Want To Know More about Janis Joplin?

Check out this new biography by Ann Angel: Janis Joplin Rise Up Singing

Winner of the 2011 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award

Forty years after her death, Janis Joplin remains among the most compelling and influential figures in rock-and-roll history. Her story—told here with depth and sensitivity by author Ann Angel—is one of a girl who struggled against rules and limitations, yet worked diligently to improve as a singer. It’s the story of an outrageous rebel who wanted to be loved, and of a wild woman who wrote long, loving letters to her mom. And finally, it’s the story of one of the most iconic female musicians in American history, who died at twenty-seven.

Janis Joplin includes more than sixty photographs, and an assortment of anecdotes from Janis’s friends and band mates. This thoroughly researched and well-illustrated biography is a must-have for all young artists, music lovers, and pop-culture enthusiasts.

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This year’s Newbery Medal Winner is When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead!  This fantastical book tells the a story of 12 –year-old New York City girl, who tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space that she receives as her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid."

Honor Books include Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice by Phillip Hoose, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (see review book bits March 11, 2010 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/search?q=evolution+of+calpurnia ), Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (see review book bits  April 28, 2010 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/search?q=where+the+mountain+ ),   The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (see review book bits June 24, 2009