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Fahra Daredia Kern County Library
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Rafael Moreno Kern County Library
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Shalyn Pineda Kern County Library
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Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason ReynoldsThis smash-up of art and text visually captures what it is to be Black in America and what it means to REALLY breath.
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Piecing Me Together by Renée WatsonTired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
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In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women's friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.
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Almost Thereby Farrah RochonThanks to the notorious Dr. Facilier, Tiana finds herself in a new reality where all her dreams come true until the Big Easy grows increasingly eerie and new threats emerge, forcing her to set things right.
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The Daughter of Auschwitzby Tova FriedmanA powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.
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A live-action adaptation of Disney's 'Pinocchio'.
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Aspho Fields by Karen TravissAn official tie-in novel to the blockbuster Xbox video game Gears of War provides a prequel to the game by providing the characters back-stories and looking at some of the events that had shaped the world of Gears of War.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary RoachExamines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
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on Netflix How far will you go to protect your own? Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes star in True Story, the gripping journey of two brothers entangled in a world of celebrity, crime, and lies.
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