Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2020) Nominees Round Up, December 3 Edition

Click here to see all of the current Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers nominees along with more information about the list and past years’ selections.

cover artWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
W. Norton Company
Publication Date: September 10th, 2019
ISBN: 9780393652703

Written by a mortician in question and answer chapters, this book explores some of the more icky and intriguing questions about human corpses. Examples include: Can I keep my parents’ skulls after they die? and What happens if you die in space? With a perfect amount of snark and lighthearted illustrations, this book is a fun (if morbid) read for readers of all ages interested in knowing the facts of death.

Easy to read and funny, with an eye-opening title, this book is a fun book for those who like real life ickiness or simply want to understand more about the processes bodies go through post-mortem. Doughty’s upbeat answers and fast pacing make the read go along quickly even for the most reluctant reader. 

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? is perfect for fans of Mary Roach’s non-fiction, the podcast Sawbones by Justin and Sydnee McElroy, and the podcast Death in the Afternoon by Caitlin Doughty, Sarah Chavez, and Louise Hung.

–Cathy Outten Continue reading Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2020) Nominees Round Up, December 3 Edition

Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2020) Nominees Round Up, September 6 Edition

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Internment by Samira Ahmed
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette
Publication Date: March 19, 2019
ISBN: 978-0316522694 

Seventeen year old Layla is growing up in America in the near future when she and her parents, along with other Muslim American citizens, are forced into internment camps. Once there, Layla forms an unlikely alliance with a guard and together, along with the help of fellow internees, they start a resistance movement inside the camp.

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