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Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
2) I’m from
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English
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A poetic, heartwarming ode to the small, defining moments of a boy's life, by a brilliant new debut and a Caldecott Honoree. For fans of Last Stop on Market Street. Early morning wakeups and homemade pancakes, Raucous bus rides and schoolyard games, Family games and bedtime rituals These are the small moments that shape a child's day. I'm From is an invitation into the vivid world of one small boy, a poetic account of all the people and places...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2022]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: When happy things come to you, hold them close and never let go. From celebrated author of Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, fine artist Patrick Dougher, and photographer Jamel Shabazz, Hold Them Close is a picture book celebration of Black past, present, and future-a joyful love letter to Black children.
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Library Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Great Reads
National Book Award Winners and Finalists 2020
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Library Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Great Reads
National Book Award Winners and Finalists 2020
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"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--
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English
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKInstant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
"Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving." —Vogue"A novel of triumph." —The Washington Post "Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly." ...
"Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving." —Vogue
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: In this joyful exploration of the Black Lives Matter motto, a loving narrator relays to a young Black child the strength and resonance behind the words. In family life, through school and beyond, the refrains echo and gain in power, among vignettes of protests and scenes of ancestors creating music on djembe drums. With deeply saturated illustrations rendered in jewel tones, Maxine Beneba Clarke offers a gorgeous, moving, and...
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