![]() ![]() ![]() Different racial prejudices, misconceptions, and hidden love affairs are all revealed in this historical novel showing the resilience and bravery of women. Three women including Maria Mitchell who is famous for discovering a comet and is the island librarian Meg, a Black woman who owns a shoe business with her husband and Eliza, the wife of a whaling captain who is gone months at a time all have interactions with one another and tell their stories through alternating chapters of the week before, during, and after the Great Fire of 1846 on the island of Nantucket. May 19, 2023: Janet's pick this week is the historical adult novel, "Daughters of Nantucket" by Julie Gerstenblatt. Who says that girls cannot rock the science world! ![]() She must learn to work in a group, make new friends, and deal with a romance. Bel, a senior transfer from a school that didn't make her think of her future to a school where the students have been preparing for their future for the last 3 years, finds herself in advanced physics and a robotics club, with a push from a teacher, and excelling in it. June 2, 2023: Janet's pick this week is the teen novel, "My Mechanical Romance" by Alexene Farol Follmuth. Janet likes historical fiction, humor, realistic stories, and adventures for young readers through adults. ![]()
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