My journey among the many many books about Abraham Lincoln continues. I am still wandering in the land of audiobooks, which is great, because then I can do my coloring app while I listen.
Welcome to April, by the way! I hope it is better for you than the endless slog that is March. At least there are books. Also TV. So many options.
You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls’ Guide to Finding Your Voice by Minda Harts
Teen nonfiction! Harts is an NYU professor and founder of The Memo, a career development company for women of color. In her book for teen women of color, she shares advice and anecdotes for finding your voice and making it be heard. It is “all about finding your own unique path to success—at school, at work, at home, and beyond.”
Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family by Madhushree Ghosh
A food memoir! People love food memoirs, and rightly so, because they are great. This in particular talks about South Asian food (the author “keeps her parents’ memory alive through her Bengali food”) and the role food plays in the immigrant’s journey to their new home.
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss
Meitner was a German Jewish scientist who discovered nuclear fission! Yep, she found out how to split the atom. Was her male lab partner rewarded by the Nobel committee? Yes. Was she? Of course not. This falls under the Abrams Young Readers imprint and features illustrations that explain Meitner’s life, work, and pacifism in the face of the use of her work for the atomic bomb.
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
For more nonfiction reads, check out the For Real podcast which I co-host with the excellent Kim here at Book Riot. If you have any questions/comments/book suggestions, you can find me on social media @itsalicetime. Until next time, enjoy those facts, fellow nerds.