Join us in celebrating Black History Month as we highlight new authors and new books you can request online. We are passionate about encouraging young children to love reading. Today, we feature Brandy Colbert who is an award-winning children's author of several books for children and teens.
Brandy Colbert was born and raised in the Ozarks—more specifically, Springfield, Missouri—and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Missouri State University. Her fifth novel, middle-grade debut The Only Black Girls in Town (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), and her sixth novel, The Voting Booth (Disney-Hyperion), were both released to numerous accolades in 2020. (brandycolbert.com)
You can find more great books by Brandy Colbert and many others at Greene County Library by going to our website www.azalealibraries.org/member-libraries/greene-county-library
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The Voting Booth
Marva Sheridan has always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election? Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election; he just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight. Only problem? Duke can't vote. When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. Soon it's clear that there is more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy. (www.gapines.org)
The Only Black Girls in Town
In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.
Pointe
Four years after Theo's best friend, Donovan, disappeared at age thirteen, he is found and brought home and Theo puts her health at risk as she decides whether to tell the truth about the abductor, knowing her revelation could end her life-long dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer.
You can check out these books now, available from Greene County Library! Go online at www.gapines.org to search the PINES Catalog.