Welcome back for our fifth episode of Between the Lines! In this episode we discuss our current reads, our favorite love and friendship stories (because February is when you do that kind of stuff), and some YA news about our favorite former First Lady, Michelle Obama.

Hosts:

-Jenn Deuell, Young Adult Coordinator @ Richmond Public Library

-Barbara Haas, School Media Specialist @ Richmond Public Schools

-Nataley, 7th grader @ Boushall Middle School

Books discussed:

Hood by Jenny Elder Moke (Published in 2020 by Disney-Hyperion)

Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke (To be Published in June 2021 by Disney-Hyperion)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Published in 2010 by Clairon Books)

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone (Published in 2020 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers)

Ivy and Bean: No News is Good News (Ivy & Bean #8) by Annie Barrows (Published in 2011 by Chronicle Books)

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith (Published in 2019 by Delacorte Press)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (Published in 2013 by St. Martin's Griffin)

Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama (To be Published in March 2021 by Puffin)

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (to be Published in March 2021 by by Henry, Holt and Co.)

Other references:

Higher Ground Productions - https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0720404

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@richmondgov.com or Barbara Haas at bhaas2@rvaschools.net