This week on the Butler Bookshelf you will find A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi in addition to many more incredible teen books. Oluseyi details his dubious journey from an impoverished childhood and life of drug addiction and crime to becoming a NASA astrophysicist in this coming of age memoir. Born with a genius IQ and a love of science, Oluseyi was easy prey in his neighborhood and suffered abuse and violence. Despite the abuse he suffered and the challenges he faced, Oluseyi was admitted to the PhD Physics program at Stanford University. With the support of his mentor Art Walker, the only black faculty member in the department, Oluseyi conquers his dreams of being a brilliant scientist and becoming his true self. For more amazing titles, check out the list below!

Actually Super
Written by Adi Alsaid
Published by Alfred A. Knopf
Available August 22, 2023!

Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
Written by Alexi Pappas
Published by Delacorte Press
Available September 22, 2023!

Her Radiant Curse
Written by Elizabeth Lim
Published by Alfred A. Knopf
Available August 29, 2023!

My Father, the Panda Killer
Written by Jamie Jo Hoang
Published by Penguin Random House
Available August 29, 2023!

American Royals IV: Reign
Written by Katharine McGee
Published by Penguin Random House
Available August 29, 2023!