Good afternoon, everyone welcome and
thank you so much for joining us today
for the Junior Library Guild Web casts a
speed tasting of jail jeez. Winter, 2019,
Cadillac selections and this is of course,
a really fun talk with our editors about
some of their Top picks from the catalog.
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I am now going to introduce
our fantastic speakers today.
We have 3 members of the editorial team at
the Junior Library Guild Trevor Kettner.
Hi
I'll be talking about our
high school titles today.
Glad to have you with us Trevor and on
middle school. We have Maria Wang? Hi
everyone, happy to be here.
Glad to have you back Maria?
An an elementary we have
Samantha Wolf. Hello happy
to be here as well,
great, so glad the three of
you could be with us today.
And I'm going to introduce
our first category,
which is fantasy science fiction and
I just like everybody to know that
all of these titles that you can
see here in this slide are available
through the downloadable winter
catalog and we will point you to
a link at the end of the webcast.
We're not going to be able to
talk about all of them today,
but they're all available and they're all.
Available through that downloadable link.
So I'm going to pass on the
baton now to Samantha.
So we have our
first favorite titles from the span
is lalani of the distance eat after a
drought wreaks havoc to her island home.
Lonnie sales to safer
village during her journey.
She meets mythical beings who
tell tales of forging their own
destinies written in the style of
oral storytelling and with occasional
lush black and white illustrations.
This book explores Filipino folklore.
An feature strong female characters,
which we always love this received
5 starred reviews from Kirkus.
SLJ the Horn Book Magazine book list.
Publishers weekly and also a
favorable review from Bulletin of
the Center for children's books.
It's from our fantasy science fiction
elementary plus category and the author
is a Newberry winning award winner.
So when I actually read this book,
I put Moana soundtrack on the
background. It was very apt.
I really love this book and I teared
up during that happened, yeah. Our
next book is called Mala
Mander by Thomas Taylor.
It's also from our fantasy science
Fiction Elementary Plus Category
2 or friends with the best names
ever Herbert Lemon Ann Violet.
Parma joined forces against a cohort of
adults in a wild rat race for A wish
granting egg a creepy seaside fantasy
with black and white illustrations.
This 1st book in a planned trilogy
is for fans of nautical adventures
small town Laurance Lemony Snicket.
There's also received a starter
view from book list and Bulletin of
the Center for children's books and
favorable reviews from Kirkus Publishers
Weekly and SLJ and just a quick side fun
fact, Thomas Taylor's actually the cover
artist of the first UK edition of Harry
Potter and the philosopher's
stone. So I know I know so I was
very excited to see this book,
it's a spooky cover. That
I had no with me.
And now moving on to fantasy middle.
We have Lintang and The
Pirate Queen by tomorrow Moss.
This is far fantasy science fiction
middle plus category after the
infamous Pirate Queen Captain Chavira.
Save Linda Haynes.
Life Lane tank battles.
Sea monsters to earn a place
among the all female crew.
This trilogy starter is coming of age
voyage that stars a very diverse cast.
And um during when I was reading this one.
I was really reminded of
Sinbad and the Seven seas.
'cause there's a lot of epic sea battles
with sirens and Dragons as very exciting
and this one got favorable reviews
from publishers weekly book list.
Anna start review from
School Library Journal.
For next pick.
We have Tristan Strong.
Punches a hole in the Sky.
Tristan punches were whole into a
parallel world and joins W African
an African American legends in a
war against enslavement by evil
haunts Iron Monsters, an trickster.
Gods definitely addressing
hard topics of slavery toxic
masculinity and adult expectations.
This story shows the power of positive
male influence in the lives of young
men so this is also offered in our
fantasy sci-fi middle plus category.
It has 5 starred reviews so far is
very popular and for those of you?
Who are familiar with Guardians of
the Galaxy in the Marvel Universe.
This book actually has a very loud mouth,
Littlewood Doll,
who shoots SAP and really reminded
me of groups well.
It's really interesting
to me to see how many fantasy books.
We have come in that are trying
to D Center European mythology.
Yeah, 'cause it's like we have this and then
we also have our first fantasy high book,
which is a Kingdom of sold in this 1st
book in a planned trilogy set in a
world inspired by W African mythology,
Magic Lasara comes from a family
of powerful witch doctors after she
obtains forbidden Magic on her own
ara realize is that not only are
she and her loved ones in danger.
But so is the fate of their entire Kingdom.
The series was also recently optioned.
For a film by Warner Brothers and
received a number of favorable reviews,
including a starred review from SLJ.
Uh our second feature title for our fantasy
high plus category is the beautiful.
Uh in a thrilling romance and mystery 1870s.
New Orleans is a battleground for a
decades old supernatural feud dressmaker.
Celine Russo arrives and begins
to navigate the city's glitzy,
but dangerous underworld after she catches
the eye of the charismatic leader of
the mysterious Court of Lions Celine
becomes are murderers next target.
Little Mix of fantasy and
romance and historical, yeah,
I mean for the high school history.
Category 2 and I'd really love when
you can get like solid historical
fiction with a real romantic subplot
and for fantasy and sci-fi one of my
favorite. Things is always looking
at the cover art which I mean,
this one, so regal and so beautiful
I mean, they're all pretty regal.
So we're going to move
on to our next category,
which is non fiction and again.
I just want to point out that all
of these amazing book titles are
available on the winter catalog,
which you can download at the
end of this webcast so not to
worry and our editors are going
to take it away and share with
you some of their favorite pics.
Samantha.
Uh so one of my favorite books
from the span for our non fiction.
Early elementary plus category is
the boy who invented the popsicle.
Doyle water mix? Why is soda fizzy?
What is the freezing point of water all
questions that you children ask and we
ask is shouldn't child definitely Frank.
Epperson asked all these questions
and more as a curious boy determined
to become an inventor.
He wants froze juice,
which eventually led to his creation
of the Popsicle as an adult.
The story is peppered with
simple experiments,
making this a perfect book for curious kids.
And uh the experiments are paired with the
story rather than just in the Backmatter.
So it's an extremely interactive book,
which is really great for curious
kids and anyone who loves a
sweet treat in the winter.
And our next title and I see
that internal that internal slides there
shows the internal pages there, we go.
And our next title from popsicles
to Disney movies were going to talk
about paper son from our biography,
Elementary Plus Category Chinese
born artist Tyrus Wong began his
life in America as one genji?
How a young boy attempting to enter the
country with forged immigration documents,
though immigrant immigrant life
was hard ones perseverance.
An artistic talent eventually earned
him as a job as an animator for Disney,
where he created the background
illustrations for the beloved classic.
Bambi
and such beautiful art,
it really is gorgeous. And
our last from our science
elementary category.
We have nature's ninja.
Did you know the alkali
flies can swim underwater?
Yet emerged completely dry or
that the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp?
Can create an explosion of
sound louder than a jet engin.
I popping photographs accompany cool
and interesting information about a
different dozen different critters
with ninja like capabilities for
stealth subterfuge an armed combat.
I love the animal compilation
books about lesser known animals
that just give you
random facts. I love them off.
I love when you just see how
nerdy scientists are in there.
Like Yeah, Pink Floyd trip.
That seems like a great idea.
Obviously all
of times and remember this trip is
the pink and now I'm going to head
into our middle grade nonfiction with
infinite hope which is in our biography,
Middle category, Ashley Brian is
a beloved award winning author in
illustrator in this affecting memoir.
He reveals a long held secret
part of his life.
It's difficult years as a soldier in
World War 2 the book is filled with
sketches paintings and photographs
from the time immersing readers and
what feels like a personal scrapbook.
Ann Brians, writing testifies to
the healing power of art and,
if you look at the next slide.
We have a spread from his personal
scrapbook and these are just some
sample spreads who provide an idea.
Of the books intimate
format. I love that yeah,
it's so great. I love.
I love seeing peoples actual handwriting.
Now like I feel like I don't
see that very often anymore.
Just to see some cursive writing,
making me a little nostalgic.
Beautiful span.
For next pick we have the first
Dinosaur and this is being offered
in our high interest nonfiction
for middle grade and this is
actually a new category for us.
How science solved the greatest
mystery on earth this humorous
history of modern paleontology
is accompanied by illustrations
photographs and some wild anecdotes
about key players for example,
eccentric geologist and paleontologist.
William Buckland once left a bunch
of life slugs on a fellow passenger
hearing a carriage ride because as
you do because he was too embarrassed
to collect his specimens well, He.
Sounds kind of like an awful person,
I would hate to write on a
carriage ride next to him,
but very interesting before I
left nonfiction middle grade pick.
We have the poison eaters.
We all know it's illegal for companies
to make false claims about the
ingredients in their food and drugs,
but how did this come to be in 1902 the
first commissioner of the FDA Harvey
Washington Wiley and his poison squad?
A group of 12 young men willingly
put their health and safety
on the line for 6 months.
They participated in the study
eating meals prepared with suspected
dangerous chemicals and being
monitored for symptoms of distress.
So this got through 4.
Four star reviews from Kirkus Booklist
Publishers Weekly Bulletin of the Center
for children's book an A favorable
review from School Library Journal.
I mean that just sounds like little
boys doesn't. It just going.
I bet you wouldn't eat.
This again, I dare you I double dare
you. I'm having flashbacks
to what a time. Moving
on to our high school books.
We have here we are, which is part of our
new biography for high school category.
After decades in the USRT Shahani's family.
All green card holders thought their
life was set until her father imprisoned
after being convinced to plead guilty
for a minor crime face deportation.
A Shahani and NPR correspondent
untangled her father's case,
she interviewed the judge who
presided over it.
This is a very, very dramatic book,
it was really, really wonderful and has
received favorable reviews from Kirkus.
Publishers weekly and book list as well
as a starred review from Library Journal.
It's also worth noting that this
is an adult crossover title,
which they are biography category will
offer at times when we feel like it
really will appeal to attain reader.
I mean, I really think that the timely
nature of this book will absolutely appeal.
To a wide range of teens.
Uh our second high school.
Oh, sorry,
yeah, sorry just
seems like a you know very pertinent subject.
It is and it's interesting how um deep
Shahani gets into kind of the legal like
me asthma that is US immigration law.
It's amazing just kind of all
the ways in which you can really,
really have a lot of trouble
trying to get out of it.
Yeah, I would recommend this to anyone
which is why I selected it for our category.
Uhm but moving on to our second uh.
Non fiction high book.
This is brilliant Maps for curious minds
from our nonfiction high plus category,
which countries have N Korean embassies
and where can you still find Lions in the
wild in rights 100 fascinating insightful
an even humorous info graphic Maps will
expand readers minds and spark conversation.
They are great ways to present
information here in this next slide.
You can see for example,
a map showing.
Countries with no rivers,
which is something I never even thought
to think about uhm and I've even
from the desert and I just like no
everywhere has River or in the next
slide countries that have no McDonald's
also was saying that for better or worse.
I think I believed was universal,
but this book comes from.
I know it's very surprising,
but this book actually comes
from right right runs a website.
That's kind of these info.
Graphic Maps and I think
he's still adding to it,
so these are just selections from it,
so if say teen is interested in this book.
You can always point them to his website,
which has a lot of really,
really interesting information.
Love it. Moving on guys, too, graphic
novels and again all of these titles.
Can be downloaded in the virtual catalog?
Samantha.
Ants don't wear pants,
but what do they actually do?
Did you know they hear with
their legs and smell with their
intended for example, Kevin McCloskey?
Who wrote and illustrated
the real poop on pigeons.
Another giggle and learn books.
So he knows his stuff takes the
reader on our humorous journey through
the biology and behavior of ants,
which I always find fascinating is answer.
One of those creatures that kids are
just so obsessed with that as an adult.
I don't think I think about ants as much,
but no never mind. Ending in the
city, yeah, this is a title
from our new graphic novels
early elementary plus category,
which is new for this ban and this
has favorable favorable reviews
from SLJ Booklist Ann Kirkos,
another title from our new graphic novels
early elementary plus category is stormy.
Gorgeously rendered evocative
and expressive sequential art.
This wordless picture book explores
a developing emotional bond between
a scared straight dog and a young
woman seeking to gain his trust
as someone who cannot say no to
a dog that I see on the street.
I really late to this on a personal
level and you can see on the next slide.
Some of the illustrations,
which are just completely
gorgeous. I love how Moody and
yet soft the illustrations are
in the play between light and
dark and the sense of light.
I think on the next slide.
You can see, there's
just there's a glow to
this focus just gorgeous.
At the beautiful spread.
It's kind of you know
you can see the relationship. Translating
office just sent to in the setting sun
that was me in this adorable. Pitbull
on the train this morning and then moving
up to our graphic novels for
elementary readers talking
bout light we have star gazing.
When moon moves in next door.
Christina feels a bit of culture shock,
even though they're both Chinese American
Moon is outgoing confident an artistic
while Christine is shy and timid.
But as a 2 strike up a friendship and
Christine is drawn into moons world.
She has to decide what kind of friend.
She wants to be genuang captures
2 facets of a wide diaspora
experience in this graphic novel,
which received for starred reviews.
From Publishers Weekly Booklist
School Library Journal in Kirkus Tan,
a positive review from bulletin for
the Center for children's books.
I mean, I'm Asian American and I
would really love to read this book,
although I'm pretty sure I
would identify as Christine
specially when I was younger,
not a little bit more of the moon
just 'cause I've been in New
York City for like 10 years. Our
next title is kind of the Lake in
this collection of beautifully
illustrated interconnected fairy tales.
Merchant son is condemned to life
under the ocean because of his father's
folly and when he when he befriends
the daughter of a water spirit.
He discovers his chance to escape
by helping her rebel against
her own impressive father.
And this is also from our graphic novels
elementary plus category and I love.
The cover of this and we were
talking about it earlier and it
really looks like an old movie
cover in a way that's really,
really enticing like I definitely
will read this after this presentation,
continuing on to graphic middle
we have the change linking.
So, in this sequel to a
strange Edmond Prince Enduran.
Alexis reunite discover why
magic is disappearing from the
world world below the fight.
A bevy of colorful photos and
make new friends and allies,
including a giant toad
carriage named Miss Till Day,
which is sort of very precocious
name for giant to carriage.
This modern fairy tale is painted
with gorgeous watercolors and Cepia,
Inc, and this is.
Again, being offered in our graphic novels,
middle plus category and has
been favorably reviewed by
School Library Journal.
I really loved the 1st book in the series.
The art is very Moody in a way that I.
Resonate with deflating as a
Moody person makes me how you
like this one also stands alone. I
think so. I think
so for next pick. We have Lillie SE?
Nobody takes Lily seriously so
she might as well attempt to
really big heist to finally be
inducted into the Thieves Guild.
But in the process.
She accidentally discovers an ancient
evil that could doom the entire world.
Lily, the thieves is a smash hit in Finland,
where it was honored in the comics
category of the country's most
prestigious literary awards.
The Finlandia Prize and this
is graphics graphic novels,
middle plus category and has been.
Favorably reviewed by Kirkus.
Which takes us into our high school graphic
novel category and Oh but I'm not going
to introduce that that's not my job.
Uh well the 1st book for this
category is joke wins poltergeist,
which to repeat is in our graphic
novel type plus category.
This graphic retelling of David
Allman's short story features a
young David dealing with a loss
in his family and his friend who
claims as a ghost in his house.
Dave Mckean's dreamlike illustrations
make the narative all the more compelling.
This has received favorable reviews from
Booklist Publishers Weekly SLJ Ann.
BCCB with the start review from Kirkus.
I actually entered this book into
our system and was immediately
entrance and read the whole thing
in one sitting right there
book cover kind of reminds
me of Coraline, a little
bit. Yeah, the art is really it's kind of
like emotionally intense in a way that's
really fitting with the story 'cause.
It's interesting 'cause.
The story can as a kind of literary short
story can be a little kind of subdued.
It has this real emotional intensity.
That's amazing and fits with
the general atmosphere.
The 2nd book in our graphic novel high.
Category is the American dream.
Sing in core decided to go on a road
trip on Route 66 from Los Angeles
to Chicago with their dog bug along
the way she muses on the nature
of Amerikana Food and their own
experience as a Malaysian immigrant
in warm and humorous comic anecdotes.
This offering in our graphic
novels high plus category,
has been favorably reviewed by SLJ and
Kirkus with a starred Booklist Review
and for me personally hits close to
home because I grew up in Albuquerque.
366 with a large part of my early life.
Makes me yearn
to take a road trip. It's
beautiful, everyone should be in New Mexico.
At some point in their life like
during the fall. It's so beautiful.
Well, we're moving on to the
category of sports. And again.
All these great titles are
available in the Winter Catalog.
So our first cut a book from our sports
elementary plus category is a book.
I mean, just the name
any kid will pick it up.
LeBron James epic epic athletes.
LeBron James a living.
Legend is a force of nature on
and off the court as a kid.
He faced adversity frequently moved homes.
An was even separated from his mother.
Dan Wetzel's bio shows how LeBron
took his natural talent and
combined it with hard work to set
himself on a path to greatness.
Oh, I was
just going to say having read this one.
LeBron is a really admirable athlete.
But the things you learn about him
as a person in the way that he really
invests in his community is really,
really amazing and this whole
series is actually a really great
series that we've been taking
books from for a little bit. And
for path of a slightly different
nature our next title is the brave
cyclist once a week trial Gino
Bartali became a successful cyclist.
An 1938 torta. Frontz champion
when Italy came under the grip of
a brutal dictator an entered World
War 2 on the side of the Nazis.
Bartali secretly accepted a role in the
dangerous plan to help save Italian Jews.
This received positive reviews
from SLJ and Kirkus. What's
really interesting I had never heard
of him before and what he actually
did was he smuggled papers within the
frame of his bicycle across the border,
which then allowed.
Italian Jews to kind of legally
quote Unquote in cross the border
in and get out of fascist Italy.
So it's really it was a new
topic for me and it was really
interesting to learn about him. An
moving on into sports middle.
Middle grade we have strike zone.
In this follow up to the much
loved heat 12 year old Nick Stokes.
The fires of his many dreams.
A cure for his sisters lupus
citizenship for his parents and
meeting his hero heat protagonist.
Michael of your Oh that's
a RROYO for those of
you who can pronounce
it way better than I can as the
new Mexican consulted yesterday.
Tried very hard and this one
has been favorably reviewed by
School Library Journal Book.
List and it has a star review
from Kirkus. This is
Mike Lupica back at his best I
think like this is really on par
with heat and it stands alone.
Like I think that knowledge of the
1st book will absolutely lend a
certain depth and Graviton for reader,
but it is not at all necessary.
It's just a really,
really amazing bar and bar next pick.
Is the crossover graphic novel?
We love the added dimension that the?
Illustrators bold and dynamic art
brings to the original text of Kwame
Alexander's beloved Newbery Medal winner.
The crossover,
which is a timeless story of family.
Love friendship and of course,
basketball and if you can see here.
We have a sample spread just to give
an idea of the fun and dynamic artwork.
This is actually the first part of
the book and I think it's a really,
really great primer for what comes
later like I've read both the
first novel and this graphic novel
version and I really. I like them.
Both for lots of different reasons.
This is a really good option for.
Hesitant readers or kids who are
less likely to pick up and sit
down with like they give up and sit
down with it.
I love how the composition and
the text how it's like bigger
smaller and like dynamic shape.
It makes for a very engaging
sort of spread yes and
it fits with Alexanders language right.
Like his are really a real control
of the music of the language.
So it's really it's very fitting you get
like a great movement throughout Yeah. Yeah,
you almost feel like the ball is
being dribbled down the court.
You know it's amazing when in
graphic novels, they break,
the lines and they utilized
the space in that way. Yeah,
this, this graphic novel doesn't have
quite as rigid kind of cell structure as
other more traditional graphic novels do.
But it does have you'll see
that kind of pop of orange here?
That becomes kind of background
washes and later spreads.
It's really, really a beautiful
book to to spend time with.
I'm Speaking of a book to spend time
with in our high school category.
Uhm our 1st book is gravity gravity.
Delgado has a lot to deal
with an alcoholic mother,
a younger brother school friends.
Boys and Oh yeah,
the Olympics like you do
boxing journalists air.
Deming puts her vast knowledge of the sport
to work in this gritty and blistering book,
which is offered in our sports high category,
has received quite a few start reviews.
From Kirkus Booklist School Library
Journal and publishers weekly my
poor math skills told me that's
four star reviews and this was
another really engaging book.
We don't see a lot of boxing books,
not a lot of boxing novels.
There's a lot about boxing
history in the sports categories,
but not a lot of novels and to
look at women's boxing is really,
really interesting and it's
obvious that Denning knows what
she's talking about 'cause they in
the reaction is really amazing.
And then our second sports
high book is gut check.
After making the high school
football team why it struggles to
be both a good brother and a good
teammate when his older brother.
The quarterback suffers a concussion.
No one else seems to notice.
In his darkly humorous why ain't debut
Eric Hester explores Brotherhood
body image and toxic masculinity.
This received favorable reviews from
SLJ and the horn book as well as the
start review from Kirkus and really
this book deals with a lot of the.
More.
Challenging parts of sports culture
like toxic masculinity and issues
of body image for boys in a way
that is not preachy and also is
balanced with on the field action
that a lot of the ball in this one.
and I think it will appeal to
readers who maybe don't think
that they like to read.
Well, some folks that was a
speed tasting truly through the
winter catalog and thank you.
To our editors don't go anywhere
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One more piece of housekeeping save
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We are going to have our next webcast.
Dude, where's my book.
This is a chat with the astronauts author.
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So I'm going to.
I'm going to share some some
questions from the audience.
Let's see.
So. Trevor Moore of the main characters
in the sports character category
pics are blaze would you say that
these pics will have broader appeal?
I'd say, so, although it is
interesting to see the shift in trends.
Lately, there seems to be a really
can't cheat like conscious attempt
to have more books about sports books
about girls like gravity for example,
which kind of addresses to
underrepresented things.
Both boxing and then also women boxing
specifically and I think that it's
really that shift is apparent in.
In the high school level,
Middle Middle Grade is still very much
focused on boys books or books about boys.
Uh but I think that any of the books.
We pick actually can appeal to either
side of the gender spectrum or in
the middle like I think that a lot of
boys will like to read gravity and.
A lot of girls would like to read
a check can still recognize parts
of what they see in sports culture,
an in men and in the voice around them,
but I do think that it's interesting
to see how much.
Traction books about boys get on
our site and in the response.
We get from librarians about books
that are really looking for books
about boys and I think that.
That tells me there must be appeal.
Well, that's that's an important reason
for us to have them in the catalog.
I have a question.
I think I'm not sure who's
gonna feel this one.
How do you decide what
books make the catalog?
Well, that's all it
is something that's really on our minds
are reading everything trying to decide.
How above would fit into our
list and if we want to take it we
try to look both well not try.
We do look both at the
objective literary merit,
but also the readability and the re
readability factor for young readers.
We want to pick books that readers are going
to come back to an I know what I'm reading.
I kind of I look for something that tugs,
I get a little feeling in the
back of my gut that I'm like Oh.
This is special.
This makes me feel something for
the non fiction books books that.
Tell me something that I didn't know
because you know, I was an English major.
I didn't didn't know a lot of time.
So I feel
like I'm on a nice second
grade science level. So
just books that make us think and
make us look at the world in a
different way or just really will
appeal to younger readers and
fun books. Yeah, like God.
I love finding like a fun sport bug.
It's it's really refreshing.
I just read one recently that I really,
really enjoyed that I won't say at
this point but it's like to have a
book that's just kind of delightful.
And we like to spend
time in I know what you mean
like I love coming cross a bug,
especially for fantasy and sci-fi's
where they don't take themselves,
too seriously like they're well
written well plotted great characters.
And yet they are silly and
ridiculous because it's very buoyant.
You know, and I love that I
love that when the books don't
take themselves, too seriously.
Well, I have another question let's
see Maria I think this one is for you.
Learning Elementary Band, which sci-fi
fantasy picks would you recommend
for sensitive kids who scare easily?
Oh well, just off the Top of my head.
I do have I think 3 titles that kind of
address that but I also kind of want to say
that when I read for sci-fi and fantasy.
I think a lot of the thrill a lot
of the scary things. That happen.
There, I think they happen,
because you know they're supposed to
scare the main character an it's supposed
to be a challenge and I like that.
I like that.
The main character is challenged and scared.
And yet they choose to kind of go
ahead with the quest anyway and
that's something that I really love.
But for 3 pigs that are a little bit
more on maybe the mellow or humorous
side for those who scared easily we have.
We're not from here by Jeff Pod key
and just a little bit of story,
so this is I mean.
This is basically about humans in the future.
We messed up on Earth.
We're now on Mars.
But we're looking for a new
planet to kind of move too.
And so we have this one family land and
her family there sent to this planet
tomb that is inhabited by a bunch of
giant mosquitoes called the jury and
they have a set amount of time to prove.
To these jury that we are very
harmonious folks and to please please.
Please let us live with them on planet
shrooms and it's like it's really funny.
When I was reading it.
I was just cracking up entire time.
'cause she's trying to like convince
the giant mosquitoes that all things
that we do as humans like singing
and comedy an having emotions that
those are good things about this and.
Yeah,
I just really loved this book
a second pick would be storm.
Keepers island by Katherine Doyle,
so this is kind of like set an
island off the coast of Ireland.
It's about a grand father,
who the storm keeper.
An he fashions little candles
out of his own memories.
An he and his grandson can
travel back in time.
Using these memory candle sticks
and I tell you I tell you good.
I just read the 2nd book in the series
and I was crying at my desk by myself,
but like.
Obviously trying to look very chill and yeah,
yes, but I really.
I really love the second bug so
if you pick up the first one.
Yeah, you're in for it and the
last pic would be uhm.
The extremely inconvenient.
Adventures of Bronte,
a metal stone by Jaclyn Moriarty and
this is kind of a very high spirited
British air fantasy where Brontes
you kind of travels a bunch of
kingdoms delivering little trinkets,
like teabags to her 10 anzan.
It's just like very ridiculous,
but also quite humorous and she's.
Doing all this because it was a
left in her parents will for her.
And those would be my picks well.
Thank you so much for
that. Maria we do have some more questions.
But I'm going to suggest that we pick
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After the web cast is over because
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