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By Helen Perelman. 2016
In preparation for the upcoming Sugar Ball, all of the Candy Fairies are making fabulous new dresses to wear and…
candy treats to share. Cocoa wants to make her outfit extra special (to impress the Sugar Pops, her favorite boy-band) and so creates a magical chocolate wand to match her stunning new gown. But things go wrong when she loses her wand and it ends up in the wrong hands. Now Sugar Valley is a total chocolate mess! There are chocolate puddles everywhere and the spring candy crops are all smudged with chocolatey goo. Can Cocoa and her friends find the culprit and clean up the mess before the Sugar Ball is canceled?By Helen Perelman. 2012
When gooey butterscotch endangers the inhabitants of Sugar Valley, it’s up to the Candy Fairies to come up with a…
sweet treat of a solution!While putting the finishing touches on her special caramel chocolate candies, Melli finds a small bird, his feathers coated in sticky butterscotch syrup. She learns from Cocoa that there’s a deep crack in the butterscotch volcano in the Caramel Hills, and gooey butterscotch is spilling everywhere, trapping small animals and endangering the sweet environment. How will the Candy Fairies protect the animals and their yummy homes from this candy catastrophe? By using pink, chewy bubble gum to plug up the crack and save the day, of course! The entire Candy Kingdom discovers that working together always makes life sweeter...and safer.By Lyla Lee. 2020
Fresh Off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in the adorable chapter book series following Mindy Kim, a young Asian…
American Girl—in this fourth novel, Mindy runs for class president!It&’s time to pick a class president, and Mindy really wants to win—and she&’s basing her entire campaign on snacks and being kind, so how could she NOT be chosen?But there is one big thing that Mindy is not sure she can do—make a speech to her class about why she would be the best pick for president. Can Mindy face her fears and show the class—and herself—that she can be the best class president ever?When Heidi gets in some Christmastime trouble, it will take more than magic to restore the holiday spirit!Christmas is around…
the corner, and Heidi is very excited. She loves Christmas decorations, Christmas cookies, and, best of all, Christmas presents! But when she takes her mom’s special charm bracelet without asking—and then loses it—Heidi fears that her mom will be angry with her. And when she finally finds the bracelet, it has been totally crushed by a snowplow. Heidi tries to fix the broken bracelet with a spell, but that only makes things worse! Will Heidi have the courage to come clean and tell her mom the truth—and will there still be room for Christmas cheer?With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.By Helen Perelman. 2010
All the fairies expect to eat candy corn at the Harvest Festival, but the crop of candy corns is shrinking!…
Is someone playing a trick?Mellie the Caramel Fairy discovers that the Chuchies are back and have been digging in the fields, pulling up the candy corns before the fairies can collect them. Mellie makes sure the Chuchies learn a lesson while her friends help her to harvest a new crop of candy corn just in time for the festival.By Stacia Deutsch, Rhody Cohon. 2006
The Blast to the Past gang gets the chance to impact civil rights when they meet Dr. Martin Luther King,…
Jr., and give him their vote of confidence in this fourth book in the Blast to the Past series.It’s another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo—they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and to lead one of his famous voting rights marches. And they’ve got to do it with the twins’ baby brother, Gabe, in tow!This mission will be more challenging—and more surprising—than any that they’ve faced so far. Luckily, they’ll get some help from two very special people...By Barbara Rose Brooker. 2012
A funny, fearless, and inspiring novel about dating after the age of sixty.THE NOVEL THAT PROVES THERE&’S PLENTY OF LIFE—AND…
HOT SEX—AFTER SIXTY!Just because Anny Applebaum qualifies for a senior discount doesn&’t mean she&’s ready for retirement. But if she wants to keep her job at the San Francisco Times, she&’ll have to find a way to spice up her lifestyle column. Even if it means posting her profile as an eligible single on JDate .com. Sure, Anny&’s a little out of practice. She hasn&’t been with a man since she found Viagra in her ex-husband&’s suit pocket, and he wasn&’t taking it for her. But she&’s got her friends to help her fumble her way through the strange and intriguing world of online dating.After hearing cautionary tales from the trenches—about &“boomer oldies&” who drag around pictures of their dead wives and fixed-income misers who wine and dine their dates at chain restaurants—Anny is relieved to meet Marv Rothstein, a charming . . . 75-year-old diamond dealer. Unfortunately, he&’s also a Digital Age Don Juan who prowls singles sites for younger women. Not be outdated by this &“Serial JDater,&” Anny realizes Marv is the perfect subject for her flagging column and chronicles his sexcapades for the reading public. But when the new column becomes an overnight hit, Anny can&’t help but feel conflicted—because now she&’s having sex with Mr. X . . . and it&’s nothing less than extraordinary.By Claude McKay. 1928
Claude McKay’s 1928 novel, Home to Harlem, is one of the most important works of the Harlem Renaissance. With raw,…
unflinching candor, McKay explores race, identity, love, and loss and gives voice to the plight of young Black men during the Jazz Age. Jake Brown, a Black American soldier and a World War I deserter, returns to Harlem and struggles to find his place in a vibrant working-class community that’s rife with poverty, crime, and racism. He meets various characters, including a displaced Haitian intellectual, prostitutes, hustlers, and jazz musicians, and he experiences everything from love and joy to despair and violence.By Margaree King Mitchell. 1993
Coretta Scott King Award winnerA young girl&’s beloved uncle is a talented barber without a shop who never gives up…
on his dream in this richly illustrated, stirring picture book.Everyone has a favorite relative. For Sarah Jean, it&’s her Uncle Jed. Living in the segregated South of the 1920s, where most people are sharecroppers, Uncle Jed is the only black barber in the county and has to travel all over the county to cut his customers&’ hair.He lives for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But there are a lot of setbacks along the way. Will Uncle Jed ever be able to open a shiny new shop?By Alma Flor Ada. 1995
A third grader realizes the importance of her name in this classic story of heritage and self-identity.For María Isabel Salazar…
López, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "We already have two Marías in this class," says her teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?" But María Isabel has been named for her Papá's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way to make her teacher see that if she loses her name, she's lost the most important part of herself?By Rm Johnson. 2004
RM Johnson, the Essence bestselling author of Dating Games and The Harris Family, delivers an absorbing and provocative novel about…
the lowdown schemes and broken dreams that follow a fractured marriage.Successful business entrepreneur Nate Kenny is thrilled to marry the beautiful and intelligent Monica, chiefly because it means he can at last fulfill his lifelong dream of having a family. They wait to try for three years and when they finally do, the couple discovers that she is unable to bear children. Any love he once felt for Monica is gone and Nate wants out of the marriage. But he&’s worried about losing half of his sixty-million-dollar fortune in a divorce settlement. Desperate for an out, he searches for a way to exploit the infidelity clause in the couple&’s prenuptial agreement.Enter Lewis Waters. With his baby's mother addicted to drugs, Lewis is already seriously down on his luck when he accidentally smashes his car into Nate&’s Bentley. Without auto insurance or any way to pay for the repairs, Lewis is at the end of his financial rope. But the scheming Nate sees another way for the attractive young man to repay his debt: as sexual bait for Monica. Nate sets up Lewis with all of the accessories he believes Lewis will need to earn Monica's love, or at the very least, her lust: a big house, a fancy car, expensive clothes, and a full bank account. But as is often the case when it comes to matters of the heart, things don&’t unfold according to plan. When Monica falls hard for Lewis, Nate panics—was protecting his fortune more important than trying to save his marriage? As he finds himself overwhelmed by second thoughts, Nate is willing to do anything to get Monica back.An inspired fusion of realism and romance, The Million Dollar Divorce is an unpredictable caper of lust, betrayal, and family ties.By Ruchama Feuerman. 2013
National Jewish Book Award Finalist: A &“sophisticated and engaging&” novel of three innocents drawn into a criminal scheme in modern-day…
Jerusalem (The Wall Street Journal). Brokenhearted haberdasher Isaac Markowitz has fled the Lower East Side for Israel, where he now assists a renowned elderly rabbi who tends to the hungry and hopeless in his courtyard. Tamar is an American hipster-turned-observant Jew who has come to Jerusalem to find a devout man to spend her life with. And Mustafa, a devoted Muslim, works as a janitor at the Temple Mount, also known as al-Aqsa, a site holy to both faiths. After Mustafa finds a shard of pottery that may date back to the ancient era of the First Temple, he brings it to Isaac. But this simple act of friendship will lead Isaac into Israel&’s criminal underworld, put Mustafa in lethal danger, and send Tamar on a quest to save them both . . .This edition also includes &“The Rebbetzin&’s Courtyard,&” a short-story sequel to In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist. &“How do people get along when they have been taught they can&’t? . . . [A] lively, witty, and entertaining novel . . . hard to put down.&” —Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point and In The Gloaming &“Beautifully detailed and vivid . . . a delicate balance of courtship tale and thriller.&” —Dallas Morning News &“Confused about the background of the Gaza conflict? This vibrant evocation of modern Jerusalem may shed some light.&” —Daily Mail &“A story that is spiritually generous and astutely realistic about an Arab-Israeli and an Israeli-Jew, who may be the most unlikely pair of friends we&’ve seen in current fiction.&” —The Brooklyn Rail &“The best novel I&’ve read all year.&” —The Wall Street JournalBy C Pam Zhang. 2023
NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY,…
KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE!&“One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—San Francisco Chronicle"A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the face of adversity.&”—NPR, "Books We Love"&“It&’s rare to read anything that feels this unique.&” –GABRIELLE ZEVIN, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"Land of Milk and Honey is truly exceptional."–ROXANE GAY, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist&“A sharp, sensual piece of art.&”–RAVEN LEILANI, New York Times bestselling author of LusterThe award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world&’s troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef&’s boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate. Sensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in language as alluring as it is original, Land of Milk and Honey lays provocatively bare the ethics of seeking pleasure in a dying world. It is a daringly imaginative exploration of desire and deception, privilege and faith, and the roles we play to survive. Most of all, it is a love letter to food, to wild delight, and to the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite.By Edith Hope Fine, Judith Josephson. 2010
In Spanish. The story of a young Mexican boy living in a colonia (trash dump community) who takes the first…
steps toward realizing his dream of getting an education.Buh-beep! Buh-beep! A truck horn sounds through Armando's colonia, his neighborhood, near the city dump. Señor David is back, setting up school on a blue tarp spread on the ground. Oh how Armando longs to go to this school, but he knows he must help his father pick through trash in the dump for things his family can use, recycle, or sell. When Armando's parents decide at last to let him spend afternoons at Señor David's school, Armando is overjoyed. He'll learn to read and write. He'll learn numbers. Best of all, he'll draw pictures. And one momentous day Armando's love of drawing helps bring an almost unimaginable treasure to the children of the colonia. Translated from Armando and the Blue Tarp School, Armando y la escuala de lona azul is a testament to the pursuit of dreams and the power of one person to make a difference in the lives of others.By Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day, Peggy Ehrhart. 2022
Stocking stuffers like handknit scarves make the coziest of Christmas gifts—unless they&’re used as accessories for murder!CHRISTMAS SCARF MURDER by…
CARLENE O&’CONNOR When grinchy thefts steal the good cheer at a local nursing home, Siobhan O&’Sullivan manages to identify one missing item before Kilbane, Ireland&’s Christmas tractor parade—a hideous shamrock scarf wrapped around a very dead body. Now, with her holiday farmhouse bash approaching, Siobhan must dash to stop a deadly Secret Santa from gifting another unwanted surprise.SCARFED DOWN by MADDIE DAY It&’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas at Pans &‘N Pancakes, as twelve days of menu specials dazzle hungry locals. But the festivities go cold the instant a diner dies while knitting a brilliant green scarf. With Aunt Adele tied into a murder investigation, it&’s all on Robbie Jordan to find out who&’s really been naughty or nice in South Lick, Indiana. DEATH BY CHRISTMAS SCARF by PEGGY EHRHART Suspects pile up faster than New Jersey snow when frosty-tempered Carys Walnutt is found strangled by a handmade scarf auctioned at Arborville&’s tree-lighting ceremony. Between a winning bidder hiding behind the alias &“S. Claws&” and a victim who deserved coal in her stocking, can Pamela Paterson and the crafty Knit and Nibble ladies freeze a killer&’s merry murder plot?By Erick S. Gray. 2024
Veteran urban author Erick S. Gray weaves a tale of college students exploring love in relationships that are exciting but…
might end up being more dangerous than they realize. Nea and Amber are two college freshmen attending Clinton Hill University in South Carolina. The roommates come from different worlds: Nea is from Brooklyn, New York, and Amber is from a small town called Tyron, North Carolina. They build a friendship in the first semester of school but take different directions regarding love. Nea is coming off the death of her boyfriend, who was murdered before her eyes two weeks before her first day of classes. She meets Van, a wealthy white boy and talented painter who becomes enamored by her, and she becomes his muse. Nea believes it&’s love. However, everything isn&’t what it appears. Amber is engaged to Henry, her hometown boyfriend from high school. However, when she meets Homando, an African American student at her school, she begins to doubt her relationship. Homando is intelligent, charismatic, outgoing, and different from what she&’s used to—but he also sells drugs to support his way through school. The two create a bond, both sexual and mental, and she falls in love with Homando and becomes engrossed in his world. But some forces are against their interracial relationship and will stop at nothing to ruin Homando&’s future and end their sexual tryst by any means necessary. And then there&’s Tiffany, a rebellious student. Tiffany comes from a strict, religious family, and now that she is in college, her liberated, promiscuous side has come out to play. She begins a series of affairs, including one with her middle-aged professor. Tiffany juggles these three men in her life like she&’s in a carnival act, forgoing her family and spiritual relationships because she&’s having too much fun. But the same thing that makes you laugh will eventually make you cry.By Meera Sriram. 2024
A father and son share family stories through a spice box, handed down from generation to generation, in this tender…
picturebook.Rishi's grandma arrives from India today, and he longs to cook curry alongside his Dad using the delicious flavors from his family's spice box. But this spice box is more than just fragrant spices in shades of gold and ruby. This spice box holds memories that are passed down from one generation to the next, as each found their place in this wide world. When Rishi drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right.By Elwin Cotman. 2024
From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living…
while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an activist community. An aloof young man finds himself living through his lover&’s memories. And a day of LARPing takes a cosmic turn. In each of the seven stories in this collection, characters pursue their obsessions on paths to glory and destruction while around them their worlds twist and warp, oscillating between reality and impossibility. On display throughout is Cotman&’s ability to reveal truths about the human experience—about friendship, love, betrayal, bitterness—through whimsy, horror, and fantasy. Elegiac in tone, imaginative and humorous in their execution, the character-driven stories in Weird Black Girls challenge, incite, and entertain.By M. O. Yuksel. 2024
It&’s Eid al-Adha, and Sami wants to celebrate. But this year is different after his grandfather&’s passing. A touching picture…
book about kindness towards others.Sami worries that the Eid al-Adha carnival won&’t be as fun without Dede (his grandfather), who died recently. Sami&’s grandmother sends him one of Dede&’s ties, and Sami vows to never take it off. After going to the mosque for Eid prayer, Sami&’s family stop at the shelter where Baba and Anne volunteer. Can an unexpected encounter and a special gift help Sami change his mind about celebrating? The gift of giving and putting yourself in someone else's shoes shines through in this engaging, poignant holiday story.By Molly X. Chang. 2024
She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end…
a war . . . or ignite one? &“With hauntingly poetic prose, Molly X. Chang spins a tale at the intersection of science fiction, fantasy, and the very real devastation that colonialism brings down on colonized peoples.&”—Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron WidowHeroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen.Blessed by Death, born with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodies, Ruying shouldn&’t have to fear these foreign invaders, but she does. Especially because she wants to keep herself and her family safe.When Ruying&’s Gift is discovered by an enemy prince, he offers her an impossible deal: If she becomes his private assassin and eliminates his political rivals—whose deaths he swears would be for the good of both their worlds and would protect her people from further brutalization—her family will never starve or suffer harm again. But to accept this bargain, she must use the powers she has always feared, powers that will shave years off her own existence.Can Ruying trust this prince, whose promises of a better world make her heart ache and whose smiles make her pulse beat faster? Are the evils of this agreement really in the service of a much greater good? Or will she betray her entire nation by protecting those she loves the most?