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What is the Printz Award? FROM YALSA's (Young Adult Library Services Association) website: The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.
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Everything sad is untrue : (a true story)
by Daniel Nayeri
Twelve-year-old Iranian refugee Khosrou moves to Oklahoma where he goes by Daniel and models himself after the legendary storyteller Scheherazade as he weaves tales that reflect his perseverance and reinvention
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Apple : skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures
by Eric Gansworth
"The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family--of Onondaga among Tuscaroras--of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking"
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Dragon hoops
by Gene Luen Yang
An introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves
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Every body looking
by Candice Iloh
A debut novel in verse follows the story of a mixed-heritage poet whose coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother’s descent into addiction and her father’s efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America.
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We are not free
by Traci Chee
Growing up together in the community of Japantown, San Francisco, four second-generation Japanese American teens find their bond tested by widespread discrimination and the mass incarcerations of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
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2020 Winner: Dig
by A. S. King
When their rags-to-riches grandparents decide against bequeathing the family fortune to their descendants, five teens confront difficult secrets and the realities of their disadvantages before uniting in the face of a terrible choice to save the family name.
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2019 Winner: The poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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2018 Winner: We are okay
by Nina LaCour
After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit
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2017 Winner: March. Book three
by John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
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2016 Winner: Bone Gap
by Laura Ruby
Knowing that his sister has been kidnapped by a dangerous assailant and that she did not abandon the family like their mother did years earlier, Finn confronts town secrets to organize a search. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Lily's Ghost.
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LEARN | MAKE | CREATE
Access thousands of award-winning online arts and crafts video workshops taught by design experts and artists. Learn how to sew, knit, paint, crochet, screen print, and more, all totally free with your Library card.
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The legend of auntie Po
by Shing Yin Khor
"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po PanYin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known
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Revolution in Our Time : The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
This comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant book introduces readers to the Panthers’ community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens.
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Me (Moth)
by Amber McBride
Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
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Chumash and Tataviam Stories - on Zoom
Friday, November 5, 10:30 am
Library Online
Click her to register. Chumash/Tataviam storyteller Alan Salazar will share tribal stories November 5th at 10:30 am on Zoom. Enjoy Chumash myths and legends that have told for thousands of years. Wonderful for all ages.
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Who Saved the Redwoods?
Tuesday, November 9, 12:00 pm
Library Online
Click here to Join. Coast Redwoods are the tallest tree and most renowned species in the world. Today only 4.6% of the Original Old-growth redwood remains and although this may seem very low, there likely would be none left if it wasn't for the people and groups that cared for these trees and fought the timbers ax to protect the remaining of the ancient giants over 100 years ago. Join Interpreter Erika as she tells us the stories of some of the lesser known voices that made this conservation movement possible. A bilingual program.
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Atascadero & SLO Library Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Saturday, November 13, 3:30 pm
Atascadero & SLO Library Online
Looking for volunteer hours? Join Atascadero Library's Teen Advisory Board! Help plan virtual teen events, create content for social media, create contest ideas, recommend books, movies and more. All meetings will be virtual via Zoom for the time being and projects can be worked at from home and around your own schedule. We will have TAB meeting once a month and we'll talk about what the library can do to help teens with school, plan events, discuss current trends, and more. Participation can be listed on job, scholarship and college applications.
Topic: Various topics related to teen services/programs/collection
Time: This is a recurring meeting (3:30 -4:00pm)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/91623663321?pwd=Vmk1NlpHNlIyc1ZEVnk5QitLaVJhUT09
You must be 10-17 years old.
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Missions and the California Indians: The First Colonizers
Tuesday, November 16, 10:00 am
Library Online
Click here to Join. As the first sites of colonization in California, the missions have a lasting history in the state. Using the Mission San Francisco Solano to tell the story, this tour will explore the reasoning behind establishing the Missions and the impact they had on the California Indians.
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Demo DIY for Candle Making
Saturday, November 20, 4:00 pm
Atascadero Library Online
Join us for a live demonstration as part of our Grab-and-Go DIY Candle Making program. Bags can be picked up at the Atascadero Library, Shandon, and Santa Margarita (while supplies last). There will be written instructions included in the bag to do yourself or if you would like to follow along online. The live demonstration will take place on Zoom, please register here to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqduGrrjkuGdA3p0gCVafkCXOIyewIBUz5*
ATTENTION: This DIY will need the use of a microwave for soy wax (teens) or double boiler for paraffin wax (adults). Please work safely. *
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Teen Virtual Games on Jackbox games
Saturday, November 27, 4:00 pm
Atascadero Library Online
Click here to sign up. Join us for JACKBOX GAMES! This is a game platform where you use your smartphone, laptop, and/or game console to play online games with your friends. We need a minimum of 2 people to play Trivia Murder Party! If we have more people we can play more games. Games included are Trivia Murder Party, Guesspionage, Fakin' It, Quiplash, and More!
Register for this event to get the Zoom event link. Then go to <jackbox.tv> to play.
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