Short 'n sweet
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW Teen Book Bingo 2024 category: Short 'n sweet. Short stories, essays, articles, book under 250 pages-- we're looking for short and accessible here! Teen Book Bingo is our teen summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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Victory. Stand!
Nonfiction. Gold medalist Smith teams up with award-winning creators Barnes and Anyabwile to vividly share the freedom dreams that inspired his iconic protest at the 1968 Olympics. (Kirkus) (GN) 208 pages.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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The Beasts in your Brain
Nonfiction. This essential resource provides much-needed information, understanding and validation about mental illness and how it affects the young people of today, guiding readers down a path of hope and humor to help defeat inner beasts. 144 pages.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Black Girl You Are Atlas
Nonfiction. Drawing from her past memories, Watson encourages Black girls to celebrate themselves with love in this semi-autobiographical collection of poetry. (School Library Journal) 96 pages.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Hungry Ghost
Fiction. Valerie Chu’s secret is eating her alive. Val has been pressured to stay thin for as long as she can remember, her mother’s own disordered eating habits bleeding over and taking control of hers. A gorgeously wrought, therapeutic story filled with tenderness and honesty. (Kirkus) (GN) 208 pages.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Star Child
Nonfiction. Through poems and prose, an acclaimed novelist paints a vivid portrait of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler, who was born into the Space Race, the Red Scare and the dawning of the Civil Rights Movement. 128 pages.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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