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Annie John

A Novel

Jamaica Kincaid Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of The...

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Cion

A Novel

Zakes Mda Picador

"Takes the traditional pattern of a picaresque novel—an episodic recounting of roguish schemes gone awry—and decorates it with a richly textured overlay of embroidery, applique, collage and found art . . . Mda writes about hardscrabble lives without dwelling on the hardscrabble . . . Mda's elegant patchwork of clever storytelling, wry characterization and good-natured humor is more than enough."—John R. Alden, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

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Leaving

A Novel

Richard Dry St. Martin's Griffin

Winner of the Joseph Henry Jackson Award Pushcart Editors' Prize Nominee In 1959, newly-widowed and pregnant Ruby Washington and her thirteen-year-old half...

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Malcolm X

A Graphic Biography

Written by Andrew Helfer; Art by Randy DuBurke Hill and Wang

"Helfer and DuBurke convey the life of Malcolm X in a dignified, enlightening and entertaining manner . . . Educators seeking vibrant material, as well as young Americans besotted with contemporary pop culture should snatch up copies of this brilliant volume."—Miami Herald

YALSA Best Book for Young Adults - Nonfiction

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Mississippi Solo

A River Quest

Eddy Harris Holt Paperbacks

Since the publication of his first book, Mississippi Solo, Eddy L. Harris has been praised for his travel writing. In this exciting reissue of his classic...

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My Sisters' Voices

Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out

Iris Jacob Holt Paperbacks

"A volume that intersperses short poems and prose selections written by teens of color from all over the country . . . The writers speak about the issues that matter most to teens (self-image, family, sex, love, abuse, pride, education, courage, race, and beauty), and Jacob's voice in her general introduction is clear and completely her own—direct, insightful, angry, and alternately adolescent and adult."—Booklist

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The Professor's Daughter

A Novel

Emily Raboteau Picador

"Compelling . . . Raboteau paints Emma's world with grand, sweeping strokes. Her prose is vibrant with life: Here is a crazy woman, here a downtrodden old man, here a homesick Ethiopian. Her timing is excellent, her humor is wry, her voice is on point, and her eye works with laserlike precision. Raboteau's sensitivity to life and to people is nothing short of astounding."—Francesca Wodtke, San Francisco Chronicle

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Upstate

A Novel

Kalisha Buckhanon St. Martin's Griffin

"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?" So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between...

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ALA Alex Awards Winner (Adult for Young Adults)
Audie Award Winner - Literary Fiction

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