2022

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story

By Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jenn Ely. Charlesbridge, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–10. Being a…

Reviewed by David Austin

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote

By Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charly Palmer. Calkins Creek, 2022. 64 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. Etched…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Way I Say It

By Nancy Tandon. Charlesbridge, 2022. 240 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–12. The Way I Say It is a…

Reviewed by Katie Green

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (The Young Adult Adaptation)

By Candacy Taylor. Amulet Books, 2022. 272 pages. $22.99/hardcover; $18.65/eBook. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Jim Crow was a…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Emily Buff Bear

Bear—Emily Buff Bear, 35, on December 8, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Emily was born on March 23, 1986. She descended… Staff

Susan Jane Gardner

Gardner—Susan Jane Gardner, 76, on January 2, 2022, peacefully, four days before her seventy-seventh birthday, in Charlotte, N.C. Susan was… Staff

Donald L. Humrichouse

Humrichouse—Donald L. Humrichouse, 82, on May 27, 2022, in New Providence, Iowa. Don passed away doing something he loved: picking… Staff

Rose Law Miller

Miller—Rose Law Miller, 100, on June 7, 2021, peacefully, at Kendal at Hanover, a Quaker retirement community in Hanover, N.H.… Staff

Elizabeth Sarah Underwood Mosley

Mosley—Elizabeth Sarah Underwood Mosley, 97, on July 12, 2021, surrounded by her family at her home in Jenkintown, Pa. Liz… Staff

Ruth Emily Starbuck Stuckey

Stuckey—Ruth Emily Starbuck Stuckey, 95, on June 11, 2022, at Ohio Living Cape May retirement community in Wilmington, Ohio. She… Staff

Carolyn Ardith Smith Treadway

Treadway—Carolyn Ardith Smith Treadway, 88, on July 15, 2022, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She had been residing at Friends Care Community… Staff
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