<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#134f5c">Thank you so much!  I appreciate your taking the time to help me!  He will be so impressed! <br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#134f5c"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#134f5c">Valerie</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#134f5c"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Mrs. Brunner</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Mt. Zion Jr. High Librarian</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">315 S. Henderson</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Mt. Zion, IL 62549</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">217-864-2369</font></div><div><a href="mailto:brunnerv@mtzschools.org" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">brunnerv@mtzschools.org</font></a></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><b>Be kind.  everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.</b></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#134f5c"><b>"If there are no dogs in Heaven, I want to go wherever they went." Will Rogers </b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 2:27 PM Sherry Jo Baehr via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The <i>Binti</i> trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Sherry Jo Baehr<br><font size="1">Head Librarian @ Niles West High School</font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" color="#999999">My Pronouns: she/her ~ See <a href="http://mypronouns.org" target="_blank">mypronouns.org</a> to learn more</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 2:04 PM Christopher Rios via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Here are a few recommendations:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><ul><li>Pushing Ice - Alastair Reynolds</li><li>Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) - James S. A. Corey</li><li>Contact - Carl Sagan</li><li>2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke<br></li><li>Pandora’s Star - Peter F. Hamilton<br></li><li>The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu - (I couldn't really get into it but people rave about this series)<br></li><li>Lagoon - Nnedi Okorafor<br></li><li>Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke<br></li><li>Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente<br></li></ul><div>And last but not least, War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.</div><div><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></p><hr><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Christopher Rios</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Librarian, (<a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him" target="_blank">he, him</a>)</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="92"><col width="21"><col width="511"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.csd99.org/dgs" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:78px;height:80px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Zggw8O6ulUebg0mJr50j_XNFe5lP7c1YQbUj19LeFecAHyxsS_fky5YW3VGGJgHsSL5odTeW5891WOG3V91I8zI1-VccUnbowCNg8GaqcHoU-kzx9xJhWl6_IgU8CRWWEJMTO4kz" width="80.04067907815957" height="80" style="margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:5px;height:77px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8JBfk4z2IJ6aJmGEYIYhghM6CDztokQFXANZt2Rxt7bAyst-mgpaCh2QLURZbOcmcegbuGQsTol-nCeYkPqC-pljMsJlDei6Bs_ReQ0E5iz4BUV2l-kbGA0ExyOCy8aNsgC9K06z" width="5" height="128.06597222222223" style="margin-left: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1436 Norfolk Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Downers Grove, Illinois 60516</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">630-795-8563</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:crios@csd99.org" target="_blank">crios@csd99.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://south.csd99.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">csd99.org/dgs</span></a></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21pt"><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">District 99 is committed to providing high-quality educational opportunities </span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for all students in a caring, equitable and inclusive environment.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DownersGroveSouth" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:27px;height:27px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tu9_GsFTM7NnDm8aGrzl5BsW1JIA5kyaTRCZX7TQn47QrfdNI4hToOmRGjW-ZSY8wAtPrtGIJVAs7eMi1-hGH31n6Xd39j_rw1BAsNDq15SoxvobFfAQHkvqviKRxsXK1vrLNbh_" width="27" height="27" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Dist_99" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:27px;height:27px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CiE0Fn9Ppgqk4sT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