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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary. From Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond comes a ground-level view … Continue reading New Books! 3/1/16
This post comes from our gifts inventory assistant and artist Tomoko. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (I am so stoked that one of my favorites won the National Book Award for Young Adults ) I love this book because it's incredibly and beautifully written. It tells the story of a young man who is starting to … Continue reading Tomoko’s Top 5 Books of 2015
Summertime, and the livin' is easy - Nina Simone Continued from Part 1...... So now it is May. The school year is winding down and the waves of heat that define the summer are making themselves known. Vacations and stay-cations are right around the corner. This is my favorite time for reading. Sitting on the patio … Continue reading Joe T.’s Summer, Summer, Summertime Reads: Part 2
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