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The Good Stuff From Driftwood Public Library February 2021 |
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Ida B. the Queen : The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
by Michelle Duster
Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer includes coverage of Wells’s early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist. Illustrations.
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The beautiful struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Adapted for teen readers, a father-son memoir documents the National Book Award-winning author’s youth in the “murder capital” of 1980s Baltimore and his relationship with his father, Vietnam veteran Paul Coates, throughout the latter’s activism as a Black Panther and Afrocentric scholar. Simultaneous eBook.
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Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
"From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators."
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Root magic
by Eden Royce
"It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about tobegin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations--especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs... and not a moment too soon"
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C is for country
by Lil Nas X
"An illustrated ABC book that makes children from all parts of America feel that they belong and can be their true selves"
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Baseball's leading lady : Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues
by Andrea Williams
A portrait of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s first and only woman reveals the indelible influence of Newark Eagles co-owner Effa Manley, a black woman business manager who led her team to win the pre-Integration 1946 Negro World Series. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Black girl unlimited : the remarkable story of a teenage wizard
by Echo Brown
A largely autobiographical story infused with magical realism follows the transcendent coming-of-age of a teen from the East Side who transitions from the world of her home to that of a privileged West Side school while navigating an ominous veil of depression. Simultaneous eBook.
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The finder library. Volume 1
by Carla Speed McNeil
Collects the first four story arcs of the Finder series, in which enigmatic hero Jaeger explores an Earth in the far future where wealthy and exclusive clans control the power of densely overpopulated city-states
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Gravity Falls
Twelve-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer in mysterious Gravity Falls with their great uncle Stan, who runs a tacky tourist trap
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The wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas
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Interview with the vampire : a novel
by Anne Rice
The vampire Lestat recounts his initiation into the world of the undead and his erotic, bloody escapades among the living in the first of the author's best-selling series of vampire novels. Reissue. Movie tie-in.
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The lovely bones : a novel
by Alice Sebold
The spirit of fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon describes her murder, her surprise at her new home in heaven, and her witness to her family's grief, efforts to find the killer, and attempts to come to terms with what has happened
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Night road
by Kristin Hannah
When stay-at-home mom Jude Farraday takes in Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, the girl becomes inseparable from Jude's teenage twins before a shattering accident that rips the family apart and sets the stage for a sobering confrontation years later. By the best-selling author of Winter Garden. Reprint.
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Me talk pretty one day
by David Sedaris
The bestselling author of Naked presents a savagely funny collection of stories, including pieces about his sojourn in Paris, as well as those that have been featured in The New Yorker, Esquire, and on National Public Radio. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
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The black friend : on being a better white person
by Frederick Joseph
Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans
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Death note
by Tsugumi Ohba
When high school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies, so Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil
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The heavenly table
by Donald Ray Pollock
In 1917, dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett, on the sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama, ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons until their lives violently collide in dark and horrific ways with those of Ohio farmer Ellsworth Fiddler. By the author of The Devil All the Time.
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The mercy of the tide : a novel
by Keith Rosson
Riptide, Oregon, 1983. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. But then strange things start happening--a human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the town's beaches. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their lives--leading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever.At the heart of the story are Sam Finster, a senior in high school mourning the death of his mother, and his sister Trina, a nine-year-old deaf girl who denies her grief by dreaming of a nuclear apocalypse as Cold War tensions rise. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dave Dobbs and Deputy Nick Hayslip must try to put their own sorrows aside to figure out who, or what, is wreaking havoc on their once-idyllic town
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La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra
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Full throttle : stories
by Joe Hill
The best-selling author of Strange Weather presents 13 short stories of supernatural suspense, including “Throttle,” co-written by Stephen King, in which a trucker is caught in a sinister dance with motorcycle outlaws in the Nevada desert. (story collections). Simultaneous.
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Arrival : Stories of Your Life Mti
by Ted Chiang
A collection of science fiction short stories, including "Story of Your Life," in which a linguist's insight into the language of alien lifeforms on Earth and its nonlinear structure help her deal with her divorce and death of her daughter
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Exhalation
by Ted Chiang
A collection of stories explores revelatory ideas and second chances in such tales as "In the Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," "Exhalation," and "The Lifecycle of Software Objects."
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Parable of the sower
by Octavia E Butler
"In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages."
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Parable of the talents
by Octavia E Butler
Laura Olamina's daughter, Larkin, describes the broken and alienated world of 2032, as war racks the North American continent and an ultra-conservative religious crusader becomes president
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How long 'til black future month?
by N. K Jemisin
Offers a collection of the author's short fiction, including "The City Born Great," where a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul
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The Legend of Korra : turf wars. Part one
by Michael Dante DiMartino
An official continuation of The Legend of Korra series finds Korra and Asami testing the strength of their newfound love and partnership when a pompous developer announces plans to turn the new spirit portal into an amusement park at the same time a triad realignment sparks violence at the city's borders, endangering hundreds of evacuees. Original.
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The legend of Korra : turf wars. Part two
by Michael Dante DiMartino
An official continuation of the Legend of Korra graphic novel series finds Triple Threats member Tokuga reinforcing his alliance with the duplicitous Wonyong, while Zhu Li launches a rival campaign opposite President Raiko and Korra struggles to remain neutral to fulfill her Avatar duties. Original.
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The legend of Korra : turf wars. Part three
by Michael Dante DiMartino
When Asami is kidnapped, Korra must make a deal with a dangerous foe to find her, while Tokuga unleashes his sinister plan on the inhabitants of Republic City
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Monstrous regiment
by Terry Pratchett
Running the family inn despite dwindling resources while her brother is away at war, Polly cuts off her hair to join the army and notices that her fellow recruits seem to be hiding secrets of their own
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The rope : a true story of murder, heroism, and the dawn of the NAACP
by Alex Tresniowski
The best-selling author of The Vendetta chronicles the 1910 Asbury Park murder of 10-year-old Marie Smith and a rookie detective’s investigation against a backdrop of Jim Crow violence and the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement. 75,000 first printing. Tour.
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Black buck
by Mateo Askaripour
An unambitious college graduate accepts a job at Sumwun, the hottest NYC startup, and reimagines himself as “Buck” a ruthless salesman and begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America’s sales force. 75,000 first printing.
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A House at the Bottom of a Lake
by Josh Malerman
Discovering an extraordinary house at the bottom of a lake in their Michigan community, two teens fall passionately in love while struggling to choose between the property’s ethereal freedoms and the safety of the world above. Original.
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Dear Miss Kopp
by Amy Stewart
While Constance pursues suspected German spies and Fleurette performs for the troops as America enters World War I, Army Signal Corps pigeon-project manager Norma investigates a theft of medical supplies to clear a field hospital nurse's name
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Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
A dual tale published to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks finds a young boy struggling to find his father and escape the World Trade Center in 2001, before a girl in battle-torn 2020 Afghanistan risks her life to help a wounded soldier. Simultaneous.
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One of the good ones : Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough?
by Maika Moulite
"When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered"
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Race Against Time : The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men by Sandra Neil WallaceIn October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved. Could he save the men's lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, award-winning nonfiction authors Sandra and Rich Wallace examine the complex proceedings and an unsung African American early civil rights hero.
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Something is killing the children. Volume one
by James Tynion
"When the children of Archer's Peak, a sleepy town in the heart of America, begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories, impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see"
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Paying the land
by Joe Sacco
"The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to "remove the Indian from the child"; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture-recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive"
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Unplugged
by Gordon Korman
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal
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The candy mafia
by Lavie Tidhar
Growing up in a city where candy is illegal and sugar is scandalous, 12-year-old detective Nelle Faulker takes the case of a candy gangster's missing teddy bear before her client's own disappearance leads Nelle to a shady underworld of sweets smuggling, back-alley deals and storefront firebombs
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This is your time
by Ruby Bridges
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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All Because You Matter
by Tami Charles
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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We Are the Supremes by Zoe TuckerThis inspiring picture book tells the story of the friendship between Flo, Mary, and Diana, and how by supporting each other they overcame hardship to become international superstars. It’s 1960, and Flo, Mary, and Diana are three friends with big ambitions. They want to be superstars! But 1960s America was not the easiest place for young black girls from the projects to make it big. They audition for the new Motown Records label, but the manager says NO. Not to be put off, the girls try again, and this time, they succeed. They become...The Supremes! They travel the world, singing hit after hit. Of course they have falling outs, like all friends do, but with a shared dream to keep their friendship strong, they became the USA’s most successful vocal group...
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Milo Imagines the World
by Matt de la Pen~a
The team behind the Newbery Medal-winning Last Stop on Market Street follows the experiences of a little boy who creatively imagines the stories of fellow passengers on a long subway ride. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The girl with the louding voice : a novel
by Abi Daré
"A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigeriangirl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"-the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can-in a whisper, in song, in broken English-until she is heard"--ǂcProvided by publisher
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Hamnet : a novel of the plague
by Maggie O'Farrell
"A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman--a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusualgifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague. A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent departure from one of our most gifted novelists"
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Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey
"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"
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