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1) Pretty fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Five autobiographical vignettes tell the moving tale of Charlayne Woodard's African-American family through three generations.
2) Angel sister
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It is 1936 and Kate Merritt works hard to keep her family together. Her father slowly slips into alcoholism and his business suffers during the Great Depression. As her mother tries to come to grips with their situation and her sisters seem to remain blissfully oblivious to it, it is Kate who must shoulder the emotional load. Who could imagine that a dirty, abandoned little girl named Lorena Birdsong would be just what the Merritts need?
3) Eve's garden
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Eve's story evokes the power of childhood friendships and family ties, the prejudices that fester in the human heart, and the courage it takes to free ourselves from the past"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive. Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret. Unable to let go, Finn keeps vigil as they struggle to reclaim their shattered lives. Jack, her father, who seeks vengeance...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When some of his gerbils escape and he gets in trouble for not paying attention in class, fourth-grader Andy Russell worries about asking if a friend can move in with his family--especially when he learns that his mother is going to have another baby.
12) Cane River
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Follows four generations of African American women from slavery to the early twentieth century as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.
14) Walk two moons
Author
Pub. Date
pc1998.
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl wishing to be reunited with her missing mother entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's story of her disappearing mother and the lunatic.
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