BSHS 2025 April Library Update
News and happenings in the library
Rising from the Ashes by Paula Yoo
"Rising from the Ashes" by Paula Yoo is a comprehensive historical account of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, weaving together the stories of Rodney King, Latasha Harlins, and Edward Jae Song Lee to examine the complex interplay of systemic racism, police brutality, and community tensions that led to five days of civil unrest in Los Angeles. Also available in print!
Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle
Set against the backdrop of California's wilderness, "Wild Dreamers" tells the story of Ana, a homeless teenager hiding from her FBI-wanted father, and Leandro, a Cuban refugee struggling with anxiety, who find love and healing through their shared passion for environmental conservation when they start a rewilding club at their high school to help protect endangered mountain lions. Also available in print and as an audiobook!
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
When seventeen-year-old aspiring singer Enchanted Jones meets famous R&B artist Korey Fields at an audition, what begins as a promising opportunity turns into a nightmare of manipulation and abuse, leading to a tragic confrontation that ends in Korey's murder and Enchanted becoming the prime suspect. Also available in print and as an audiobook!
This month the library will be closed for three days to all students and staff on April 7, 8, and 9. We are closing for a very exciting event--we are going to be FINALLY completing the genrefication of our fiction section! During these three days we are going to move all of the books in fiction to their new homes. Instead of fiction being organized alphabetically by author last name, we are going to organize fiction alphabetically by author last name in their assigned genre. We hope that this will make the library more accessible to all, and make it easier for students and staff to find new books.
TeachingBooks is an educational database containing over 88,000 digital resources, including author interviews, book readings, and teaching materials, specifically designed to enrich K-12 literacy instruction and bring children's and young adult books to life through multimedia content and educational tools. On Library.fyi, scroll down to "Teachers Resources" and click on TeachingBooks. Sign in using the passcode BSHS and enjoy!
When you are logged into TeachingBooks, you are able to discover titles in Sora! The integration is simple: as you search or browse TeachingBooks when logged into your account, a Sora logo will appear with titles that are in our collection. Clicking the Sora logo will send you directly to that title in Sora where you can borrow or place a hold.
