It's Friiiiiiiiiiiii...day! This year, the Hawks Library staff decided to put out a couple posts each week to celebrate Black History Month. We will be posting every Thursday and Friday throughout this month. On Thursdays (like today), we will share a profile of an artist, musician, actor, author, etc. that is outside of the normal/boring textbook curriculum. Fridays will be a day that we share a book from a Black author that you can find on one of our ebook platforms.
This Friday's book choice is Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson. Jackson is one of this generation's great voices in young adult (YA) literature and this book is one of the nominees for this year's Missouri Gateway Reader's Award. You can check this book out today using Sora, our newest ebook platform by clicking the gold link in the first paragraph of this post.
To find out more about this great book, read this information from the publisher:
"Jackson's characters and their heart-wrenching story linger long after the final page, urging readers to advocate for those who are disenfranchised and forgotten by society and the system." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
From the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly, Tiffany D. Jackson, comes a gripping novel about the mystery of one teenage girl's disappearance and the traumatic effects of the truth.
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable--more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn't turn up for the first day of school, Claudia's worried.
When she doesn't show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn't just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year's rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best--and only--friend more than ever. But Monday's mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday's sister April is even less help.
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend's disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she's gone?