Jenn's Most Anticipated Books of 2018 - Part 2

Let's finish this!

Nonfiction

Children's

         

Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham and Charles Waters (January 1)
Parallel poems about race and understanding by two poets.

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson (January 2)
Picture book non-fiction about the children who marched for Civil Rights in Birmingham in 1963.

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies:  How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman (Feburary 20)
Details the life of the first naturalist to directly observe insects and illustrate them in full color for science.

A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights by Kate Hannigan (February 20)
A woman who fought for women's right in classrooms and courtrooms and became the first woman of the US Presidential ballot.

Teens

       

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man by Tonya Bolden (January 9)
Unsugar-coated biography of a complicated and great man.

Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Panic of 1918 by Albert Marin (January 9)
A powerful examination of the history, science and impact of the worst flu epidemic in the United States.

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi (February 6)
Sara describes her experiences as an unknowing American immigrant who upon discovery of her illegal status decides to get her green card and eventually become a citizen.

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling (February 13)
Details not only the fight for women's rights to vote, but also the personal stories of some suffragettes.

Adult

         

Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Landlands (January 2)
With all the loud outcry over "maker" movements, I'm very interested in an academic examination of the history of crafting (which some of us never stopped doing).

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Super Power by Brittney Cooper (February 20)
Cooper examines her experience as a Black woman in American and those of her friends and family to discover how Black women can dissent without being stereotyped as "a mad black woman."

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (February 27)
True crime account of a serial rapist and killer by the journalist who died while investigating the case.

Things We Haven't Said: Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out by Erin E. Moulton (February 27)
Collects the accounts of adults who survived sexual assault as children and adults.


Comics

Children's

      

Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss (February 6)
Grace knows that the class guinea pig, Gus, is lonely. So, she's on a mission to entertain him.

The City on the Other Side by Mairghread Scott (April 24)
Right after the Great San Francisco earthquake, Isabel accidentally stumbles through a barrier between our world and fairy land.

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (May 29)
Vera is sure that Russian summer camp is the one place she will fit in; too bad she didn't factor in drama, Russian history lessons and nasty outhouses!

Teen

         

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (February 13)
By day Sebastian is a prince of the realm and by night he is the Lady Crystallia--hottest model in the kingdom!

Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir (March 6)
After losing her job, Cel lands a position as an archivist at the Logan Museum where a ghost lady keeps asking her for help.

The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O'Connor (March 6)
When Willow finds a book that can change her life, she drops everything including her best friend, Georgia.

Moonstruck by Grace Ellis (March 27)
When Julie's date with her new girlfriend goes wrong, they must ask all their mythical buddies to help save their friend Chet.

      

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin (April 10)
Chris just scored the perfect job at a local record store--but it's also a front for a teen girl vigilante club!

Losing the Girl by MariNaomi (May 1)
With rumors of alien abductions of a local girl, four friends struggle to figure out what is going on and who they are.

All Summer Long by Hope Larson (May 1)
When her best friend goes off to soccer camp for the summer, Bina doesn't know what she will do. But with learning the guitar and making friends with an older girl, things begin to look up.

Adult



The Redlands by Jordie Bellaire (April 7)
A matriarchal forces, a mysterious murderer with their secrets and the townspeople who won't stand for it all. Mirrors are messed up current political climate.