Rachael M. Ali Library

I had this book on my TBR for too long. (TBR stands for To Be Read). This book will appeal to lovers of family drama, strong friendships, artists, and people who want to know more about mental health, or Taiwan. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. - From Goodreads

In the future, we conquered death. But then what do we do about the excess population? When you can live forever, and you can become young again, what is there to stop you?

This book will appeal to science fiction readers and those who are interested in futuristic versions of Earth. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Darius B. ⭐️🌟💫🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥

Megan R. 🌟🌟💫🌟🌟

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. - From Goodreads

This book is a quick read only 160 pages, but full of interesting information about a pirate captain with a feared ship. Most of the book is about Samuel Bellamy and his time as a successful pirate captain. The last part of the book is about searching for his ship off the coast of cape cod. The goods found on the Waydah are changing how we see pirate ships and the crews that manned them. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah the only pirate ship ever found and the incredible mysteries it revealed.
The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. TheWhydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of the greediest pirates of all, Black Sam Bellamy, commandeered it. Filling the ship to capacity with treasure, Bellamy hoped to retire with his bounty but in 1717 the ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod. For more than two hundred years, the wreck of the Whydah (and the riches that went down with it) eluded treasure seekers, until the ship was finally found in 1984 by marine archaeologists. The artifacts brought up from the ocean floor are priceless, both in value and in the picture they reveal of life in that much-mythologized era, changing much of what we know about pirates." - From Goodreads

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Harry Potter/Fandom club meets every Wednesday during lunch. 9th and 10th grade- Harry Potter Club is working on planning a Harry Potter trivia event for later this fall.

11th and 12th grade- Fandom is discussing favorite Sci-Fi TV shows. The topics for Fandom change frequently.

Book Club meets every Friday during lunch.

Anime club meets on Fridays after school.