Books recommended by the Hawaii State Library:

“This is Our Constitution: Discover America with a Gold Star Father”

By Khizr Kahn

The author traces his family’s experiences immigrating to the United States to introduce the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, explaining how they represent America’s democratic values and discussing the importance of the document’s history. For ages 10 and up.

“Across the Universe”

By Beth Revis

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship “Godspeed” and expects to awaken on a new planet in 300 years. Never could she have known that she would be thrust into the world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

For ages 14 and up.