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In the falling snow In the falling snow Caryl Phillips From one of our most admired fiction writers: the searing story of breakdown and recovery in the life of one man and of a society moving from one idea of itself to another.Keith--born in England in t… OL14955894W
Enigma variations Enigma variations Sally Price,Price, Richard Noted writers on art, culture, and the tropical Americas, Richard and Sally Price have crafted a mystery at the intersections of art and anthropology. Drawing readers into their quest for a solution,… OL15393415W
Quest for the lost prince Quest for the lost prince Dave Jackson Jova, a seven-year-old Kru boy in Liberia and a captive slave of his people's enemy the Grebos, witnesses the dramatic conversion to Christianity of the Kru prince Kaboo and his subsequent disappeara… OL17837566W
Where's Jamela? Where's Jamela? Niki Daly When Mama gets a new job and a new house, everyone is excited about moving except Jamela, who likes her old house just fine. OL1842560W
Juma and the honey guide Juma and the honey guide Robin Bernard After teaching his son how to find honey by following the honey-guide bird, an African father insists that they thank the bird by sharing some of the honey with it. OL1935132W
Akata warrior Akata warrior Nnedi Okorafor,Carla Bataller Estruch,Yetide Badaki A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, Sunny learned that she had been chosen to lead… OL19717276W
Kaleidoscope song Kaleidoscope song Fox Benwell In Khayelitsha, South Africa, Neo's passion for music leads her to her first love--Tale, the female lead singer of a local band--and an internship at the local radio station, and both experiences tea… OL19721846W
City of saints & thieves City of saints & thieves Natalie C. Anderson Sixteen-year-old Tina and two friends leave Kenya and slip into the Congo, from where she and her mother fled years before, seeking revenge for her mother's murder but uncovering startling secrets. OL20045190W
Amistad Amistad D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance "It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to the… OL20940609W
Bodyguard Bodyguard Chris Bradford 373 pages ; 20 cm OL21147325W
Journey to Jo'Burg Journey to Jo'Burg Naidoo,Beverley Naidoo For use in teaching literature to high school students. OL21539412W
Yosef's dream Yosef's dream Sylvia A. Rouss "Now a young man in Israel, watching his brother become a Bar Mitzvah, Yosef remembers back to his own childhood in Ethiopia, and the dream he had, foreseeing the miraculous air rescue of Operation S… OL23227688W
I owe my soul I owe my soul Diane Mechem Kinser "Set in the coal-rich hills of southeastern Ohio during the early twentieth century, I owe my soul: the Black Diamond covenant traces the lives of three diverse women who set small town Nelsonville a… OL24934092W
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer From the Publisher: The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister-the children of Zimbabwei's chief of security-have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Ha… OL2696046W
Taste of salt Taste of salt Frances Temple In the hospital after being beaten by Macoutes, seventeen-year-old Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to a young woman who, like him, has been working with the social reformer Father Aristi… OL2950210W
The watermelon = The watermelon = Gill Bond Charming picture book about sharing OL3041583W
Journey to Jo'burg Journey to Jo'burg Beverley Naidoo “Has no equal. Evocative and haunting.” (School Library Journal starred review) The bestselling classic set in South Africa during the apartheid era, in which two siblings must face the dangers of… OL3285806W
Somehow Tenderness Survives Somehow Tenderness Survives Hazel Rochman Summary, A collection of ten short stories and autobiographical accounts by authors of various races expose the conditions of racism in South Africa. OL3923205W
Hue Boy Hue Boy Rita Phillips Mitchell Everyone in little Hue Boy's island village has suggestions on how to help him grow, but he learns to stand tall in a way all his own. OL4291398W
Over the green hills Over the green hills Rachel Isadora Zolani, who lives in a rural black homeland in South Africa, goes with his mother to visit his Grandma Zindzi. OL497667W
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