Moustafa, Ibrahim

Summary: "From Eisner nominated writer/artist Ibrahim Moustafa comes a thrilling sci/fi reimagining of the greatest revenge story ever told, The Count of Monte Cristo! Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous rival and a corrupt magistrate, Redxan Samud escapes his hovering prison colony hell-bent on retribution. Give a map from his dying jail companion to the location of a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanoids Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MOU

Ibrahim, Maiya

Summary: When she learns that her brother is spreading the nation's secret spice magic to outsiders, sixteen-year-old Shield warrior Imani sets out on a dangerous mission to find him, discovering secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes--and in her own heart.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023

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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC IBR

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Verghese, Abraham

Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023

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Kendi, Ibram X.

Summary: Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, young Afro Indigenous girl Magnolia Flower sets off on a journey in her quest to be free and connect with others, proving how brave one can be when leading with one's heart.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Kendi

Abraham, Tola Rotimi

Summary: "Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, becomes drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a "sure bet" that evaporates...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABR

Hopkinson, Deborah.

Summary: In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOP