PA Great Reads from Great Places

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Title: Ty's Travels: Camp-Out!

Author: Kelly Starling Lyons 

Illustrator: Niña Mata

Publisher: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Year: 2023

Description: The Ty’s Travels series is part of HarperCollins’ I Can Read Comics series and is intended for beginning readers, ages 4 to 6 years old. Camp Out! shows Ty and his family when bad weather seems to quash their plans for a camping trip. Ty’s imagination saves the day and family fun is shared in this high interest, vibrantly illustrated comic narrative for beginning readers.

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Title: An Unspeakable Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building a Better Future for My Son

Author: Leon Ford

Publisher: Atria Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster Publishing)

Publication Year: 2023

Description: An Unspeakable Hope chronicles the journey of Pittsburgh native Leon Ford from his adolescent experiences in the drug trade, to the life-changing moment when he was shot by a police officer and the aftermath of those experiences. Through reading both Ford’s raw portrayals of the violence, traumas and anger he experienced, and the wisdom he gleaned from his family, mentors, hard work and soul-searching, Ford shares valuable insights on masculinity, poverty, mental health, social activism, and many other topics.