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Par Sarah L Thomson. 2016
In this thrilling coming of age adventure, a female ninja -- a deadly flower -- faces a host of extraordinary…
obstacles some of them supernatural, when she takes on her first lethal assignment. Some violence. For junior and senior highPar James Still. 1980
A collection of 13 short stories from Kentucky's first Poet Laurate. Most are narrated by a young boy as he…
recounts happenings in the mountains of Kentucky during the 1920s. 1980Par Bibiana Candia. 2022
"Galicia, 1853. The rainiest winter in history has destroyed the crops and a cholera epidemic begins to wreak havoc on…
the population. Orestes, el Tísico, el Rañeta and Trasdelrío, el Comido, Tomás from Coruña and many other young men who yearn for a better future for themselves and their families decide to leave their homes and head to Cuba to make a living on the sugar cane plantations. But what the journey has in store for them is an ordeal that they could never have imagined. Sugar is the fictionalized account of the true story of 1,700 young people who traveled to Cuba to work and ended up being sold into slavery by Urbano Feijóo de Sotomayor, a Galician living on the island who, taking advantage of his compatriots' dire situation, promoted a campaign of white colonization and substitution of labor brought from Africa." -- Translation provided by NLSPar Crystal Wilkinson. 2002
Par Chandra Prasad. 2006
Ms. Prasad's thorough research enabled her to bring to life a world with its own distinctive language, customs, and rigid…
hierarchical society. As the circus train meanders about the country through the early 20th century, the narrative shifts focus between a series of protagonists; a great read for anyone fascinated by the big topPar Stephen Harrigan. 1984
Sam Marsh, a geologist, and his wife Libby, are separated after the death of their baby. Libby becomes involved with…
a scuba diver, who becomes obsessed with Jacob's Well, a cave near Austin, Texas, that may lead deep into an aquifer. The three of them begin diving in the cave together, discovering its secrets and their own fates. The author has captured the languid pace of hot, humid Austin, and his characters reflect that placePar Xelena González. 2022
"Grandma knows that there is wondrous knowledge to be found everywhere you can think to look. She takes her girls…
to their special garden, and asks them to look over their collection of rocks, crystals, seashells, and meteorites to see what marvels they have to show. "They were here long before us and know so much more about our world than we ever will," Grandma says. So they are called grandfathers. By taking a close look with an open mind, they see the strength of rocks shaped by volcanoes, the cleansing power of beautiful crystals, the oceans that housed their shells and shapes its environment, and the long journey meteorites took to find their way to them. Gathered together, Grandma and the girls let their surroundings spark their imaginations." -- Amazon.comPar Supriya Kelkar. 2022
"On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness…
that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook." -- Provided by publisherPar James Lehrer. 2008
"When he's not anchoring the NewsHour on PBS, Jim Lehrer may be found casting a satirical eye at America's heartland…
in such books as Crown Oklahoma and The Sooner Spy. Mack to the Rescue is the latest of his successful One-Eyed Mack novels. Set in Oklahoma and tracing the exploits of a fictional lieutenant governor, the series allows Lehrer to address contemporary national issues with a unique blend of humor and insight. When Governor "Buffalo Joe" Hayman calls for privatizing state government, Mack decides to oppose his re-election bid, but a medical mishap prevents Mack from running. While attending a lieutenant governors' conference in Washington, he suddenly collapses. Hospitalized, he is given a heart bypass operation intended for another patient. Mack backs out of the race and throws his support behind his flaky friend and former state house Speaker, Luther Wallace. Embroiled in a medical malpractice suit while following Luther's questionable shenanigans, Mack finally has no choice but to come to the rescue when the governor's race takes a particularly ugly turn. Rife with Oklahoma-isms and brimming with memorable characters, this is political satire at its best, employing ironic twists and sharp dialogue to poke fun at government foibles. Inventive and hilarious, it demonstrates once again that Lehrer knows Middle America and its ways all too well." -- Dust jacketPar Akil Kumarasamy. 2022
"In the near future, a young woman finds her mother's body starfished on the kitchen floor in Queens and sets…
on a journey through language, archives, artificial intelligence, and TV for a way back into herself. She begins to translate an old manuscript about a group of female medical students-living through a drought and at the edge of the war-as they create a new way of existence to help the people around them. In the process, the translator's life and the manuscript begin to become entangled. Along the way, the arrival of a childhood friend, a stranger, and an unusual AI project will force her to question her own moral compass and sense of goodness. How involved are we in the suffering of others? What does real compassion look like? How do you make a better world?" -- Provided by publisherPar Celeste Ng. 2022
"Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books…
in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic-including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change." -- Provided by publisherPar Ángela Pradelli. 2018
"Emilia is five years old when the military takes her mother from the house in Burzaco where they were hiding.…
The girl ends up in an orphanage and soon after she is taken by a married couple. Her appropriators, strict Catholics, decide to name her Florencia. At first, Emilia does not recognize herself in that name, but little by little the past - her mother's caresses, the songs her father sang in her ear, the memory of the green shoes her grandmother Lina gave her - is buried deep in her conscience. Meanwhile, Lina searches for her relentlessly with the help of Quica and Herminia who, like her, have lost their children at the hands of the "forces of order."" -- GoodreadsPar Serena Williams. 2022
"Baby Girl has a dance recital coming up, and she can't help but worry. She's practiced and practiced, but what…
if something goes wrong? What if she forgets the steps or freezes up during her solo? Luckily, her best friend Qai Qai the doll has her back! When Qai Qai comes to life, they go on a magical journey that shows Baby Girl that she's ready for the stage." -- Provided by publisherPar R. Clifford Blair. 2021
Young Franklin Pierce Holloway doesn't know what to think when Butler Campbell moves in next door. At first Frank worries…
he'll lose his best friend Sam to the strange new kid, but everything changes as he learns all about Butler's world. Adult. Some strong language. Some violencePar Jeanne Walker Harvey. 2011
As a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great-grandmother's Cherokee stories and heard the…
whistle of the train that took his people to the North people who wanted to be free. When Romare and his family, faced with Jim Crow laws, boarded that same train, he watched out the window as the world whizzed by. Later he captured those scenes in a famous painting, Watching the Good Trains Go By. Using that painting as inspiration and creating a text influenced by the blues and jazz that Bearden loved, Jeanne Walker Harvey tells the story of Bearden's children by describing the patchwork of daily southern life that Romare saw out the train's window and the story of his arrival in shimmering New York City. Artists and critics today praise Bearden's collages for their visual metaphors honoring his past, African American culture, and the human experience. 2011. For grades K-3Par Mansi Shah. 2022
"After her parents moved her and her brother to America, Preeti Desai never meant to tear her family apart. All…
she did was fall in love with a white Christian carnivore instead of a conventional Indian boy. Years later, with her parents not speaking to her and her controversial relationship in tatters, all Preeti has left is her career at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. But when Preeti receives word of a terrible accident in the city where she was born, she returns to India, where she'll have to face her estranged parents...and the complicated past they left behind. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of her heritage, Preeti catches a startling glimpse of her family's battles with class, tradition, and sacrifice. Torn between two beautifully flawed cultures, Preeti must now untangle what home truly means to her." -- Provided by publisherPar Ruqia Abdi. 2018
Three issues confront Somali parents more than any other in their attempts to raise children in a new cultural environment:…
the education system, a lack of trust in Social Services, and a lack of a support system. The divide between the culture they grew up with and the new place in which they raise their children can seem too big to cross. Better Parenting promotes healthy parent-child relationships not only through helpful strategies but through a focus on the love and care mothers and fathers have for their children, examining the importance of early learning and play, parental investment, leading by example, and balancing schoolwork and free time. Ruqia Abdi helps each parent meet their children's needs, honoring Somali culture as it finds roots in new places and integrates with existing structures. By showing parents support during their transition to a new country and culture, Better Parenting successfully bridges gaps and builds parent-child relationships. Adult. UnratedPar Lauren Clark. 2014
Par Jon Fosse. 2019
"The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.…
The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers--two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. Written in hypnotic prose that shifts between the first and third person, The Other Name calls into question concrete notions around subjectivity and the self. What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? Through flashbacks, Fosse deftly explores the convergences and divergences in the lives of both Asles, slowly building towards a decisive encounter between them both. A writer at the zenith of his career, with The Other Name, the first two volumes in his Septology, Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece." -- Provided by publisherPar David Anthony Durham. 2021