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Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent, terrible death. Minette Swift had been a fiercely individualistic scholarship student, an assertive—even prickly—personality, and one of the few black girls at an exclusive women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia. By contrast, Genna was a quiet, self-effacing teenager from a privileged upper-class home, self-consciously struggling to
...7) The outsider
8) Grant Park
9) To paradise
AAPI Fiction
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPL-ADULT)
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"A formidable and lasting contribution to American literature." —Chicago Tribune
Originally published in 1938, Uncle Tom's Children, a collection of novellas, was the first book from Richard Wright, who would go on to win international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the Black experience. The author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most notably the acclaimed novel Native Son and his stunning
...Abraham Lincoln Book Award 2021
Award Winning Adult Fiction
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16) The narrows
In this modern classic, "there's no way not to suffer. But you try all...