BCSD Libraries February 2024
February 2024
Thank you to Bettendorf High School senior Jerry Callahan for visiting with Hoover hawks during their Library Computer Science time. Jerry is interested in the Computer Science field and was looking for some community service hours in this area. Thanks again, Jerry! The students enjoyed working with you.
Cinder & Glass
After the death of Cendrillon's father, she is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and stepsisters and is forced to become their servant. When Prince Louis announces a royal ball to determine who he will marry, Cendrillon sees it as an opportunity to escape the life she's been trapped in, but she never expects to fall for the prince's brother, Auguste.
Fate Be Changed
If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as princess of Clan DunBroch, she has certain obligations--but that doesn't mean she has to like it. Especially when one of those obligations means losing her freedom by becoming betrothed to a man she has never met. Merida balks at this tradition, but her mother Queen Elinor insists that Merida must do this to embrace her role as future queen.
The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna Garcia
Three Asian American teen girls look for direction in their lives as they compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament.
Homebody by Theo Parish
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics with organic journal-like interludes, Theo takes us through their experiences with the hundred arbitrary and unspoken gender binary rules of high school, from harrowing haircuts and finally the right haircut to the intersection of gender identity and sexuality—and through tiny everyday moments that all led up to Theo finding the term “nonbinary,” which finally struck a chord.
Heir by Sabaa Tahir
Told in alternating voices, three teens, whose fates intertwine to stop the murder of innocent children, journey across two warring nations to ensure a better future for their people.
Student Services
Visit the February traveling book display in Student Services to collect bookmark #1. While you're there, take a look at the mental health related books that are on display. Ask Mrs. Cauwels to check one out to you if you want to read it!
