Welcome back for Season 2 of of BeTWEEN the Lines! This is Episode 10 andiIn this episode we talk about our current YA reads, some harrowing survival stories, and some YA news!

Hosts:
-Jenn Deuell, Young Adult Coordinator @ Richmond Public Library
-Barbara Haas, School Media Specialist @ Richmond Public Schools
-Nick, 8th grader @ St. Michael's Episcopal School

Books discussed:

1:37 Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (Scholastic Press, 2021)

5:12 Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam (Balzer + Bray, 2020)

6:48 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1) by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa (Translator) (Pantheon, 2003)

9:11 Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #1) by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon, 1986)

10:23 Black Canary: Breaking Silence (DC Icons #5) by Alexandra Monir (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2020)

14:46 Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons #1) by Leigh Bardugo (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2017)

14:48 Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons #2) by Marie Lu (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2018)

14:50 Catwoman: Soulstealer (DC Icons #3) by Sarah J. Maas (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2018)

14:53 Superman: Dawnbreaker (DC Icons #4) by Matt de la Peña (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2019)

15:43 Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad (Ecco, 2009)

18:13 Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2021)

22:52 Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)

25:38 Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush (Milkweed Editions, 2018)

Other references:
Elsie K. Powell House

Disney Animals Facing Extinction

The American Library Association opposes widespread efforts to censor books in U.S. schools and libraries

Book Burning Urged By Spotsylvania School Board Members

Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office responds to book burning event promoted on Facebook

Spotsylvania County rescinds vote to remove sexually explicit books from school libraries

Music credit:
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

If you are interested in middle school and interested in serving as a guest co-host on one of our episodes, please contact Jenn Deuell at jennifer.deuell@rva.gov or Barbara Haas at bhaas2@rvaschools.net