Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
A forgotten story of Dr. Mary Walker, the only female Medal of Honor recipient. Despite its slightly simplistic prose, this image-filled biography is an eye-opening account of a Civil War surgeon, spy, and radical suffragist who unapologetically challenged the gender norms of her time.
Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died is an astonishingly candid, darkly humorous memoir detailing her traumatic career as a child star and her abusive relationship with her mother. Providing a profound “windows and mirrors” experience for older teens and adults, McCurdy establishes herself as an extraordinary literary talent.
Pizza: A Slice of History is an engaging, vibrantly illustrated non-fiction picture book that traces the global evolution of the world’s favorite food. It seamlessly blends history, geography, and fun cultural facts to encourage open-mindedness and curiosity.
Eric Gansworth shatters and reclaims a painful slur in Apple (Skin to the Core), a heartbreaking memoir-in-verse. Chronologically tracking his youth on the Tuscarora Nation Reservation, Gansworth confronts the dark history of government boarding schools alongside the struggles of poverty and identity.
What if luck was the only thing that saved humanity from World War III? In Fallout, master storyteller Steve Sheinkin pulls back the Iron Curtain to deliver a thrilling, history of the Cold War, espionage, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.