Friday Finds for March 21, 2014

This is a sometimes weekly blog post featuring what the Dorris Van Doren staff members are reading, watching, playing, making, or listening to. Share your finds with us here in the comments, on Twitter (@elpasolibrary) or Facebook (ElPasoPublicLibrary)!

This week is all about books!

Aracelli: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (ebook)

It was good, although some may find the ending disappointing.

The Ape Man's Brother by Joe Lansdale.
Very, very funny and at only 100 pages, can be read in an afternoon.

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani
Excellent book!

Lisa: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

This is the third book I read for YALSA's The Hub Reading Challenge. Click here to read about the challenge and find out what I read first.

This book is set in Queens and follows Piddy's downward spiral when she moves to a new school and begins receiving threats from a girl she's never met before. I liked this book, but didn't love it. I thought everything was very realistic, but I just couldn't connect with any of the characters. 

This book was the recipient of the 2014 Pura Belpre Award. The award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.