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A place to belong
by Cynthia Kadohata
jFICTION Kadohata Cynthia
Fiction, Kids, Historical Fiction
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
Genesis begins again
by Alicia Williams
jFICTION Williams Alicia
Fiction, Kids
Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

Heartbreaking, gritty story of a girl who struggles to feel at home in skin society and her own family tells her is too black (in ways both subtle and not) and find a place to belong when her family is frequently forced to move. -Anne W
Janesville : an American story
by Amy Goldstein
977.5 /Goldstein
Nonfiction

Learn what happens to the residents of a small Midwestern town when the GM plant closes at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, forcing thousands out of long-term, secure jobs and creating ripple effects throughout the region. Goldstein embeds herself with the residents for years, and Paul Ryan and Barack Obama make appearances. Extremely intimate and compelling portrait of a town in crisis! -Anne W
Easy to love, difficult to discipline : the seven basic skills for turning conflict into cooperation
by Rebecca Anne Bailey
649.64 /Bailey
Nonfiction, Self Help

My parenting Bible! This book will give you the tools manage your young child's behavior, striking the perfect balance between letting them walk all over you and being a hard-driving taskmaster. -Anne W
The unsettlers : in search of the good life in today's America
by Mark Sundeen
640 /Sundeen
Nonfiction, Nature
A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for--or create--a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.--

Are you FASCINATED by people who manage to live off the grid for long periods of time? Me, too! -Anne W
Behold the dreamers : a novel
by Imbolo Mbue
FICTION Mbue Imbolo
Fiction

This book is about the immigrant experience, the parenting experience, the newlywed experience, and the modern American experience. This book will make you angry and sad, but read it anyway because it's REALLY GOOD. -Anne W
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Anderson, Laurie Halse
Historical Fiction, Kids
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

Middle-grade historical fiction about the life of a young slave in New York City during the Revolutionary War. Isabel struggles to control her own destiny, protect her younger sister, and ultimately fight for her own freedom while the country fights for its freedom as well. -Anne W
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About Me
Anne W. works in Children's Services and Collection Services. She selects the fiction, nonfiction, DVD, and video game materials for the children's department and leads Tween programming.
She loves to read, go on low-budget road trips (especially to camp and hike in national parks), and drink craft beer on a patio. Anne W. enjoys visiting thrift stores, but is also a minimalist who gets rid of her children's toys while they're sleeping. Anne W. has two daughters and a cat named Alaska.
Anne W. divides her reading attentions between adult and juvenile literature. She enjoys strong female protagonists, nonfiction about historical events or current social issues, and novels about family relationships.
One Japanese-American family dealing with the aftermath of WWII and their time in an internment camp -Anne W