Title recommendations March 2026 by Saleena
I kind of felt obliged to read this as it won several awards, and boy am I glad I did. The story is told in verse and is from the viewpoint of a young man in high school being raised by his grandfather due to his mother's mental illness. He struggles because he likes poetry and watching birds but also loves working in the car shop with his grandfather. He hates all the racism around him and is being bullied but his love for birds and poetry keeps him sane. This book was so beautiful. Secret Astronomers is a story told entirely is post-it notes and pictures/words written over the text of an astronomy book from the 1800's. The two main characters are both struggling in their senior year of high school for very different reasons. One is trying to get out of her very small town and go to college for Physics (she is very smart) and the other has been recently transplanted from California into West Virginia due to the death of her mother....