Librarianship, Archives & Community
JANUARY Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien First in the series Birthmarked was a pretty thrilling sci-fi that centres a young midwife navigating family, birthing and understanding the complexity of her role (an her families) in the context of states. Tags: YAlit, Sci-Fi The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power […]
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Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin Tags: Young Adult, Fiction, Coming of Age, LGBT2SQ+, Bullying, Self-Harm This Young Adult novel is one that youth and adults alike will not want to put down. Through the first person narrative, Riley a gender-fluid teenager navigates school, violence, family, therapy, relationships,anxiety, and finding self in the process. […]
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fatty legs: a true story Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Art by Liz-Amini-Holme This true story of 8-year-old Inuvialuit girl Olemaun Pokiak or Margaret as noted later in the story, unveils the 60-year secret of her nickname, “fatty legs” and her literacy journey. Through the first-person narrative, she recounts her experience in boarding school and […]
Read MoreThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie Art by Ellen Forney Based on Alexie’s own experience, his first novel for young adults takes us through the life of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Dealing with medical challenges since birth, Junior gets picked on and beaten up […]
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