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Yummy Book Cover
Victoria Grace Elliot

Yummy: A History of Desserts

Age Level:
Middle Grade

Have you ever wondered who first thought to freeze cream? Or when people began making sweet pastry shells to encase fruity fillings? Food sprite Peri is excited to show you the delicious history of sweets while taking you around the world and back!
 
The team-up that made ice cream cones!
 
The mistake that made brownies!
 
Learn about and taste the true stories behind everyone’s favorite treats, paired with fun and easy recipes to try at home. After all, sweets—and their stories—are always better when they’re shared!

Headshot of Yuyi Morales

Yuyi Morales

“Someday we will become something we haven’t even yet imagined.”―Dreamers

Zenobia July
Lisa Bunker

Zenobia July

Genre:
Fiction, Mystery / Crime
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she’s in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she’s coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she’s able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was. When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school’s website, Zenobia knows she’s the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time. 

 

Zlata Filipovic

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo

Age Level:
YA
First published as Zlata’s Diary in 1994, this revised version includes additional photos. When Zlata Filipovic, “the Anne Frank of Sarajevo,” began her diary entries on September 2, 1991, her life was typical of most 11 year olds. By the time she ended her diary entries on October, 13, 1991, the Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim warlords had changed her life forever. Her diary may prompt readers to find additional information on Sarajevo, Bosnia, the Geneva Agreement, Anne Frank, and Icarus.