Red's Journey Through Bookland

Brown, D. (2018).  The unwanted: The story of the Syrian refugees . Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees  by Don Brown was chosen for the 2019 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults by YALSA. This book was also chosen for various other awards including 2019 Silbert Award Honor book, and 2019 top ten Great Graphic novels for Teens. This book and it's author have had some great reviews and prestige, so I was very excited to start reading this book.  The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees tells the stories of many (seemingly unnamed) refugees. It shows the experience both unique and common of those seeking asylum in the years 2011 to current times as the country of Syria is falling apart. It follows nameless refugees and their families through their journey- to often unknown destinations. It shows that often refugees thought they were to safety, they were turned away or sent somewhere else. It uses various sized ...

Myers, W. D., & Myers, C. (2008).  Monster . New York: HarperCollins. Monster tells the story of an aspiring filmmaker during the trial that will decide how he will spend the rest of his life: as a free man or in a jail cell for the proposed 25 to life sentence. Steve Harmon tells the story of his trial through 2 formats that come naturally to a budding filmmaker and a teenager: screenplay and diary.  Steve seems to be caught up in a very nasty situation. As a young black man, he is being tried for felony murder. It seems the just knowing the wrong people can somehow make you a part of their plot. Walter Dean Myers, a very prolific African American author, allows readers to follow along with Steve's journey and make their own assumptions and deductions based on the information in his case. The format of the story allow for the book to be a quick read and really suck the reader into the world that Steve is living in.  This book discusses the criminalizatio...

Facebook or Twitter: Which one is better for a library's promotion and networking?  We have all had a lot of experience with facebook and twitter. They are the way that we communicate across countries, develop relationships, maintain relationships, and sometimes even for self promotion. Look at me and all the great things I am doing! Now why not do this for your library? Many people have had this idea- this is a look at how successful these two social media networks are for promoting libraries.  Facebook;  When I did my initial search for school library pages I had to scroll past many Library organizations, non-profits, and educational resources before I was able to find any effective school library pages. These are the Library pages that I found:  Green Forest High School Library  Green Forest, AR On this Facebook page for Green Forest High School's Library, you can tell that the Media Specialist uses this page to advertise the success of...