Summer Books to Discover!

 

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1. It all comes down to this

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Author:
English, Karen
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
"In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed"--

2. Dead end in Norvelt

Book cover for Dead end in Norvelt.
Author:
Gantos, Jack
Series:
Norvelt books volume 1.
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, OverDrive eAudiobook
Description:
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

3. The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963: a novel

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Author:
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.