Library Spotlight: Alex Awards

New Recreational Reading

The following titles have been recognized as 2021 Alex Award winners; they have have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display or in their regular location on AU Library main floor.

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002." - Alex Awards, YALSA 

• Impossible First: From Fire to Ice-Crossing Antarctica Alone
  G850 2018 .O27 2020
  
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
  PN6727.D466 K46 2020
• Only Good Indians: A Novel
  PS3560. O5395 O55 2020
• Riot Baby
  PS3615.N93 R56 2020
  
  

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Library Spotlight: Alex Awards

The following titles have been recognized with ALA's Alex Award distinction; they have have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display or in their regular location on AU Library main floor.

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002." - Alex Awards, YALSA

• Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Come's After
  DT450.437 W36 A3 2018
• How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
  PS3610 .E46 A6 2018
• Circle:  A Novel
  PS3613 .I5445 C57 2018
• Spinning Silver
  PS3614 .O93 S65 2018
• Black God's Drums
  PS3603.L37585 B53 2018
• Book of Essie
  PS3623 .E4324 S49 2018
• Educated: A Memoir
  CT3262. I2 W47 2018
• Home After Dark: A Novel
  MAIN Juvenile
  PS3569 .M258 H66 2018

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Library Spotlight: Recreational Reading

The following Alex Award winning books have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display in the reference area on the main floor of the library or in their regular location on the main floor.

• Clockwork Dynasty: A Novel
  PS3623 .I57796 C58 2017
• Hope More Powerful than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
  HV640.5 .S97 F54 2017
• Roughneck
  PN6733 .L45 R68 2017
• She Rides Shotgun
  PS3608 .A7736 S44 2017
• Things We Have in Common
  PR6111 .A868 T48 2017
• Unkindness of Magicians
  PS3608.O9246 U55 2017

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Library Spotlight: Recreational Reading

Did you know the library has a recreational reading collection on the main floor? Titles added to this collection include Alex Awards, Pulitzer Prize novels, and general fiction. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor near the patio doors.

• Return: Fathers, Sons, and the land in Between
  PR6113.A87 Z46 2016
• The Underground Railroad: A Novel
  PS3573 .H4768 U53 2016
• Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of  1971 & Its Legacy
  HV9475.N17 T46 2016
• Olio
  PS3610.E874 A6 2016.
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
  HD7287.96 U6 D24 2016
• The Queen of Blood
  PS3604.U7578 Q44 2016
• The Regional Office is Under Attach
  PS3607.O56227 R44 2016
• In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
  PN2287 .G7455 A3 2016
• Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
  PN2287 .H378 B84 2016
• Every Heart a Doorway
  PS3607.R36395 E94 2016
• Die Young with Me: A Memoir
  ML420.R8932 A3 2016
• The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
  PS3619. T354 I58 2016

Library Spotlight: Recreational Reading

New books are added to the library's collection throughout the academic year. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor. The following titles have been added to the library's main recreational reading collection.

• Her Every Fear
  PS3619.W3635 H47 2017
• The Girl Before
  PS3569.T717 G57 2017
• Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
  BV4509.5 T43 2016
• Odessa Sea
  PS3553.U75 O34 2016
• The Wrong Side of Goodbye
  PS3553.O51165 W76 2016
• The Whistler
  PS3557.R5355 W48 2016
• No Man's Land
  PS3552.A446 N6 2016
• Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
  PN2287.H378 B84 2016
• In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
  PN2287.G7455 A3 2016
• Every Heart a Doorway
  PS3607.R36395 E94 2016

Library Spotlight: Recreational Reading

Did you know the library has a recreational reading collection? Genres added to this collection include mystery, fantasy fiction, humorous fiction, historical fiction, Alex Award books, and general fiction. New books are added periodically throughout the year. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor near the patio doors.

Recent additions to the library recreational collection include:

• The Night Train: A Novel
  PS3555.D47 N54 2011
• Ready Player One
  PS3603.L548 R43 2011
• Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
  TX649.H345 A3 2011
• The Devil Colony: A Sigma Force Novel
  PS3568.O5398 D48 2011
• Dreams of Joy: A Novel
  PS3569.E3334 D75 2011
• The Magician King
  PS3557.R6725 M28 2011
• Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
  PS3555.V2126 S66 2011
• Wonder Girl : The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
  GV964.Z3 V36 2011
• Alice Bliss
  PS3608.A78185 A79 2011
• Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life
  E99.N3 K75 2011

Summer Reading!

Summer is the perfect time relax with a book and we have a great suggestion; explore the library's recreational reading collection! Located on the main floor, beyond the journal and periodical collection, our recreational collection includes popular titles, classic titles, award winning titles and a few books that are just fun to read.

Here is a sampling of titles recently added to the library's recreational reading collection.

Sit back and enjoy a good book!

• Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
  CT275.P5767 A3 2009
• Stone's Fall: A Novel
  PR6066.E167 S76 2009
• The White Tiger: A Novel
  PR9619.4.A35 W47 2008
• First Family
  PS3552.A446 F57 2009
• No Such Creature: A Novel
  PS3552.L887 N6 2009
• Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
  PS3552.U723 S93 2008
• Just Take My Heart
  PS3553.L287 J87 2009
• Long Lost
  PS3553.O225 L66 2009
• Steal Across the Sky
  PS3561.R46 S67 2009
• Handle with Care: A Novel
  PS3566.I372 H36 2009

Perusing the catalog? Be sure to click on the book cover for additional about each book; results may include summary, excerpt, cover image, and reviews. Everything you need to make a great summer reading choice.