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1) Freshwater
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
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An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side." Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities. Ada begins her life in...
2) Shadow Woman
Author
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from the mysterious and seductive Xavier--a stranger who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator.
3) Sinner man
Author
Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-126
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23 cm.
4) Petra
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
"Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain . . . until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird's nest. A mountain? No, Petra is now an egg! An egg of the world in a world of possibility. Until she's flung into a pond, and becomes an amazing island . . . and, eventually, a little girl's pet rock. What will she be tomorrow? Who knows? But she's a rock, and this is how she rolls!"--Amazon.com.
Petra is trying...
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Series
Publisher
Rise
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"An age-appropriate introduction to the concepts of race, gender, consent and body positivity, developed by early childhood and activism experts, combines clear text with engaging artwork to help the youngest children recognize and confront unjust actions."--
7) I am me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
After being told how she resembles other members of her family, a young girl states positively and absolutely that she is "NO ONE ELSE BUT ME."
8) Cat nights
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Felicity the witch begins turning herself into a cat as soon as she is old enough, and even though the rules say that she can only turn back into a witch eight times, she does it again on the ninth night.
9) Lucky
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She?s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity?when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she?s learned the art of the scam. When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is...
10) My revolutions
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Having briefly worked as a terrorist to protest the Vietnam War, Chris Carver hides his past from his suburban family and friends before a ghost from his past forces him to flee, a circumstance during which he remembers violent relationships with two fellow radicals.
13) The walk
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 1
Description
What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
14) Amazing Grace
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Series
Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"An examination of how individuals strive for social status and how this creates our culture as a whole Contrary to belief, status signaling isn't just the province of the immature or insecure but a fundamental human need to secure social standing. It drives our behavior, forms our tastes, determines what we buy, and ultimately shapes who we are. It's what's behind "cool" and what drives fashion, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
[viii, 305] pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders--revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy's extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer perspectives that will change how you think about who you are....
17) Passing
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Clare Kendry, a beautiful light-skinned African American woman married to a white man who is unaware of her heritage, long ago cut all ties to her past, but a reunion with a childhood friend forces her to confront her lies.
20) Guji Guji
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
When a crocodile egg rolls down the hill and into the nest with the rest of her eggs, Mother Duck pays no mind and raises the little crocodile as if he were a duck.
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