Try a New Point of View!
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by Katie Killian
Some of the most compelling books I’ve picked up in the last few years were the ones that allowed me to see the world through a different perspective and experience life in someone else's shoes.
For example, I felt a sense of overwhelming anxiety and secondhand panic when Tom Daley described stepping up to the end of the diving platform at the olympic stage. I felt absolute, uninhibited bliss when Megan Rapinoe described winning the world cup with her teammates after fighting so hard for equal pay and recognition in the sports world.
Books can be transformative tools. And they can transport us. Like Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop teaches, they can also be Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors, opening up the opportunity for readers to get a taste of their neighbors’ experiences.
Feel free to explore some of my recent favorites and start seeing life through different eyes.
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
One Life by Megan Rapinoe
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zuaner
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Coming Up for Air by Tom Daley
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
YA
Obie Is Man Enough by Bailar Schyuler
Borders by Thomas King
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The Fire Never Goes Out by Noelle Stevenson
Katie Killian is a librarian in the Fond du Lac Public Library's information and outreach services department.