GJH Library News
February 2023
National African-American History Month
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2023/black-history-month.html
101 African American First
The time and place of a breakthrough reflects not only remarkable individual achievement but is itself an indication of the progress or lack of progress of black people in realizing the centuries-old intertwined goals of freedom, equality, and justice.
Read more at Back Past
BlackPast, B. (2010, October 05) 101 African American Firsts. Retrieved from https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/101-african-american-firsts/
African American
African Americans are citizens of the United States who trace at least part of their ancestry to Africa. Some are recent immigrants. But most are descended from Africans who were brought in slavery to the American colonies and states between the years 1619 and 1808. Today, African Americans number about 42 million, or 13.6 percent of the total U.S. population. The largest communities are in the Deep South, followed by the Northeast, Midwest, and West.
Read more at "African Americans" from Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-American
Picturing America on Screen
Click on the link to see the video
Thirteen Media Impact PBS
Presidents' Day
Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in February) popularly recognized as honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents.
Read more at Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Presidents-Day
Who's your Book Crush!
- Sign up for the Blind Date reading challenge on Goodreads, and log your readings.
- You will receive a gift when you complete a blind date with 2 or more books! Check out our "Who's your book crush" poster in the library. See what others are reading, and recommend your favorite novels as well!
Stories with a (love) twist!
I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
Nelson tells her tale of grief and healing in separate storylines, one that takes place before their art-historian mother’s fatal car accident and one that takes place after, allowing readers and twins to slowly understand all that’s happened. Kirkus Review
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jandy-nelson/ill-give-you-the-sun/
The notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Goodreads review
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35545737-a-walk-to-remember
Eleanor & Park
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rainbow-rowell/eleanor-park/
Step into the Graphic Novel World!
Class Act by Jerry Craft
In this companion book to New Kid this time it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in a story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted?
To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together.
As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself?
Spill Zone book 1
The Uglies a sequel to Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world—and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally's choice will change her world forever....
Opportunities to participate for all students
Write Out Loud San Diego - Read Imagine Create!
Books are free for you to keep! Inquire at the library.
Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park's BE WiSE program engages young women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning experiences in collaboration with the region's research, industry and academic institutions. Check out the website for more information.
Click on the link https://gjh.goalexandria.com/search# to search our catalog, and check your account overdue books and/or textbooks.
- Click on Login in the upper left screen
- Your login is your student ID#, your password is your last name.
- Click on the Green "Status" button
- If you have a book checked out, click on the circle of arrows next to it to renew if needed.
- Click on Items Out - those are library books currently checked out to you
- Click on Textbooks Out - those are textbooks currently checked out to you
- Click on Charges - those are any charges you currently have and the amount
- Click on Account to change your password
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