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58 copies, 233 people are on the wait list.

Shirlington New Fiction

F REID

Westover New Fiction

F REID

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[2019]	G.P. Putnam's Sons	310 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available 58 copies, 233 people are on the wait list. Shirlington New Fiction F REID Westover New Fiction F REID Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

21 copies, 131 people are on the wait list.

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2019	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 21 copies, 131 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

50 copies, 364 people are on the wait list.

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2019	OverDrive	Penguin Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 50 copies, 364 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. --from Amazon. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she...

2) The guardians: A Novel

Author

Grisham, John

Language

English

Formats

28 copies, 72 people are on the wait list.

Central New Fiction

F GRISH

Shirlington New Fiction

F GRISH

Westover New Fiction has 2

F GRISH

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[2019]	First edition.	Doubleday	375 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available 28 copies, 72 people are on the wait list. Central New Fiction F GRISH Shirlington New Fiction F GRISH Westover New Fiction has 2 F GRISH Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

9 copies, 30 people are on the wait list.

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2019	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 9 copies, 30 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

22 copies, 93 people are on the wait list.

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2019	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 22 copies, 93 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

3 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	First large print edition.	Random House Large Print Publishing	469 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 10 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo’s. Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was...

3) The reckoning: A Novel

Author

Grisham, John

Language

English

Formats

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F GRISH

Aurora Hills New Fiction

F GRISH

Central Adult Fiction has 3

F GRISH

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2018]	First edition.	Doubleday	420 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills Adult Fiction F GRISH Aurora Hills New Fiction F GRISH Central Adult Fiction has 3 F GRISH Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	Random House Audio	15 audio discs (18 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

6 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2018	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 6 copies, 4 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

14 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2018	OverDrive	Random House Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 14 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2018]	First large print edition.	Random House Large Print	641 pages (large print) ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his...

4) Small great things: a novel

Author

Picoult, Jodi

Language

English

Formats

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F PICOU

Cherrydale Adult Fiction

F PICOU

Shirlington Adult Fiction

F PICOU

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2016.	First edition.	Ballantine Books	470 pages ; 25 cm.	English	Available Aurora Hills Adult Fiction F PICOU Cherrydale Adult Fiction F PICOU Shirlington Adult Fiction F PICOU Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Columbia Pike Audiovisual

CD F PICOU

Shirlington Audiovisual

CD F PICOU

Westover Audiovisual

CD F PICOU

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2016]	Unabridged.	Books on Tape :	13 audio discs (16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Columbia Pike Audiovisual CD F PICOU Shirlington Audiovisual CD F PICOU Westover Audiovisual CD F PICOU	More Info

4 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.

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2016	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 4 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

12 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 12

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2016	OverDrive	Random House Publishing Group	English	Available Online 12 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 12	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2016.	Thorndike Press	727 pages (large print) ; 23	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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5) To kill a mockingbird: To Kill a Mockingbird Series, Book 1

"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents...

Author

Lee, Harper

Series

To kill a mockingbird volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Type

Cherrydale Adult Fiction

F LEE

Westover Adult Fiction

F LEE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1982, c1960	Mass market ed.	Grand Central Pub	376 p. ; 17 cm.	English	Available Cherrydale Adult Fiction F LEE Westover Adult Fiction F LEE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Central Audiovisual has 3

CD F LEE

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2006]	HarperCollins Publishers/Caedmon	11 audio discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Central Audiovisual has 3 CD F LEE	More Info

Online OverDrive Collection has 21

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2014	OverDrive	Caedmon	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 21	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Online OverDrive Collection has 9

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2014	OverDrive	HarperCollins	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 9	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1999]	HarperLargePrint Classics	407 pages (large print) ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

6) The underground railroad: a novel

Author

Whitehead, Colson

Language

English

Formats

20 copies, 14 people are on the wait list.

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F WHITE

Columbia Pike Adult Fiction

F WHITE

Westover Adult Fiction

F WHITE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2016.	First edition.	Doubleday	306 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available 20 copies, 14 people are on the wait list. Aurora Hills Adult Fiction F WHITE Columbia Pike Adult Fiction F WHITE Westover Adult Fiction F WHITE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Aurora Hills Audiovisual has 2

CD F WHITE

Central Audiovisual

CD F WHITE

Shirlington Audiovisual

CD F WHITE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2016]	Unabridged.	Random House Audio	9 audio discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Aurora Hills Audiovisual has 2 CD F WHITE Central Audiovisual CD F WHITE Shirlington Audiovisual CD F WHITE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

10 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.

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2016	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 10 copies, 6 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

25 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 25

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2016	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Available Online 25 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 25	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2016]	First large print edition.	Random House Large Print	417 pages (large print) ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Cora is a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes...

7) Go set a watchman: a novel

Author

Lee, Harper

Series

To kill a mockingbird volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F LEE

Columbia Pike Adult Fiction has 2

F LEE

Westover Adult Fiction has 2

F LEE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2015]	First edition.	Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers	278 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills Adult Fiction F LEE Columbia Pike Adult Fiction has 2 F LEE Westover Adult Fiction has 2 F LEE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Central Audiovisual has 3

CD F LEE

Cherrydale Audiovisual

CD F LEE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2015]	Unabridged.	HarperAudio	6 audio discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Central Audiovisual has 3 CD F LEE Cherrydale Audiovisual CD F LEE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Online OverDrive Collection has 10

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2015	OverDrive	Caedmon	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 10	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Online OverDrive Collection has 9

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2015	OverDrive	HarperCollins	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 9	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Cherrydale Large Type

LT F LEE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2015]	First HarperLuxe edition.	HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers	341 pages (large print) ; 24.	English	Available Cherrydale Large Type LT F LEE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

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Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout returns home to Maycomb to visit her father and struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.

8) The holdout: A Novel

Author

Moore, Graham

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

9 copies, 37 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2020.	First Edition.	Random House	322 pages ; 25 cm	English	Checked Out 9 copies, 37 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

3 copies, 18 people are on the wait list.

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2020	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 18 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

7 copies, 39 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2020	OverDrive	Random House Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 7 copies, 39 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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Vintage International Modern library of the world's best books

"It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex,...

9) Invisible man

Author

Ellison, Ralph

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book
Show Editions

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction has 3

F ELLIS

Central Adult Fiction has 2

F ELLIS

Columbia Pike Adult Fiction has 2

F ELLIS

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Availability
c1952, c1947		Random House	439 p. ; 22 cm.	Available Aurora Hills Adult Fiction has 3 F ELLIS Columbia Pike Adult Fiction has 2 F ELLIS Westover Adult Fiction F ELLIS Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info
1994.	Modern Library edition.	Modern Library	xxxiv, 572 pages ; 20 cm	Available Central Adult Fiction F ELLIS	More Info
[1992]		Modern Library	VI, 572 pages ; 19 cm	Available Central Adult Fiction F ELLIS	More Info

Online OverDrive Collection has 5

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2010	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 5	More Info Check Out OverDrive

2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2010	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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10) The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Series, Book 2

In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing record of a black man's journey through contemporary America. Unquestionably, Ellison's book is a work of extraordinary intensity--powerfully imagined and written with a savage,...

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

Saddleback classics Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Penguin classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Type

Book
Show Editions

Central Literacy

LITRCY F TWAIN

Audiobook on CD
Show Editions

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Availability
[1999]	Saddleback Pub	77 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.	Available Central Literacy LITRCY F TWAIN	More Info
2014.	Penguin Books	xlvi, 345 pages : map ; 20 cm	In Processing Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

Cherrydale Audiovisual

CD F TWAIN

Westover Audiovisual

CD F TWAIN

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Availability
[2008]		BBC Audiobooks America	10 audio discs (approximately 680 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	Available Westover Audiovisual CD F TWAIN Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info
[1991]	Unabridged.	Recorded Books	10 audio discs (11.75 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	Available Cherrydale Audiovisual CD F TWAIN	More Info

eAudiobook

OverDrive
Show Edition

1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2007	OverDrive	Blackstone Publishing	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

RBdigital
Show Edition

RBdigital

Pub. Date	Source	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2011]	RBdigital	Unabridged.	Recorded Books	1 sound file (11 hr., 45 min.) : digital.	English	Available Online RBdigital	More Info Access Online

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Online OverDrive Collection has unlimited

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	OverDrive	Duke Classics	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has unlimited	More Info Check Out OverDrive
	OverDrive	Project Gutenberg	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has unlimited	More Info Check Out OverDrive
2002	OverDrive	Penguin Publishing Group	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Central Large Type

LT F TWAIN

Shirlington Large Type

LT F TWAIN

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1996]	G.K. Hall	420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm	English	Available Central Large Type LT F TWAIN Shirlington Large Type LT F TWAIN	More Info

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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...

11) The sellout: A Novel

Author

Beatty, Paul

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F BEATT

Cherrydale Adult Fiction

F BEATT

Shirlington Adult Fiction has 2

F BEATT

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2015.	First edition.	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	288 pages ; 22 cm.	English	Available Aurora Hills Adult Fiction F BEATT Cherrydale Adult Fiction F BEATT Shirlington Adult Fiction has 2 F BEATT Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

2 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2015	OverDrive	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 13 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same bedroom you'd grown up in, looking up at the crack in the stucco ceiling that had been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist at Riverside Community College, he spent his childhood as the subject in psychological...

12) Bluebird, bluebird: a novel

Author

Locke, Attica

Series

Highway 59 volume 1

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Formats

Central Detectives

D LOCKE

Glencarlyn Detectives

D LOCKE

Westover Detectives

D LOCKE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2017.	First edition.	Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company	307 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available Central Detectives D LOCKE Glencarlyn Detectives D LOCKE Westover Detectives D LOCKE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2017	OverDrive	Hachette Audio	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 3

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2017	OverDrive	Little, Brown and Company	English	Available Online 3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 3	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from...

13) The revisioners: A Novel

Author

Publisher

Counterpoint

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

7 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.

Columbia Pike New Fiction

F SEXTO

Westover New Fiction

F SEXTO

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2019.	First hardcover edition.	Counterpoint	280 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 7 copies, 15 people are on the wait list. Columbia Pike New Fiction F SEXTO Westover New Fiction F SEXTO Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info

4 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.

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In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now, her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine's family. Nearly one hundred years later, Josephine's descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just...

14) That kind of mother: A Novel

Author

Alam, Rumaan

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F ALAM

Central Adult Fiction has 4

F ALAM

Westover Adult Fiction has 2

F ALAM

Online OverDrive Collection has 5

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"That Kind of Mother dives deep into big questions about parenthood, adoption, and race: Is mothering something learned, or that you're born to? How far can good intentions stretch? And most of all, can love can really overcome the boundaries of race and class? With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam's second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking."--Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere ... From the...

15) Down the river unto the sea

Author

Mosley, Walter

Language

English

Formats

Central Detectives has 4

D MOSLE

Cherrydale Detectives

D MOSLE

Columbia Pike Detectives has 2

D MOSLE

Central Audiovisual

CD D MOSLE

Westover Audiovisual

CD D MOSLE

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Description

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook

Ten years after serving time at Rikers Island for assault, Joe King Oliver, an ex-NYPD investigator working as a private detective, receives a note from a woman who admits she was paid to frame him, compelling him to find out who on the police force wanted him out. He also agrees to help a radical black journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and prostitutes in the city's poorest...

16) God help the child: a novel

Author

Morrison, Toni

Language

English

Formats

Aurora Hills Adult Fiction

F MORRI

Central Audiovisual

CD F MORRI

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

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Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment--weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest...

17) Heaven, my home: Highway 59 Series, Book 2

Author

Locke, Attica

Series

Highway 59 volume 2

Language

English

Formats

7 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.

Aurora Hills New Detectives

D LOCKE

Glencarlyn New Detectives

D LOCKE

Shirlington New Detectives has 2

D LOCKE

2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.

Description

"9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of re-building, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had...

18) The travelers: A Novel

Author

Porter, Regina

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

8 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Columbia Pike New Fiction

F PORTE

Description

Meet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American background but hews to his father’s meandering ways. James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie. Claudia’s mother—Agnes Miller Christie—is a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life...

19) Things fall apart: African Trilogy, Book 1

Author

Achebe, Chinua

Series

African Trilogy

Language

English

Formats

1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.

3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.

Description

Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British...

20) Dear Martin

Author

Stone, Nic

Language

English

Formats

3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Description