143504886 Nick, a native american teen, survival skills are tested as he is hunted through the Canadian wilderness by men who wish to silence him. Will he win against the outlaws or let their efforts cease all that exist for him. ]]> 2021-01-30 13:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143504886 I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143533320 Two Atlanta high school seniors, Lena and Campbell, with different backgrounds must rely on each other for survival as chaos makes its way intense rivalry football game. ]]> 2021-01-30 13:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143533320 Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143557107 Charlie, born Mexican-American, is going through change. REAL CHANGE. He has grown horns and feathers! All of a sudden his abuela's folklore stories seems to be true! Now the dark world as been revealed to him and it seems that everyone is after Charlie! Good and Bad.]]> 2021-01-30 14:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143557107 Miles Morales: Spider-Man briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143603651 Miles was your average teen. He hung out with his best friend, have dinner with parents, has a crush and on a occasion saves the neighborhood as Spider-Man. After earning a scholarship spot, he is suspended due to his spidey senses that led to a misunderstanding. Miles begins to doubt his abilities. Should he give up something he loves? Or should he suit up and stop the impending danger that his headed towards his own backyard?]]> 2021-01-30 14:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143603651 briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143622609 The Texas 2020 Lone Star booklist was developed by the public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. ]]> 2021-01-30 14:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143622609 My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143676744 This book explores older sister Callie relationship with her brother, Charlie, who has autism. Charlie has unique qualities about him, he likes to swim, play the piano and has a special relationship with animals especially their dog, Harriet. He also can be quiet sometimes, but he talks to Callie. Open this book and watch their relationship blossom. ]]> 2021-01-30 15:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143676744 Do Dinosaurs Make Good Pets? by DINO briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143721460 This book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest and random facts about the prehistoric animals that once roamed the world.]]> 2021-01-30 15:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143721460 Karen's Witch briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143734274 Kristy's younger stepsister, Karen, has a wild imagination and while she visits her second family; she becomes suspicious of a neighbor, Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter has gray hair and a black cat; as Karen begins to ask questions Kristy gives her rules. Rule #1 Don't spy on Mrs. Porter. ]]> 2021-01-30 16:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143734274 Cheerleading Camp by Sara Green briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143766440 Students will learn how cheerleading camps work, what the daily activities are, and how camp prepares cheerleaders to pump up crowds.]]> 2021-01-30 16:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143766440 It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143792386 Dave, who has a troubled home, brings a tomcat into the house no matter the issues he faces with his father. With an adventure-loving cat around, Dave begins to explore a world he has never known and even begins to talk to a real person, Mary!]]> 2021-01-30 16:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1143792386 Who Shrank My Grandmother's House? by Barbara Esbensen briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1482489995 This is a collection of poems about the many discoveries of childhood that involves everyday objects and things.]]> 2021-05-02 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1482489995 You Read to Me, I'll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1482519779 A unique book 'in two voices' that uses traditional reading teaching techniques to invite young children to read along with an adult. Each of the twelve short stories fit on one spread and features childlike themes - family, friendship, pets and seasons. With clear, color-coded typography and amusing illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain.]]> 2021-05-02 14:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1482519779 One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams- Garcia https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493467930 In One Crazy Summer, eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.

While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

]]> 2021-05-05 12:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493467930 Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransom briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493485132 Set during the Great Migration in the 1940s, this book tells the story of Langston, who moves from Alabama to Chicago. Once in Chicago, Langston discovers the library, which is open to everyone, and another Langston—the poet Langston Hughes.]]> 2021-05-05 12:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493485132 When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493501307 Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them—even their names—are all part of the Korean culture that is now forbidden. When World War II comes to Korea, Sun-hee is surprised that the Japanese expect their Korean subjects to fight on their side. But the greatest shock of all comes when Tae-yul enlists in the Japanese army in an attempt to protect Uncle, who is suspected of aiding the Korean resistance. Sun-hee stays behind, entrusted with the life-and-death secrets of a family at war.]]> 2021-05-05 12:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493501307 Dactyl Hill Saud #1 by Daniel Jose Older briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493814787 It's 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker. Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community -- a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactyl back, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker. Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it's too late?]]> 2021-05-05 13:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1493814787 Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood briannasimonewhite https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1494467185 A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.

As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she’ll be entering high school. Then there’s her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren’t. Maybe it’s the new girl from the North that’s got everyone out of sorts. Or maybe it’s the debate about whether or not the town should keep the segregated public pool open.

Augusta Scattergood has drawn on real-life events to create a memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren’t always easy.]]> 2021-05-05 15:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/briannasimonewhite/dixohibz2vv5p0zu/wish/1494467185