Nine-year-old Ahmet sits in the back of the class and doesn\u2019t speak. His classmates wonder why and learn that he\u2019s a Syrian refugee whose family is missing\u2026and his classmates want to change that.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n My Life as an Ice Scream Sandwich<\/em><\/strong> by Ibi Zoboi; Pub Date: 8\/27\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n Zoboi\u2019s middle-grade debut features 12-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet, a science-fiction-obsessed granddaughter of one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, who leaves her sheltered life in rural Alabama to visit her father in Harlem in 1984.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some Places More Than Others<\/em><\/strong> by Renee Watson; Pub Date: 9\/3\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n For her 12th<\/sup> birthday, Amara wants to visit her father\u2019s side of the family in Harlem, but New York City is not what she thought it would be, and the tension between her father and her grandfather is thick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stargazing<\/em><\/strong> by Jen Wang; Pub Date: 9\/10\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n In this graphic novel, Christine and Moon are Chinese-American neighbors who become fast friends despite their personality differences.\u00a0 Then Moon tells Christine her biggest secret: she has visions of celestial beings speaking to her from the stars.\u00a0 The reason behind these visions changes both their lives forever.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Across the Bay <\/em><\/strong>by Carlos Aponte; Pub Date: 9\/17\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n Carlitos discovers the true meaning of home in this colorful picture book that takes readers to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Explorers<\/em><\/strong> by Matthew Cordell; Pub Date: 9\/24\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n The Caldecott Medalist\u2019s new picture book describes an exciting visit to a museum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dragon Warrior <\/em><\/strong>by Katie Zhao; Pub Date: 10\/15\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n Shunned by the Jade Society after her father\u2019s disappearance, 12-year-old Faryn dreams of honoring her family and the gods by becoming a warrior.\u00a0 But when she stumbles upon a battle and helps defeat a demon, Faryn realizes she might be the famed Heaven Breaker of prophecy.<\/p>\n I\u2019m stopping with lucky number 7 because I could go on and on\u2026and I didn\u2019t even touch the teen selections.\u00a0 I think we are all in for some good reading later this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have you received any ARCs recently?\u00a0 About which titles are you excited?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n This post covers the Core Competency of Knowledge, Curation, and Management of Materials.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the past four years, my library system (Cuyahoga County Public Library in suburban Cleveland, Ohio) has hosted a Youth Book Buzz, a day when several publishers and Baker & Taylor come to preview upcoming summer and fall books.\u00a0 This year, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, DC Comics, and Inkyard Press, along with the aforementioned Baker & Taylor, sent a representative to booktalk titles along with ARCs (advance reader copies) for attendees to snatch up at the end of the presentations.\u00a0 In addition, ARCs the library system received over the past year were also available to take. (Many thanks to CCPL\u2019s Collection Development department!) I came home with one bag full of middle grade novels, and one bag of teen books.\u00a0 Picture books were available, but I focused on grabbing longer texts.\u00a0 Here are some of the children\u2019s books I\u2019m excited to see coming out in August and the fall!…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1474,47,1614],"tags":[1756,518,691],"class_list":["post-21032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-maria-trivisonno","category-collection-development","category-knowledge-curation-and-management-of-materials","tag-fall-2019","tag-middle-grade","tag-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BookBuzz2019-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Photo")