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Sahara, a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who feels like an all-around failure, finds hope, answers, and unexpected redemption when she sets out to find the truth about The Unfortunates--the unlucky subset of black undergrads who have been mysteriously disappearing.
Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year at Elite University, she feels like a failure: her body is too curvy, her love life is nonexistent, her family is disappointed in...
2) Campusland
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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A tumultuous and often hilarious first novel about one year of insanity at the Ivy-like Devon University, a blissful bubble of elite students and the adults at their mercy. Eph Russell is an English professor up for tenure. He may look and sound privileged, but Eph is right out of gun-rack, Bible-thumping rural Alabama. His beloved Devon, though, has become a place of warring tribes, and there are landmines waiting for Eph that he is unequipped to...
3) Drumline
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English
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Halftime is party time for the gifted street drummer who snares the top spot in his university's marching band. However, he initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From the critically acclaimed author of Something to Talk About comes Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made, a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend's mom. When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school's Family Weekend, she isn't looking for a hookup-it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the...
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What do a cynical former Marine and a sheltered former Olympic contender have in common? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Greg has a girlfriend and Fiona's never been kissed. He's sullenly sarcastic and she's earnestly empathetic. He can't stop thinking about her. She knows she should keep her distance. Nevertheless, when opposites attract, the results may be unexpected, but they're also undeniably magnetic.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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780L
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A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths--that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy. Can she find a way to be herself, before her web of lies unravels?
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[2008]
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English
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When Playboy Bunny, Shelly, is tossed out of the Playboy Mansion, she has nowhere to go. She quickly falls in with the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. The members of the sorority, all seven of whom are socially inadept, are about to lose their house. The girls need a dose of what only the eternally bubbly Shelley can provide. Eventually, the girls, and Shelly, learn to stop pretending to be what they think others want them to be and start being...
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"Introducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola's dazzling debut novel, full of passion, humor, and heart, that centers on a young Black British woman who has no interest in love and unexpectedly finds herself caught up in a fake relationship with the man she warned her girls about Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together... Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake....
10) Back to school
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English
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When college student Jason Melon decides to drop out of school, his dad drops in. And both learn more about studying and partying than they ever thought possible in this madcap campus comedy.
12) Shithouse
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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A homesick college freshman goes to a party at legendary frat Shithouse and ends up spending the night with his sophomore RA who's had a shitty day and wants someone to hang out with. After having that moment, she ignores him completely, and he decides to pull out all the stops in order to rekindle their connection.
13) Educating Rita
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Rita, a young working-class woman, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British University to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser as well as a confining existence at home. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life.
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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In this season, Charles takes on the role of live-in helper for a new family, the Powells. With the misguided help of his best friend, Buddy, Charles tries to remain cool while juggling his social life, attending college and keeping up with the Powell kids. Adding to the chaos, Charles' free-spirited mom, Lillian, moves into town and buys his favorite hangout spot, Sid's Pizza Parlor.
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Adam is a typical college-aged guy, which is to say he wants sex 24 hours a day. But when he meets, and falls for, Eve a very hot co-ed who happens to still be very attached to her virginity, Adam has to wait and see if they will get it on. While his college buddies score right and left, and campus hotties make very tempting passes towards Adam. Now Adam has to ponder an explosive question: Will Eve say she is ready before he goes completely out of...
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