Gage, Eleni N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.53 GAGE, Eleani GAGPappas, Alexi
Summary: "When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Consortium Book Sales & Dist 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 SIKHarjo, Joy
Summary: "Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her 'poet-warrior' road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Harjo listens to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018
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Summary: "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 FISDawson, Keila V.
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Beaming Books] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.896 DAWGrady, Cynthia
Summary: In 1942, children's librarian Clara Breed discovers that her young Japanese-American patrons are being relocated and gives them stamped and addressed postcards so they can write to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 GRAHarjo, Joy
Summary: Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, grounded...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2012