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• What's Mine and Yours

  a Novel

  Coster, Naima, 1986-

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  When a county initiative in the Piedmont of North Carolina forces the students at a mostly black public school on the east side to move across town to a nearly all-white high school on the west, the community rises in outrage. For two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Soul of a Woman

  on Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches

  Allende, Isabel,

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  The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.

• Infinite Country

  a Novel

  Engel, Patricia,

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  Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Broken Language

  a Memoir

  Hudes, Quiara Alegría,

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  Quiara was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced in her grandmother's tight North Philly kitchen. She was awed by her aunts and uncles and cousins, but haunted by the secrets of the family and the unspoken, untold…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Of Women and Salt

  Garcia, Gabriela, 1984-

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  In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ¡Hola Papi!

  How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

  Brammer, John Paul, 1991-

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  In ¡Hola Papi!, JP shares his story of growing up biracial and in the closet in America's heartland, while attempting to answer some of life's toughest questions: How do I let go of the past? How do I become the person I want to be? Is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Beautiful Ones

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail's most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina's chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife. But the Grand Season has just begun, and already Nina's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of the Land

  Hernandez Castillo, Marcelo, 1988-

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  The author recounts his and his encounters with a system that treats his family as criminals for seeking safe, ordinary lives. He writes of the Sunday afternoon when he opened the door to an ICE officer who had one hand on his holster, of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Poison

  How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise

  Porter, Eduardo,

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  A sweeping examination of how American racism has broken the country's social compact, eroded America's common goods, and damaged the lives of every American--and a heartfelt look at how these deep wounds might begin to heal.