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"We didn't call the police right away. When Mia's father doesn't come home from a walk in the local nature reserve, she doesn't think much of it. He must've turned off his phone. Or his battery died. Or he probably stopped for an errand-but doing what exactly? Soon more questions arise and it becomes clear to Mia and her family that he is missing. Or is he?"--
62) Iwo, 26 Charlie
Author
Series
P. T. Deutermann's World War II volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 276 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The island of Iwo Jima was the epic land and sea battle that produced one of the iconic images of WWII: the Marines raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi, an active volcano that was the site of intense hand to hand combat. In this gripping novel, Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station aboard the USS Nevada to serve on-shore as a spotter, calling...
63) Chaos theory
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
64) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel, when the Oscar curse sets in, is thrust in the middle of two worlds--black and white--and is not welcomed in either but, through it all, continued her fight to pave a path for other Negro actors.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Born in the 1940s, Patricia Bath dreamed of helping people as a doctor, even though that wasn't a career option for most women at that time--especially African American women. This empowering biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to save and restore sight for blind people, "choosing miracles" when everyone else had given up hope. Along the way, she co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, invented a laser device for removing...
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Publisher
Christy Ottaiano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ida B. Wells grew up during a time when women did not have the right to vote. But Ida aspired for equality; she had learned from her parents to forge a life through hope and bravery, so she worked tirelessly to fight for an America that was fair to everyone regardless of race and gender.
Ida's courageous activism made her one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history. Here is Ida's story with a specific spotlight on her fearless...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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How will Maya create a brighter world? By learning to honor her glowing feelings, just like Black women have done throughout history!
Maya feels a warm glow when she picks strawberries in the community garden, hears music in her neighborhood, or spends time with the people she loves.
She feels a different kind of glow when she gets pushed down on the playground, overhears her family worrying about bills, and sees her
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
480 pages : 55 images ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
71) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women's basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, they hope to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to fit in. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists...
73) Malas
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"--
Author
Series
Summer Beach volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
n this awakening, spirited novel, Sunny Hostin celebrates family, friendship, and community and reminds us of the importance of the legacies of our collective past and finding one’s way in the world.
Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones’s legacy.
But...
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Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 340 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and popularized the term "underground railroad," from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history. Born into slavery, Thomas Smallwood was free, self-educated, and working as a shoemaker a short...
78) Fools crow
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xv, 393 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1870, the Lone Eaters, a small band of Pikuni (or Blackfeet) Indians, are living in the Two Medicine Territory of Montana. The extinction of the Pikuni way of life is ominously in sight. Only the form of that end is in question.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
775 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The epic true story of an American hero who flew during WWII, soon to be featured in the upcoming Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks TV Series, Masters of the Air. Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 21,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains...