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Journey of a Lifetime

For the ninth week of Summer Reading Program 2024: Adventure Begins at Your Library, go on a journey of a lifetime! Check out these incredible true stories.

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15 items

  • My Lost Freedom

    a Japanese American World War II Story

    Takei, George, 1937-
    For picture book readers.
    BookNew York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2024] — 940.531 Tak
  • Glenn Burke, Game Changer

    the Man Who Invented the High Five

    Bildner, Phil,
    For picture book readers.
    BookNew York, NY : Farrar Strauss Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, [2024]. — jB Burke
  • Wild Ride

    My Journey From Cancer Kid to Astronaut : Adapted for Young Readers

    Arceneaux, Hayley, 1991-
    For middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Convergent Books, [2023] — jB Arceneaux
  • For middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Focus, 2023. — YA B Lowe
  • Muhammad Najem, War Reporter

    How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

    Najem, Muhammad,
    For middle grade readers.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — 956.91 Naj
  • Star Child

    a Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

    Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
    For young adult readers.
    BookNew York : Dutton Children's Books, [2022] — B Butler
  • For young adult readers.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — B Parish
  • For young adult readers.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Henry Holt and Company, Godwin Books, 2020. — YP 741.5 C
  • For young adult readers.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — T 811.6 KEIT
  • For adult readers.
    BookNew York, NY : 37Ink/Simon & Schuster, 2023. — B Sincla
  • The Storyteller

    Tales of Life and Music

    Grohl, David,
    For adult readers.
    BookNew York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2021] — B Grohl
  • The Best We Could Do

    An Illustrated Memoir

    Bui, Thi
    For adult readers.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Abrams Comicarts, 2018. — B Bui