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Write On!: Get Graphic! Go Comic!

Are you drawn to drawing your own world? Do you picture rows of frames, imagine scenes, come up with your own cast of characters and play those scenes out in your mind? Is...

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2020 Book Bingo NW: A SAL Speaker

The Refugees

Nguyen, Viet Thanh
Everything's Trash, but It's Okay

Robinson, Phoebe
Ripper: A Novel

Allende, Isabel
Brief Encounters With Che Guevara: Stories

Fountain, Ben
Between the World and Me

Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Educated: A Memoir

Westover, Tara
Stern Men

Gilbert, Elizabeth

Local Outdoor Recreation Guide

50 Hikes With Kids: Oregon and Washington

Gorton, Wendy
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle : Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma

Weber, Andrew
75 Great Hikes: Seattle

Ozbek, Melissa
100 Classic Hikes: Washington

Romano, Craig
Alpine Lakes Wilderness: The Complete Hiking Guide

Barnes, Nathan
Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multi-day Routes

Romano, Craig
Best Bike Rides Seattle: Great Recreational Rides in the Metro Area

Bisbee, Gene

2020 Teen Challenge: True Story

We Should All Be Feminists

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
We Should All Be Feminists

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

Alifirenka, Caitlin
Courage to Soar (with Bonus Content): A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

Biles, Simone
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having A Disability

Burcaw, Shane
Poisoned Water

Cooper, Candy J.
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

Copeland, Misty

Talking with Kids About Race and Racism

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

Celano, Marianne
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness

Higginbotham, Anastasia
Skin Again

hooks, bell
Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All

Johnson, Chelsea
Antiracist Baby

Kendi, Ibram X.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You : A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning

Reynolds, Jason
How to Talk to Kids About Race - The Conscious Kid

2020 Book Bingo NW: Set at or by the Sea

Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans

Barrie, David
The Rathbones

Clark, Janice
The Pirates! in An Adventure With Ahab

Defoe, Gideon
The Sea Runners

Doig, Ivan
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Druett, Joan
Frenchman's Creek

Du Maurier, Daphne
The Sea Inside

Hoare, Philip