Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZOBZoboi, Ibi
Summary: When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZOBZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: "A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews! A New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year American Street is an evocative and powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZOBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOBLovenheim, Peter.
Summary: Peter Lovenheim has lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, New York, most of his life. But it was only after a brutal murder-suicide rocked the community that he was struck by a fact of modern life in this comfortable enclave: No one really knew anyone else. This begins Peter's search to meet and get to know his neighbors. Being inquisitive, he does more than just introduce himself. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3 LOVMcDonell, Nick
Summary: "A bold and moving exploration of the American elite that exposes how the ruling class-even when well-intentioned-perpetuates cycles of wealth, power, and injustice Growing up on New York City's Upper East Side, Nick McDonell was surrounded by luxury-sailing lessons in the Hamptons, school galas at the Met, and holidays on private jets. It was this rarified life that he explored in his early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MCDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MCDVan Alst, Theodore C.
Summary: "Growing up in a gang in the city can be dark. Growing up Native American in a gang in Chicago is a whole different story. This book takes a trip through that unexplored part of Indian Country, an intense journey that is full of surprises, shining a light on the interior lives of people whose intellectual and emotional concerns are often overlooked. This dark, compelling, occasionally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANMyint, Anthony.
Summary: Presents a collection of recipes from the popular restaurant, along with a history of how it was set up, anecdotes about the chefs and staff, and illustrations of the techniques used to prepare certain dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McSweeney's Insatiables 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 MYISummary: 1864: As war ravages the nation, on the outskirts of the Civil War, it is business as usual for slave-owners and traders. Will is a fatherless thirteen-year-old boy who survives by working with a white bounty hunter gang. They send him to earn the trust of runaway slaves in order to lure them back to the south. On a dangerous mission into the free north to find Nate, a fugitive freedman, things...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RETChin, Ava
Summary: "Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history--and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and present. Chin's ancestors became lovers, classmates, sworn enemies, and, eventually, through her birth, kin--all while converging at a single Chinatown...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHIN, AVA CHISachs, Dana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 SACArce, Julissa
Summary: "For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCE, JULISSA ARCHarrison, Carlos.
Summary: Tells the unforgettable story of patriotism about twenty-two Mexican American families who lived on one street in a small Illinois railroad town that sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea--more than any other place that size in the country. Eight of those children died. Based on interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers it is the compelling account of a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.868 HARCampbell, Andy
Summary: "After the 2016 election, Americans witnessed a frightening trend: the sudden rise of a host of new extremist groups around the country. Empowered by a new president, they started showing up at political rallies, building fervent online presences, and expanding at an alarming rate. Amid all this, one group seemed to show up in the news constantly, creating a reputation for its bizarre behavior...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 CAMGray, Mary L. (Mary Lackritz)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 GRADunitz, Robin J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RJD Enterprises 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 DUNDickos, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4365 DICSummary: Celebrate African American history with this historic collection of stories. Collection includes: Rosa ; Henry's freedom box ; Lincoln and Douglass ; and, Ellington was not a street. Bonus interview with Nikki Giovanni. Bonus interview with Ellen Levine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: While more and more people each day become aware of the dangerous world of human trafficking, many people in the U.S. believe this is something that happens to foreign women men and children not something that happens to their own children and neighbors. They couldn't be more wrong. --publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ampelon Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FLOScheer, Robert.
Summary: Robert Scheer, who has been covering power and corruption for two decades as a reporter and columnist for the "Los Angeles Times" and as a founder of "Truthdig", argues that there is nothing murky or even surprising about the banking meltdown of 2008. He shows that this fiasco could have been anticipated and that there are culprits responsible that should be named and who continue to wield...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 SCHHenriques, Diana B.
Summary: "Taming the Street tells the epic story of the FDR's battle to regulate Wall Street for the very first time in the wake of the Crash of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Deeply reported and vividly told, it provides a trip back to a time when the power of concentrated wealth in America arguably exceeded that of the federal government. Roosevelt's campaign to curb the excesses of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: "Writer Ted Fox and artist James Otis Smith bring to life Harlem's legendary theater in this graphic novel adaptation of Fox's definitive, critically acclaimed history of the Apollo. Since its inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and the thousands of entertainers who performed there, have led the way in the presentation of swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 792.09 FOXSutherland, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerHouse Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 SUTBurgess, Matt
Summary: Dreading the prison release of his violent older brother, who blames him for his imprisonment and for stealing his pregnant girlfriend, young drug dealer Alfredo struggles with cultural clashes in Queens while planning to steal a pit bull for a homecoming dogfight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURJuwayriyah, Umm.
Summary: Iman Johnson, an Muslim American left home a decade ago as a teenager to follow a street hustler who promised her the world. When that world became too much to endure, she returned to her mother's doorstep in Pittsburgh seeking refuge. Will her Muslim family and community welcome her back, or has too much time and too many secrets built up between them? Iman must find the strength to face her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: As Sabr Publications 2017