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Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers poems by Frank X. Walker This slim volume of accessible poems packs a profusion of pot...

This haunting and thought-provoking collection of sonnets is both an elegy for Emmett Till and a call to action.  Nelson urges the read...

Passages Academy Library team with poet Reggie Harris at Poets House on 3/13.  Photo by Joe Fritsch We were fortunate to spend a day wi...

In the last five years there has not been an obvious response to reader demand for another book “just like Yummy ,” and that is set to...

“In the clutch, who would you rather have with the ball, Magic Johnson or Larry Bird?”   Sports Illustrated’s Basketball’s Greatest is ...

Why was vocal artist Marian Anderson awarded the United Nations Peace Prize?  Why did she receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom?  Vi...

“my friend and i/ got caught in a storm/ with tears for rain/ and shouts for thunder” -Melissa Leigh Davis, p41 This slim collection ...

Getting ready to teach Shakespeare? Then I’m sure you’ve heard of No Fear Shakespeare , but have you seen the comic book?  The graphic...

Greatest basketball player of all time...well, let’s just say that SIK’s pick won’t surprise you and this book is full of rankings that w...

Yesterday, author Paul Griffin visited two classes at Passages Academy - Crossroads.  He spoke with students about his life and career, answ...

Nazi Hunters is a compelling example of narrative non-fiction that reads like a true spy novel. The pages are filled with primary sour...

He is himself – but every day that “self” is different. Figuring out some things – boy or girl, fat or thin, skin color, hair, eye col...

Cassie is seventeen and has preternatural profiling abilities.  She can size up most people without even thinking about it and often mak...

Mark your calendars - the fourth annual UnConference for School Libraries Serving Incarcerated and Detained Youth is being held on April ...

How did fifteen year-old Ella Fitzgerald get locked up in New York, AWOL, and, while experiencing homelessness at seventeen, start ...

Poetry about basketball? About rapping and braids, girls and family drama? The Crossover (the 2015 Newbery Medal Winner) has all this, a...

Erica’s dad leaves her and her mom with the parting gift of an HD video camera.  The two move to a rough part of St. Louis, Missouri, as...

“The first thing I think about when the cage closes is, I hope God forgives me for what I’m about to do.” --Anonymous And so begins...

We all have those days.  Those days where everything and everyone is horrid and displeasing.  Those days where you just can’t put on a ...

Jamal Joseph, at 16, was the youngest member of the Panther 21 to be arrested in New York City in 1969 and his memoir, Panther Baby ,...