Some people love reading, and then some despise it. For those who consider themselves a bookworm by nature, the Liberty High School librarians are the people to speak to. Librarians serve as invaluable resources, adept at matching readers with books that resonate deeply with their interests and preferences. As an avid reader, I wanted to take their recommendations and read the books myself to experience what they were experiencing in some of their favorite literary works. 

Mrs. Lee, our librarian receptionist, introduced me to Laughing At My Nightmare, written by Shane Burcaw. This book is a biography of Shane Burcaw Himself. Shane suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), which is a deadly disease and has made him confined to a wheelchair. Instead of turning this “devastation” into something that hurt and made me sad while reading, he made it funny, and something to not be embarrassed by. Ms. Lee claims that this is her favorite book in the library and would recommend it to our peers and students.

“This book got me crying from laughter, it was that funny,” Ms. Lee said while addressing the book to me.

While Ms. Lee chose one book for her favorite book in the library, Ms. Converse just couldn’t choose instead she picked an author, Ruta Sepetys,  and showed me some books that she has read by this author. I picked the first book that she pointed out to spotlight This book is called The Fountains of Silence. While historical fiction is not Ms. Converse’s first choice, she has said she keeps coming back to it. This book is a multilayered story from multiple perspectives of Madrid, Spain in 1957. This book has love, identity, heartbreak, and secrets from their dictator, General Francisco Franco while fighting for their freedom. The two main characters are Ana and David, the much-needed love birds of the story. For those readers who enjoy learning history, romance, and adventure, be my guess and enjoy this amazing book

“Ruta Serpetys is very good with putting a story behind every character,” said Mrs. Converse when I asked for her favorite book in the school library.

Last but certainly not least, we have Ms. Corbin, and she recommended A List of Cages by Robin Roe. This book is a realistic fiction novel, about our main characters Julian and Adam, these two met in foster care and were classified as foster brothers. Yet, the one boy Julian, is taken by his uncle, so the boys are separated. A little later Adam finds out that Julian is going to the same school, though he is not the same person he knew awhile ago. Ms. Corbin did want to give a trigger warning with this book, because of child abuse and other things that may make you upset, other than that she said that this is an amazing heartwarming story much needed for a read.