Books recommended by the Hawaii State Library:

“A Shot in the Arm!”

By Don Brown

Part of the “Big Ideas that Changed the World” series, this book provides a fascinating look at the history of vaccinations from early efforts to ward off smallpox in the 1700s to the beginning of COVID-19 research. Ages 8-12

“Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)”

By Daniel Nayeri

In a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, Khosrou (“Daniel”) is telling a story. No one believes him. Khosrou’s beautiful, yet terrifying, stories take us on his family’s escape from Iran to the sad, cement refugee camps of Italy, but go even further back to the beautiful fields near the river Aras. The novel is the winner of the 2021 Michael L. Printz Award. Ages 10-14