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The first ladies2023
Summary: The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her... more »- place hold (4)
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The house of Lincoln : a novel2023
Summary: Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, thirteen-year-old Ana Ferreira lands a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hostess duties borne by the... more »- place hold (0)
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Hula : a novel2023
Summary: Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother... more »- place hold (0)
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The old lion : a novel of Theodore Roosevelt2023
Summary: From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, from the waning days of the rugged frontier of a young country to the emergence of a modern, industrial nation exerting its power on... more »- place hold (0)
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Coronation year : a novel2023
Summary: It is Coronation Year, 1953, and a new queen is about to be crowned. The people of London are in a mood to celebrate, none more so than the residents of the Blue Lion hotel. Edie Howard, owner and... more »- place hold (0)
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The trackers : a novel2023
Summary: Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he's landed a New Deal... more »- place hold (0)
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Where coyotes howl2023
Summary: 1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year's time she's fallen in love -- both with the... more »- place hold (0)
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The lost English girl2023
Summary: Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what's expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds... more »- place hold (0)
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Wandering souls : a novel2023
Summary: After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh, and Minh begin a perilous journey to Hong Kong with the promise that their parents and younger siblings will soon follow. But when... more »- place hold (0)
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Beyond that, the sea2023
Summary: As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make an impossible choice: they decide to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America. There,... more »- place hold (0)
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River spirit : a novel2023
Summary: This enchanting and eye-opening new novel from Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela follows an embattled young woman coming of age during the Mahdist War in nineteenth-century Sudan, and illuminates the... more »- place hold (0)
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Moonrise over New Jessup : a novel2023
Summary: It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the... more »- place hold (0)
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The librarian of burned books : a novel2023
Summary: Berlin 1933: Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture exchange program in Germany. For a... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickHello beautiful : a novel2023
Summary: William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a... more »BOOK
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Locations: Adult Fiction, New Adult Fiction, Hot Picks
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Staff PickThe lost apothecary2021
Summary: Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientèle. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells... more »- place hold (0)
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