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Here are a few books I read last week at the lake. Click on the covers to go to the book's page on Goodreads.
A nonfiction graphic novel showing how women (very slowly) became part of space exploration in the US.
I fell in love with the main characters, but all of the characters are extremely well-developed. The many story lines weave together beautifully and Pennypacker does an excellent job of making the setting feel like a character.
This one was not for me.
This book is quite different from many historical fiction books. The reader travels through time with a sharecropper family from the Mississippi south. I was invested in the characters and wanted to see how it continued to develop.
Obtained from Netgalley.
I read the digital galley, which did not have all the images quite yet so I did not get to see all the maps and illustrations. It is filled with really interesting facts about the staff that have supported the First Family for decades.
Obtained from Netgalley.
Wow! A beautiful collection of old and new poems by the US Poet Laureate, Noami Shihab Nye. My faves were Always Bring a Pencil and Gate A-4.
Obtained from Netgalley.
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