Welcome back to the library!
We have just added over 80 new books to our collection. Now that we are back in person, I hope you'll take this opportunity to check books out. You can email us (library@sfuhs.org) if there are books you want or if you need help finding books. You can come to the library to check them out and to return them.
Hope to see you in the library!
Hayley and Nicole
Contemporary fiction
Here's a list of all the contemporary fiction we've added to our collection this month. Highlights are shown below:
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The Death of Vivek Oji by Publication Date: 2020In a small Nigerian town, the body of a young man turns up on the doorstep of his family’s home. What led up to his death? Also available as an ebook. -
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Publication Date: 2020When Pippa Fitz-Amobi starts investigating an old murder, her digging puts her own life in danger. Also available as an ebook. -
I'll Be the One by Publication Date: 2020In this delightfully fluffy YA novel, Skye Shin enters a competition to find the next big K-Pop star. Also available as an ebook and audiobook. -
The Loop by Publication Date: 2020For fans of The Maze Runner, this dystopia is set in a high-tech young offenders' prison in which half the population turns into homicidal maniacs. Also available as an ebook. -
Mexican Gothic by Publication Date: 2020An isolated mansion, a chillingly charismatic aristocrat, and a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. Set in 1950's Mexico. Also available as an ebook. -
Music from Another World by Publication Date: 2020Set in late 70’s San Francisco, this novel niftily uses the story of two young women to show a pivotal time in queer history from a female perspective. Also available as an ebook.
Graphic novels
Here's a list of all the graphic novels we have added to the collection this month. Highlights are shown below:
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Dragon Hoops by Publication Date: 2020When Gene was a teacher at Bishop O'Dowd in Oakland, he spent a year following their hugely talented basketball team on their way to the State championship. -
I Was Their American Dream by Publication Date: 2019Egyptian-Filipino Malaka's graphic memoir is both a teen coming of age story and looks at questions of identity and culture for contemporary immigrants. -
The Mars Challenge by Publication Date: 2020Humans can reach Mars in our lifetime - this books explains how it can be done. -
Paying the Land by Publication Date: 2020Comics journalist Sacco writes about resource extraction from indigenous North America and the fallout that comes with it. -
Unrig by Publication Date: 2020Democracy reform leader Newman looks at what he believes is wrong with our democracy and suggests a path to fix it. -
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Publication Date: 2020This Wonder Woman origin story focuses on the refugee experience and teenage activism.
Nonfiction
Here are a list of all the academic fiction and a list of all the creative nonfiction that we have added to our collection this month. Highlights are shown below:
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She Votes by Call Number: 324.6230973 QuinnPublication Date: 2020The story of the US women's rights movement illustrated by 100 women artists. -
The Code by Call Number: 338.761 O'MaraPublication Date: 2019A comprehensive history of how one small group of people, in one particular place, changed everything for the rest of us. -
Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand by Call Number: 796.08 SchronPublication Date: 2020A history of African American athletes and their principled stands for social justice. -
A Map Is Only One StoryCall Number: CN 304.8 MapPublication Date: 2020Twenty writers on immigration, family, and the meaning of home. -
Real Queer America by Call Number: CN 306.76 AllenPublication Date: 2020A cross country road trip through vibrant queer communities in Red State America. -
The End of Everything by Call Number: CN 523.1 MackPublication Date: 2020A theoretical astrophysicist takes us on a tour of five possible ends for the universe.
