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Welcome to the Downtown HS Library

  • Teacher Librarian: Ms. Dudash
  • Hours: Ms. Dudash works Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
  • Contact Ms. Dudash at dudasht@sfusd.edu
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Book Club Fall 2025

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Earn English credits by joining the weekly library book club with Ms. Dudash!  We meet at lunch on Tuesdays 12:30-1:15pm in the library. Ask Ms. Dudash for details.

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Past Weekly Library Book Clubs

Students earned English credits for meeting weekly to read these books.
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Sping 2025

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Fall 2024

Change and Transformation (articles and podcasts)
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Spring 2024

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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Fall 2023

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Learn more about The Crossover
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Spring 2023

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Learn more about The Poet X
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Fall 2022

This Is Ear Hustle by Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor
Learn more about This Is Ear Hustle
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Spring 2022

Blackout by Clayton, Jackson, Stone, Thomas, Woodfolk, Yoon
Learn more about Blackout
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Fall 2021

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Learn more about Punching the Air
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Spring 2021

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Learn more about Born a Crime
Cover art for the book The Poet X

Fall 2020

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Spring 2020

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Learn more about Just Mercy
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Fall 2019

There There by Tommy Orange
Learn more about There There

This page was last updated on October 9, 2025