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We Remember September 11 - Adults

8/16/2021

 
Nonfiction focused on history, facts of the day, or specific aspects of the events, causes, and locations of 9/11:
  • Out of the Blue, Richard Bernstein, print
  • Understanding September 11, Mitch Frank, print
  • The Only Plane in the Sky, Garrett M. Graff, print | ebook | eaudio
  • American Ground, William Langewiesche, print
  • The Cell, John Miller, et al., print
  • New York September 11, print
  • The 9/11 Commission Report, print
  • Why America Slept, Gerald Posner, print
  • Once More to the Sky, Scott Raab & Joe Woolhead (Coming in August)
  • Touching History, Lynn Spencer, print
  • What We Saw, Joe Klein, print
  • The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Fall and Rise, Mitchell Zuckoff, print
Nonfiction focused on personal stories, people's actions on 9/11, and impact on day-to-day life:
  • Because We Are Americans, print
  • The Day the World Came to Town, Jim DeFede, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • 102 Minutes, Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Thunder Dog, Michael Hingson, large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Love, Greg & Lauren, Greg Manning, print
  • 9/11: Inside the Pentagon, dvd
  • Ordinary Heroes, Joseph Pfeifer (Coming in September)
  • Last Man Down, Richard Picciotto, print
  • The Red Bandanna, Tom Rinaldi, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Middletown, America, Gail Sheehy, print
  • Report from Ground Zero, Dennis Smith, print
Nonfiction focused on the Afghan War, soldiers, and veterans:
  • The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Mark Bowden, print | ebook
  • Shooting Ghosts, Thomas J. Brennan & Finbarr O’Reilly, print
  • Un-American, Erik Edstrom, print
  • American Cipher, Matt Farwell, print
  • Shoot Like a Girl, Mary Jennings Hegar, print
  • Hell and Back Again, dvd
  • War, Sebastian Junger, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian, print
  • My Share of the Task, Stanley A. McChrystal, print | ebook
  • No Easy Day, Mark Owen, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Restrepo, dvd
  • The Outpost, Jake Tapper, print | eaudio
  • The Wrong War, Bing (Francis J.) West, print | ebook
  • The Afghanistan Papers, Craig Whitlock, print
Fiction, Graphic Novel, and Drama:
  • Windows on the World, Robert Mailer Anderson, et al., print
  • Come From Away, cd
  • Flight 93, dvd
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer, print | audio | ebook
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, blu
  • Redeployment, Phil Klay, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Looming Tower (series), dvd
  • The Usual Rules, Joyce Maynard, print
  • The Good Life, Jay McInerney, print
  • The Stringer, Ted Rall, print
  • 12 Strong, dvd | blu  
  • The Submission, Amy Waldman, print | eaudio
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, dvd
Download this list (PDF).
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We Remember September 11 - Kids & Teens

8/16/2021

 
Children's:
  • Nine, Ten: a September 11 Story, Nora Raleigh Baskin, print | audio | ebook | eaudio 
  • America Is Under Attack, Don Brown, print
  • Cows for America, Carmen Agra Deedy, print
  • The Breadwinner Trilogy, Deborah Ellis, print | ebook
  • Saved by the Boats: the Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11, Julie Gassman, print
  • Ground Zero, Alan Gratz, print | ebook
  • Fireboat: the Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, Maira Kalman, print
  • Messages to Ground Zero, Shelley Harwayne, print
  • A Nation Challenged, ed. Nancy Lee, et al., print
  • What Were the Twin Towers?, Jim O’Connor, print | ebook
  • Towers Falling, Jewell Parker Rhodes, print | ebook
  • This Very Tree: a Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth, Sean Rubin, print
  • I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001, Lauren Tarshis, print | ebook
  • Nasreen’s Secret School, Jeanette Winter, print
Teen:
  • In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers, Don Brown, print
  • Hope and Other Punchlines, Julie Buxbaum, print
  • An Emotion of Great Delight, Tahereh Mafi, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Memory of Things, Gae Polisner, print
Adult books that may be appropriate for children and teens:
  • American Heroes, print
  • Understanding September 11, Mitch Frank, print
  • New York September 11, print
  • 9-11: A Tribute, print
Download this list (PDF).
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Celebrate Pride: Children's Books

6/7/2021

 
Picture Books & Board Books
  • Sam!, Dani Gabriel, print
  • Ho'onani: Hula Warrior, Heather Gayle & Mika Song, print | ebook
  • Jacob's New Dress, Sarah Hoffman, print
  • From Archie to Zack, Vincent X. Kirsch, print 
  • Over the Shop, JonArno Lawson & Qin Leng, print
  • Julián at the Wedding, Jessica Love, print
  • One of a Kind Like Me / Único como yo, Laurin Mayeno, print
  • Our Subway Baby, Peter Mercurio, print
  • Heather Has Two Mommies, Lesléa Newman, print
  • A Tale of Two Daddies, Vanita Oelschlager, print
  • My Maddy, Gayle E. Pitman, print
  • This Day in June, Gayle E. Pitman, print
  • Pride Colors, Robin Stevenson, print | ebook

Children’s Fiction, Nonfiction, and Graphic Novels
  • A High Five for Glenn Burke, Phil Bildner, print
  • Flight of the Puffin, Ann Braden, print
  • King and the Dragonflies, Kacen Callender, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Nate Expectations, Tim Federle, print
  • Rick, Alex Gino, print | ebook | eaudio
  • One Half from the East, Nadia Hashimi, print | ebook
  • Beetle & the Hollowbones, Aliza Layne, print | ebook
  • Too Bright to See, Kyle Lukoff, print
  • The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag, Gayle E. Pitman, print
  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Rob Sanders, print
  • Stonewall: a Building, an Uprising, a Revolution, Rob Sanders, print | ebook
  • Ana on the Edge, A.J. Sass, print | ebook
  • The List of Things that Will Not Change, Rebecca Stead, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
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Celebrate Pride: Young Adult Books

6/7/2021

 
  • Kate in Waiting, Becky Albertalli, print | ebook
  • Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron, print | ebook
  • A Queer History of the United States for Young People, Michael Bronski, print | ebook
  • Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender, print | ebook | eaudio
  • This Book Is Gay, Juno Dawson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • I Wish You All the Best, Mason Deaver, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The New Queer Conscience, Adam Eli, print | ebook
  • Seeing Gender, Iris Gottlieb, print 
  • You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Let's Talk About Love, Claire Kann, print 
  • Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, Susan Kuklin, print | ebook
  • I'll Be the One, Lyla Lee,bprint | ebook
  • Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Stay Gold, Tobly McSmith, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Miss Meteor, Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore, print
  • Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World, Sarah Prager, print
  • Late to the Party, Kelly Quindlen, print 
  • Camp, L.C. Rosen, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Can't Take That Away, Steven Salvatore, print | ebook
  • Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Mario Tamaki & Rosemary Vallero-O'Connell, print | ebook
  • Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash, print
  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, print | ebook
  • Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon, print | ebook
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Road Trips & Adventures

6/4/2021

 
​These picks from the adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel shelves could help you earn the Dog Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • The Road to Little Dribbling, Bill Bryson, large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • A Walk Around the Block, Spike Carlsen, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Lightkeepers, Abby Geni, print
  • Nori, Rumi Hara, print
  • Clanlands, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, print
  • Imperfect Union, Steve Inskeep, print | ebook
  • Grave Secrets, Alice James, print
  • Love Is an Ex-Country, Randa Jarrar, print
  • Epic Drives of the World, Lonely Planet, print
  • Outlawed, Anna North, print | ebook
  • Zoo, James Patterson, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • See You at the Campground, Stephanie & Jeremy Puglisi, print | ebook
  • Dog On It, Spencer Quinn, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Dogtripping, David Rosenfelt, print | large print | eaudio
  • The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar, print | ebook
  • Hairpin Curves, Elia Winters, print | ebook
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Sports & Contests

6/3/2021

 
These picks from the adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel shelves could help you earn the Horse Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • We Ride Upon Sticks, Quan Barry, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Deborah Riley Draper & Travis Thrasher, print 
  • The Making of a Miracle, Mike Eruzione, print 
  • The Back Roads to March, John Feinstein, print 
  • A Short Move, Katherine Hill, print 
  • Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, Jessica Luther & Kavitha A. Davidson, print 
  • Ping Pong, Taiyo Matsumoto, print 
  • Looking for Miss America, Margot Mifflin, print 
  • The Sport of Kings, C.E. Morgan, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Yogi, Jon Pessah, print 
  • The Dream Architects, David Polfeldt, print 
  • Canyon Dreams, Michael Powell, print | ebook
  • Crossing the Line, Kareem Rosser, print
  • The Cruelest Miles, Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury, print 
  • Cactus Jack, Brad Smith, print
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Illustrated Books

6/3/2021

 
​These picks from throughout the library could help you earn the Peacock Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Derf Backderf, print | ebook
  • The Madman’s Library, Edward Brooke-Hitching, print
  • Solutions and Other Problems, Allie Brosh, print | ebook
  • Love, the Tiger, Frederic Brremaud & Federico Bertolucci, print
  • BTTM FDRS, Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore, print
  • Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record, Errol Fuller, print
  • Audubon: On the Wings of the World, Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer, print
  • The Art of Drag, Jake Hall et al, print
  • Unlikely Friendships, Jennifer S. Holland, print | ebook
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy, print | ebook
  • Natural Wonders of the World, ed. Peter Frances, print
  • Oak Flat, Lauren Redniss, print | ebook
  • My Boyfriend Is a Bear, Pamela Ribon & Cat Ferris, print
  • This Book is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals that Will Make You Feel Better, print
  • Slaughterhouse-five, adapted by Ryan North, print
  • The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow, print
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Overcoming Obstacles

6/2/2021

 
These picks from the adult fiction and nonfiction shelves could help you earn the Tiger Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • Finish, Jonathan Acuff, print | ebook
  • Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, print
  • A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen, print | ebook
  • The Book of Rosy, Rosayra Pablo Cruz & Julie Schwietert Collazo, print | ebook
  • Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin, print | eaudio
  • How to Be Fine, Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meizner, print 
  • Breathe the Sky, Michelle Hazen, print | ebook
  • Life of Pi, Yann Martel, print | audio | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • The Impossible First, Colin O’Grady, print | ebook
  • Bravey, Alexi Pappas, print
  • Girls Burn Brighter, Shobha Rao, print | ebook | eaudio
  • A Forever Family, Rob Scheer, print | eaudio  
  • Keep Moving, Maggie Smith, print | ebook
  • Battle Born, Maximilian Uriarte, print
  • The Martian, Andy Weir, print | large print | audio | ebook
  • This One Wild and Precious Life, Sarah Wilson, print 
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Lester's Tales: Tails & Tales on video

6/2/2021

 
  • The Black Stallion, dvd
  • The Black Stallion Returns, dvd
  • Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, disc 1, dvd
  • Chick and Brain: Egg or Eyeball? dvd
  • Ferdinand, dvd | blu
  • My Little Pony: the Movie, blu 
  • PAW Patrol: Dino Rescue Roar to the Rescue, dvd
  • PBS Kids: 15 Pet-Tastic Tails, dvd
  • PBS Kids: 20 Furry Tales, dvd
  • Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales, dvd
  • Rescue and Jessica: a Life Changing Friendship, dvd
  • Storywatchers Club: World Folktales, dvd
  • The Wind in the Willows: a Tale of Two Toads, dvd
  • Wolfie the Bunny and other Rabbit Adventures, dvd
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Celebrate Pride: from Adult Collections

6/2/2021

 
  • Fun Home, Alison Bechdel, print 
  • Be Gay, Do Comics, ed. Matt Bors, print | ebook
  • Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Leslie Brody, print 
  • Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown, print | ebook
  • Untamed, Glennon Doyle, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • Save Yourself, Cameron Esposito, print 
  • Tomboyland, Melissa Faliveno, print 
  • Stay and Fight, Madeline Ffitch, print 
  • Legendary Children, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, print 
  • Less, Andrew Sean Greer, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • The Art of Drag, Jake Hall, print 
  • Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son, Richie Jackson, print 
  • Love Lives Here, Amanda Jetté Knox, print | ebook
  • How We Fight for Our Lives, Saeed Jones, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, print | ebook
  • The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, ed. Roxane Gay, print 
  • Love, Simon, dvd 
  • Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride, print
  • Across the Green Grass Fields, Seanan McGuire, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Redefining Realness, Janet Mock, print 
  • The Bold World, Jodie Patterson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Red Rock Baby Candy, Shira Spector, print 
  • The Stonewall Reader, ed. Jason Baumann, print 
  • Here For It, or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas, print | ebook
  • To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor, dvd 
  • Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story, Jacob Tobia, print | ebook
  • Live Oak With Moss, Walt Whitman & Brian Selznick, print 
  • Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson, print | ebook
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    Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

    After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

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    Titles with an asterisk * are available as ebooks and titles with an ª are available as digital audiobooks on Wisconsin's Digital Library.
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