Facing Frederick: the life of Frederick Douglass, a monumental American man

By Bolden, Tonya

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB DOUGLASS

Frederick Douglass (1818 1895) is best known for the telling of his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass s story than his time spent enslaved and his famous autobiography. Facing Frederick captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. Statesman, suffragist, writer, and newspaperman, this book focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon.

Becoming Madeleine: a biography of the author of A wrinkle in time by her granddaughters

By Voiklis, Charlotte Jones

Publishing Date: 2018

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB L'ENGLE

This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle written by her granddaughters coming just in time for the all-new A Wrinkle in Time film, directed by Ava DuVernay and featuring a multi-racial cast (release date: March 9, 2018).

Hammering for freedom: the William Lewis story

By Hubbard, Rita L

Publishing Date: 2018

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB LEWIS

The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money to free his family--Publisher-provided summary.

House of dreams: the life of L. M. Montgomery

By Rosenberg, Liz

Publishing Date: 2018

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB MONT- GOMERY

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, not a great deal was known about Maud's personal life. Her childhood was spent with strict, undemonstrative grandparents, and her reflections on writing, her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression, her "year of mad passion," and her difficult married life remained locked away, buried deep within her unpublished personal journals. Through this revealing and deeply moving biography, kindred spirits of all ages who, like Maud, never gave up "the substance of things hoped for" will be captivated anew by the words of this remarkable woman.

When angels sing: the story of Carlos Santana

By Mahin, Michael James

Publishing Date: [2018]

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB SANTANA

Tells the life story of rock musician Carlos Santana.

Mary Shelley: the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator

By Reef, Catherine

Publishing Date: [2018]

Classification: JNF

Call Number: JB SHELLEY

"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"--