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  • 5
      Adjoa Burrowes Collection
      Collection of 5 books: $48.40
      Front cover for Everybody Wears Braids by Adjoa Burrowes and Adjoa J. Burrowes

      Everybody Wears Braids

      A celebration of the many different ways a multiracial group of seven friends braid their hair.

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      Front covernull for Go Go Gumbo by Adjoa Burrowes and Adjoa J. Burrowes

      Go Go Gumbo

      Come see what's cooking as an African American girl and her grandfather stir up a yummy batch of gumbo chock full of delicious ingredients.

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      Front cover for My Steps - Bebop by Sally Derby Miller and Adjoa J. Burrowes

      My Steps - Bebop

      An African American girl shares the private world of playtime on her front steps over each of the four seasons.

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      Front covernull for Grandma's Purple Flowers by Adjoa J. Burrowes and Adjoa J. Burrowes

      Grandma's Purple Flowers

      An African American girl who cherishes her frequent visits to her favorite Grandma finds a way to remember her grandmother with hope and joy after she passes away.

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      Front cover for Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and Adjoa J. Burrowes

      Destiny's Gift

      Destiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, where words abound.

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        Adoption Collection
        Collection of 4 books: $45.80
        Front cover for Journey Home by Lawrence McKay and Dom Lee; Keunhee Lee

        Journey Home

        A biracial girl gains a new sense of identity when she travels to Vietnam with her mother.

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        Front cover for Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami and Jamel Akib

        Bringing Asha Home

        A biracial Asian Indian American boy finds his own special way to bond with his sister while the family awaits her adoption from India.

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        Front cover for A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord and Shino Arihara

        A Song for Cambodia

        The true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian American musician and human rights activist, who as a young boy survived Khmer Rouge work camps by learning to play a musical instrument.

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        Front cover for The Story I'll Tell by Nancy Tupper-Ling and Jessica Lanan

        The Story I'll Tell

        In this tender story of international adoption, a mother weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her child came to be part of the family.

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      • 23
          Adult Fiction
          Collection of 23 books: $398.85
          Front cover for The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin

          The Bird Boys

          Sometimes the truth is not the truth, but murder is always murder. Which of the brothers carries the bloody knife?

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          Front cover for White Panties, Dead Friends by Bobby Byrd; Bobby Byrd

          White Panties, Dead Friends

          "Byrd writes poems like a novelist. Epic ones. His lines are full of fiction, bullshit and beauty."--E.Myles

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          Front cover for The Price of Doing Business in Mexico by Bobby Byrd; Bobby Byrd

          The Price of Doing Business in Mexico

          The Mexican Border stands at the soul's edge with a port-of-entry leading directly into Byrd's poems.

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          Front cover for Otherwise, My Life is Ordinary by Bobby Byrd; Bobby Byrd

          Otherwise, My Life is Ordinary

          Spoken plainly, all of us get born, then we go away. What shall we do in the meantime, huh?

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          Front cover for My Marriage A to Z by Elinor Nauen

          My Marriage A to Z

          A prose poem written in dictionary form, My Marriage A to Z is a unique chronicle of life within marriage.

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          Front cover for Letters to Goya by James Magee; Kerry Doyle

          Letters to Goya

          Internationally acclaimed artist James Magee (alleged doppelganger of equally acclaimed artist Annabel Livermore) reinvents himself one more time as poet.

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          Front cover for The Last Cigarette on Earth by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

          The Last Cigarette on Earth

          A gay Latino's intimate journey through addiction, human desire and broken love.

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          Front cover for Elegies in Blue by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

          Elegies in Blue

          Saenz speaks from inside the skin of himself--Chicano, political being, spiritual seeker, family man and lover.

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          Front cover for Incantations by Ambar Past

          Incantations

          Mayan women sing sacred magical woman poems.

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          Front cover for As Far As I Know by Joseph Somoza

          As Far As I Know

          Remember the poetry of William Stafford? Stafford's quiet wisdom? Good. Now listen up. Joseph Somoza wanders the same territory. Differently.

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          Front cover for The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked by Sheila Black; Michael Northen; Annabelle Hayse

          The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked

          When you're disabled, you don't have to be naked to be naked.

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          Front cover for The Death of Bernadette Lefthand by Ron Querry

          The Death of Bernadette Lefthand

          Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Ron Querry's haunting first novel about the mysterious death of a young Indian dancer is a stunning portrayl of the spirit and struggles of the Southwest's native peoples.

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          Front cover for When a Woman Rises by Christine Eber

          When a Woman Rises

          Two Zapatista women, bound by cultural expectations, struggle to express the truth of their lives in the highlands of Chiapas.

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          Front cover for The Amado Women by Désirée Zamorano

          The Amado Women

          Four women, connected by birth, separated by secrets.

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          Front cover for Sofrito by Phillippe Diederich

          Sofrito

          A Cuban-American travels to Havana searching for a secret recipe where he finds love and the truth about his father.

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          Front cover for Make It, Take It by Rus Bradburd

          Make It, Take It

          Witty and insightful, this isn't the college basketball we hear about on TV. And Bradburd knows what he's talking about.

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          Front cover for Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

          Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club

          Sometimes the border is a mirror, sometimes it's an escape, and sometimes it's just the bridge you cross to go home.

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          Front cover for Conquistador of the Useless by Joshua Isard

          Conquistador of the Useless

          Sex is fun, but a baby? Why climb a mountain? What's your favorite band? A Grunge Generation novel of answers.

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          Front cover for Cold Type by Harvey Araton

          Cold Type

          "You mean, you crossed the picket line right past your daddy and he took a swing at you?"

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          Front cover for A Woman, In Bed by Anne Finger

          A Woman, In Bed

          Simone sleeps with strangers. The most important stranger? Her husband Jacques. A love story spanning WWI to WWII in Paris.

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          Front cover for A Tightly Raveled Mind by Diane Lawson

          A Tightly Raveled Mind

          A psychoanalyst's sanity unravels when several patients die and she falls for the private investigator she's hired to help.

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          Front cover for Nobody's Pilgrims by Sergio Troncoso

          Nobody's Pilgrims

          No Country for Old Men meets Contagion in this story of three teenagers on the run, carrying a great menace, and chased by a greater evil.

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          Front cover for A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son by Sergio Troncoso

          A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son

          A collection of short stories where Mexican-Americans grapple with their roots as their ambitions take them far from home.

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        • 10
            Adult Nonfiction
            Collection of 10 books: $185.50
            Front cover for Photographs of My Father by Paul Spike

            Photographs of My Father

            A son tries to understand the violent murder of his father--civil-rights leader Rev. Robert Spike--in 1966.

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            Front cover for ¡Ándale, Prieta! by Yasmín Ramírez

            ¡Ándale, Prieta!

            This beautifully open coming-of-age memoir by a Mexican American debut writer doubles as a love letter to the tough grandmother who raised her.

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            Front cover for A Song for the River by Philip Connors

            A Song for the River

            The mountain he loves goes up in flames. His friend and fellow lookout dies. He falls in love. Wilderness endures.

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            Front cover for Dealing Death and Drugs by Beto O'Rourke; Susie Byrd

            Dealing Death and Drugs

            In response to the violence destroying Juarez, two elected officials from El Paso ending marijuana prohibition as sound public policy.

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            Front cover for Dirty Dealing by Gary Cartwright

            Dirty Dealing

            "A hell of a story about drugs, corruption and violence, told by a virtuoso." -- Playboy magazine

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            Front cover for Drug Lord by Terrence E. Poppa; Charles Bowden

            Drug Lord

            "Drug Lord is the real thing. Raw, immediate, indispensable." -- Don Winslow, author of City on Fire and The Power of the Dog

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            Front cover for Folly Cove by Kermit Schweidel

            Folly Cove

            An audacious pot-smuggling tale of the early days-57,000 pounds of high-grade marijuana from Colombia to Massachusetts by shrimp boat.

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            Front cover for Revenge of the Saguaro by Tom Miller; Peter Hamill

            Revenge of the Saguaro

            Who killed that saguaro outside Phoenix? What is the sound of one billboard falling? Cochise who?

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            Front cover for Ringside Seat to a Revolution by David Dorado Romo

            Ringside Seat to a Revolution

            Visionary essays and images from the crucible of the Mexican Revolution.

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            Front cover for What Men Call Treasure by David Schweidel; Robert Boswell

            What Men Call Treasure

            Legend says treasures lie deep inside Victorio Peak: A parable about obsession, hope, and humanity.

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          • 6
              Adventures Around the World Series
              Collection of 6 books: $77.70
              Front cover for Horse Song by Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin and Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin

              Horse Song

              Ted and Betsy Lewin's illustrated travelogue story of their trip to Mongolia to watch young boy and girl jockeys race horses in the traditional Naadam summer festival.

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              Front cover for Elephant Quest by Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin and Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin

              Elephant Quest

              The Lewins are on a quest through Botswana to see the majestic African elephants in this picture book travelogue.

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              Front cover for Gorilla Walk by Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin and Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin

              Gorilla Walk

              In this delightful nonfiction travelogue, the Lewins trek through southern Uganda to visit mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.

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              Front cover for Puffling Patrol by Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin and Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin

              Puffling Patrol

              Ted and Betsy Lewin travel to Iceland to learn about the "Puffling Patrol," a group of children who rescue lost puffins and return them to sea.

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              Front cover for Top to Bottom by Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin and Betsy Lewin; Ted Lewin

              Top to Bottom

              In this continuation of the Adventures Around the World series, the Lewins come face to face with Australia's wildest animals, from dingoes to crocodiles and more.

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              Front cover for Balarama by Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin and Ted Lewin; Betsy Lewin

              Balarama

              Ted and Betsy Lewin's illustrated travelogue of their trip to southern India, where they meet Balarama, the lead Royal Elephant who will make his debut in the traditional parade that concludes the celebration of Dasara in the city of Mysore.

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            • 68
                African American English Collection Grades 3-6
                Collection of 68 books: $971.60
                Front cover for DeShawn Days by Tony Medina and R. Gregory Christie

                DeShawn Days

                In this uplifting story told in verse, a young boy living in the inner city projects tells about his hopes, fears, and dreams.

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                Front cover for Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! by Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett

                Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

                A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance.

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                Front cover for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney

                In the Time of the Drums

                Mentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.

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                Front cover for Bird by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland

                Bird

                In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.

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                Front cover for Tan to Tamarind by Malathi Michelle Iyengar and Jamel Akib

                Tan to Tamarind

                A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown.

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                Front cover for Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe by Crystal Hubbard and Kevin Belford

                Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

                A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.

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                Front cover for Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter

                Step Right Up

                A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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                Front cover for Poems in the Attic by Nikki Grimes and Elizabeth Zunon

                Poems in the Attic

                Award-winning poet Nikki Grimes presents a tender poetry collection where a young girl learns about her mother, the child of an Air Force serviceman.

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                Front cover for The Secret to Freedom by Marcia Vaughan Crews and Larry Johnson

                The Secret to Freedom

                In the days before the Civil War, a young enslaved girl and her older brother help slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad quilt code.

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                Front cover for Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann and London Ladd

                Midnight Teacher

                This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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                Front cover for Chess Rumble by G. Neri and Jesse Joshua Watson

                Chess Rumble

                A story in free verse about a troubled boy who learns to use his mind instead of his fists through the guidance of an unconventional mentor and the game of chess.

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                Front cover for Rent Party Jazz by William Miller and Charlotte Riley-Webb

                Rent Party Jazz

                An African American boy living in New Orleans in the 1930s raises money to pay the rent with the help of a popular jazz musician.

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                Front cover for Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand and Colin Bootman

                Love Twelve Miles Long

                A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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                Front cover for Sweet Potato Pie by Kathleen D. Lindsey and Charlotte Riley-Webb

                Sweet Potato Pie

                In this fictional story set in the South in the 1920s, an African American girl and her family sell Mama's sweet potato pies at the Harvest Celebration to raise money and save their farm.

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                Front cover for Night Golf by William Miller and Cedric Lucas

                Night Golf

                Set in the South of the late 1950s, an African American boy who longs to play golf is banned from the game because of the color of his skin.

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