Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park--a suggestion from a CMS Library volunteer

One of my favorite things about working as the School Library Media Specialist at Clarke Middle for so many years is that I get to know families. Over the years I have had lots of parents and grandparents of my students volunteer with me for several years in a row as all of their brood matriculates through CMS.

One of my favorite grandma volunteers has stayed two year past her last grandchild being at CMS (this is the third grandchild at CMS, so she's been with me for a LONG time), and I am lucky enough to call her my friend. It doesn't hurt that not only does Ms. Hester Meyers straighten books in the library for us she also is a former librarian and she is always bringing in book suggestions for me. Since we've been out of school for the COVID-19 virus I've really missed her, so it was super awesome to get an email from her this week with, what else, but a book recommendation. With her permission, I've published what she wrote to me in the email below. I look forward to reading this book. I hope you do too.

"I just read Linda Sue Park’s new book Prairie Lotus. It is outstanding. Parks sets the story in Nebraska, models the town of De Smet, showing how racism affects a young Chinese American girl. Hanna’s story is told in a straight forward , non preachy way.
I loved park’s A Single Shard, now to find some of her other books." --Hester Meyers

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