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The Other Americans by Laila LalamiThe Other Americans deftly explores one family's secrets and hypocrisies even as it offers a portrait of Americans riven by race, class, and religion, living side by side, yet ignorant of the vicissitudes that each tribe, as it were, faces.
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Pachinko by Min Jin LeeIn early 1900s Korea, prized daughter Sunja finds herself pregnant and alone, bringing shame on her family until a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan, in the saga of one family bound together as their faith and identity are called into question. Reading-group guide available. By a national best-selling author. |
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Orange for the Sunsets by Tina AthaideTwo 12-year-old best friends who have never cared about their differences are torn apart by president Idi Amin's decision to expel Indians from 1972 Uganda, an order that is complicated by an educational opportunity and escalating community unrest. |
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The Latecomers
by Helen Klein Ross
Forced to give up her baby for adoption after the death of her husband in 1908, an Irish teen takes a maid's job at a sprawling New England estate before a mysterious death reveals a five-generation secret. 30,000 first printing.
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Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon HanWhat it is: The sobering story of a hardworking Chinese family in Texas, whose fragile, happy-enough façade falls apart in the wake of a misunderstanding.
Read it for: Themes of belonging and loyalty; fully realized characters suffering through discontent and disillusion; a leisurely paced unfolding of an immigrant experience in the United States.
Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary
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There There by Tommy OrangeA novel which grapples with the complex history of Native Americans; with an inheritance of profound spirituality; and with a plague of addiction, abuse and suicide—follows 12 characters, each of whom has private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. |
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On Fragile Waves by E. Lily YuGrowing up on their parents’ mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a girl and her brother travel from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference challenges their dreams. |
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Ashes of Fiery Weather by Kathleen DonohoeA multigenerational tale about the passionate loves and losses of women in a family of firefighters traces their experiences spanning from famine-era Ireland to Brooklyn a decade after the September 11 attacks. |
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The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel by Juliet GramesBelieved cursed in her rugged Italian village, a tough, intelligent teen protects her younger sister when the family emigrates to America just before World War II, enduring challenges that transform her views about survival and independence. |
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Join the One Book Reading ChallengeRegister for Beanstack and challenge yourself to read and participate in the 2021 One Book Project. Access activity ideas, determine reading goals, track reading as a family, and win digital badges!
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Join Us for an Author Talk with A Dream Called Home Author Reyna Grande The One Book Project Kicks off with a Virtual author talk. Reyna Grande, the author of A Dream Called Home, will be joining Kern County communities virtually on September 15, 2021 at 12pm. For more information, visit KCLonebook.org. |
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