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  The Real History of Angel Island

  Carol Kim

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  People often learn about Ellis Island when they are taught the history of immigration in the US. However, many people also came through Angel Island in California. Discover the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station, the experiences of the people who arrived there, and how it closed. 
   
  Have you ever considered what's missing from history books? In Left Out of History, explore the misunderstood and underexamined past in this engaging series. Compelling photographs and primary sources help bring previously buried history to light.
  
  Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.

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  Silver Lake Secret The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  When camp director Maya returns to her childhood summer camp to revive its fading glory, she uncovers a skeleton in the old boathouse that dates back to the camp's heyday. Teaming up with the local historian and a former camp rival turned handsome sheriff, Maya must dive into decades-old secrets and rivalries to solve a mystery that someone wants to keep buried forever.

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  Every Bird a Prince

  Jenn Reese

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  A girl's quest to save a forest kingdom is intertwined with her exploration of identity in Every Bird a Prince, a gorgeous middle-grade contemporary fantasy by Jenn Reese, the award-winning author of A Game of Fox & Squirrels, perfect for fans of Josephine Cameron and Barbara O'Connor.The only time Eren Evers feels like herself is when she’s on her bike, racing through the deep woods. While so much of her life at home and at school is flying out of control, the muddy trails and the sting of wind in her face are familiar comforts.Until she rescues a strange, magical bird, who reveals a shocking secret: their forest kingdom is under attack by an ancient foe—the vile Frostfangs—and the birds need Eren's help to survive.Seventh grade is hard enough without adding “bird champion” to her list of after-school activities. Lately, Eren’s friends seem obsessed with their crushes and the upcoming dance, while Eren can’t figure out what a crush should even feel like. Still, if she doesn’t play along, they may leave her behind…or just leave her all together. Then the birds enlist one of Eren's classmates, forcing her separate lives to collide.When her own mother starts behaving oddly, Eren realizes that the Frostfangs—with their insidious whispers—are now hunting outside the woods. In order to save her mom, defend an entire kingdom, and keep the friendships she holds dearest, Eren will need to do something utterly terrifying: be brave enough to embrace her innermost truths, no matter the cost.

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  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

  Jules Verne, Jim Weiss

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  Great literature and science merge in this masterpiece of adventure, thrillingly retold by Jim Weiss.  A century before Jacques Cousteau, Jules Verne took readers for a whirlwind journey beneath the sea in the submarine Nautilus. Accompany brilliant scientist, Pierre Aronnax; his faithful servant, Conseil; bold mariner, Ned Land; and mysterious Captain Nemo as they walk on the ocean floor, journey beneath polar ice, and fight for their lives against sharks, giant squid, and one another. Verne's famous gift for prophesying future events still startles us throughout this electrifying voyage, adapted and narrated by Jim Weiss. Come aboard!

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  Falling Out

  GAIL O. DELLSLEE

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  Fifteen-year-old Kori is an outcast in both her family and her school. Her only friends are her pets—birds, cats, a dog, and a horse. After her parents and brother tragically die, she and her younger sister Sera are sent from their rural home to live in the suburbs with their aunt and uncle who they have never met before. Kori hopes to start a new life—to be loved by friends, a cute boy named Robin, and a new family. However, her sister takes all that she wants. Because Kori stands up for her cousin against their racist peers, she again becomes an outcast.Then one day, Sera and Robin have a falling out, which gives Kori the opportunity to take back all that is rightfully hers. Can she do it? Or will she be held back by the popular girls and the voices in her head that want to destroy her?

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  Selchie

  Judith M. Day

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  Jude is staying on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.  
  On her walk home after a night out at a dance at the north end of Barra, she hears a sound which brings an unexpected change to her life.  
  Who is Ruari Mor? How does he know about her even though they have never met before?  
  Is he really of the Selchie - the Seal People who can take on human lives and suddenly become seals again?  
  Jude is sceptical, but....

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