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Send One Angel Down
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Virginia Frances Schwartz |
A young slave tries to hide the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin, a light-skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner. |
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The Sweet Hell Inside
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Edward Ball |
Recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingl… |
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Amor and summer secrets
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Diana Rodriguez Wallach |
Wallach introduces an unforgettable heroine who's learning all about friendship, family, rivalry, and secrets. |
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Halle Berry
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Corinne J. Naden |
A biography of the actress who won a Golden Globe Award in 2000 for her leading role in the television movie "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge." |
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Take me with you
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Carolyn Marsden |
Raised in an Italian orphanage in the years following World War II, a biracial girl named Susanna and her best friend Pina want to be adopted but fear being separated. |
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The Bridge
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David Remnick |
No story has been more central to America's history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book thatfully investigates the circumstances a… |
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I am Nuchu
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Brenda Stanley |
Upon his parents' 1981 divorce, Cal Burton goes from being a popular, comfortable Spokane basketball all-star to a resident of a Ute Indian reservation in Utah, where apathy, poor living conditions, … |
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Yellowman
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Dael Orlandersmith |
These two raucously acclaimed new plays by Dael Orlandersmith, whom The New York Times has called "an otherworldly messenger, perhaps the sorcerer's apprentice, or a heaven-sent angel with the devil … |
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Me and Rupert Goody
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Barbara O'Connor |
Eleven-year-old Jennalee is jealous when a slow-thinking black man arrives in her Smoky Mountains community and claims to be the son of Uncle Beau, the owner of the general store and Jennalee's only … |
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Kitty kitty
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Michele Jaffe |
Jasmine had everything a girl could want.1So it wasn't her idea of SuperFun to move halfway around the world to Venice, Italy, leaving her fab pals and hot new boyfriend back in Los Angeles.2 But Ven… |
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Multiethnic teens and cultural identity
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Bárbara Cruz |
Discusses the many issues facing teens of multiethnic descent, including discrimination and the search for ethnic identity in an unsympathetic culture. |
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Tiger Woods
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William Durbin |
Examines the life and golf career of the young man who racked up numerous tournament victories and became celebrated in the media. |
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Barack Obama
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Michael Burgan |
A biography of Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States. |
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Tiger Woods, golfing champion
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David R. Collins |
Presents a biography of the professional golfer, who at the age of twenty-one, became the first person of color and the youngest player to win the Masters Golf Tournament. |
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Tiger Woods
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Terri Dougherty |
Presents a biography of the professional golfer, who at the age of twenty-one, became the first person of color and the youngest player to win the Masters Golf Tournament. |
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David's story
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Zoë Wicomb |
"Unfolding in 1991 South Africa, at the moment of Nelson Mandela's release, the novel explores the underground world of activists, spies, and saboteurs in the liberation movement - a world seldom rev… |
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Barack Obama
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Jennifer Zeiger |
Examines the life and career of Barack Obama, discussing his accomplishments, and describing how his actions have impacted the history and development of the United States. |
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Red River stallion
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Troon Harrison |
In 1830s Canada, a thirteen-year-old Cree girl journeys westward from York Factory to the Red River valley, lured by a Norfolk trotter horse and determined to find her Scottish fur trader father. |
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Pillars of Light
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Jane Johnson |
Diana Gabaldon meets Ken Follett in this epic story of love, war and redemption.
In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in l… |
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Midnight slave
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Rochelle Wayne |
When jet-haired 18 year old Jolene Warrington learned she was really a slave mistress's child and not her father's free white daughter, the Mississippi belle was devastated. Suddenly the desirable he… |
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