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Get Email Updates Featured Resources All Resources Libby by OverDrive Flipster Kanopy O’Reilly eBooks REAL Archives Project: Re-Encuentro de Arlington Latinos Learn More Looking For A Good Book? Get Personalized Reading Recommendations NextReads Newsletters Subscribe: Receive monthly new book updates via email on your favorite genres. Learn More Staff Picks A Bit of Earth After her parents’ deaths, Maria arrives in the United States by way of Pakistan and Bangladesh with a reputation for being...prickly. With some extra care, perhaps she (and the abandoned garden she finds) can grow in this modern retelling of The Secret Garden . Andrea W 2024-02-12T16:13:50-05:00 Andrea W After her parents’ deaths, Maria arrives in the United States by way of Pakistan and Bangladesh with a reputation for being...prickly. With some extra care, perhaps she (and the abandoned garden she finds) can grow in this modern retelling of The Secret Garden. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/a-bit-of-earth/ Natural Beauty This sharp, spiky novel explores the complicated issues of identity and belonging through the story of a former piano prodigy who goes to work for a bonkers - and possibly sinister - high-end beauty company. Alex Z 2024-05-08T13:53:55-04:00 Alex Z This sharp, spiky novel explores the complicated issues of identity and belonging through the story of a former piano prodigy who goes to work for a bonkers - and possibly sinister - high-end beauty company. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/natural-beauty/ Not Quite a Ghost Violet is having a tough year. She started middle school, is worried about keeping her friends, and she has to move. On top of that, she has a ghost in her room and she feels sick and tired all the time. A lovely and empathetic story about life changes and long term illness. Michelle M 2024-05-08T13:56:37-04:00 Michelle M Violet is having a tough year. She started middle school, is worried about keeping her friends, and she has to move. On top of that, she has a ghost in her room and she feels sick and tired all the time. A lovely and empathetic story about life changes and long term illness. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/not-quite-a-ghost/ Cyborg Detective A razor-sharp poetic retort to the ableism found in Literature. Weise’s incisive poems directly respond to the ways authors use disability as metaphor and the way disabled writers are expected to perform disability. Smart, moving, often funny, and very powerful. Jennie R 2024-05-08T14:01:10-04:00 Jennie R A razor-sharp poetic retort to the ableism found in Literature. Weise’s incisive poems directly respond to the ways authors use disability as metaphor and the way disabled writers are expected to perform disability. Smart, moving, often funny, and very powerful. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/cyborg-detective-2/ The Great Quake A fascinating account of Alaska’s 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Focusing on the people who lived it, and the scientists who studied it, Fountain’s vivid writing makes the time come alive. From daring tales of survival to the scientific discoveries that followed, a surprising page-turner. Jennie R 2024-05-08T14:04:29-04:00 Jennie R A fascinating account of Alaska’s 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Focusing on the people who lived it, and the scientists who studied it, Fountain’s vivid writing makes the time come alive. From daring tales of survival to the scientific discoveries that followed, a surprising page-turner. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-great-quake-2/ How to Communicate: Poems Deafblind poet John Lee Clark presents a unique and expressive point of view in this collection. Clark’s work includes poems for the deaf translated from ASL, and poems for the deafblind community which include Protactile communication to convey the poem’s meaning. Sarah D 2024-05-08T14:09:23-04:00 Sarah D Deafblind poet John Lee Clark presents a unique and expressive point of view in this collection. Clark’s work includes poems for the deaf translated from ASL, and poems for the deafblind community which include Protactile communication to convey the poem’s meaning. https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/how-to-communicate-poems/ Throwback After a huge fight with her mom Sam is sent back in time to the 90s where she comes face to face with her mom as a teenager. Its a heartfelt look at the intergenerational dynamics between grandmother and mother and daughter with a fun time travel twist. Chrysalis C 2024-05-08T14:11:57-04:00 Chrysalis C After a huge fight with her mom Sam...