American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard Holiday Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life

and in a hurry

As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers

his true love and inspiration

● The Way of Kings

American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard Holiday Seventh grader Jordan Banks lovesThe extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world. Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9 1 1 call might bring police or even the local funeral home. But that all changed with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became