Hamilton, Virginia
Summary: "Rediscover America's most honored writer of children's literature in this deluxe collector's edition of her finest work: five classic novels about African American young people confronting the world and its many challenges. Playing out themes of memory, folklore, and tradition in enthralling, often wildly inventive stories, Virginia Hamilton transformed American children's literature in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMAndersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Summary: Presents 156 tales accompanied by the author's notes on the background of his stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press 1983
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPESummary: "A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and debut author William McCaskey. A girl who will go to any lengths to save her newborn brother. A woman who is stuck in a continuous loop, reliving her life after being murdered over and over again by the same man. Martyrs who make the ultimate sacrifice for humanity. In this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FANCapote, Truman
Summary: "In a small Southern town, a teenage girl anxiously waits for her date to arrive. A little boy meets his dream dog in Central Park. A woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover's eyes. Best friends discuss the theoretical murder of husbands. In these never-before-published stories, written by Truman Capote when he was in his teens and twenties, Capote-the-Writer is already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015