Whitehead, Colson
Summary: It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence, Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2023
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FIC WHIWhitehead, Colson
Summary: "It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown, furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WHIRhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
Summary: Eleven-year-old Bo is used to it being just her and her mom in their cozy New York apartment, but when her mom gets married, Bo must adjust to her new sisters and a music-minded blended family that is much larger, louder, and more complex than she ever imagined.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RHUSapphire
Summary: A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1996