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My Chocolate Year: A Novel with 12 Recipes
By Charlotte Herman. 2008
Dorrie Meyers is starting fifth grade, the year of the Sweet Semester baking and essay contest at school. Dorrie is…
determined to win, but her cakes fall flat, her cookies look like pancakes, and she learns the hard way that chocolate-covered gum is NOT a good idea. Then Dorrie meets her cousin Victor for the first time. Victor is an immigrant from Europe, and he is about to teach Dorrie that a loving family and a safe homeland are the sweetest things of all. With some top-secret tips from Victor's family's bakery and a big slice of confidence, Dorrie Meyers might just have the yummiest year of her life.Possessing the Secret of Joy (The Color Purple Collection #3)
By Alice Walker. 1992
A woman must come to terms with the circumcision she endured as a child in AfricaIn Tashi's tribe, the Olinka,…
young girls undergo circumcision as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi's inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she's been burdened over the years.In Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker exposes the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation in an unforgettable, moving novel.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author's personal collection.Harbor Me
By Jacqueline Woodson. 2018
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award…
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives. A New York Times BestsellerFrom Everlasting to Everlasting
By Sophie Freeman. 1989
As a young Mormon girl of fifteen, Ellen Randall has little conception of the trouble she and her fellow Mormons…
will face when they set out with a wagon train bound for Utah. This historical novel follows real life events. The Mormon wagon train held hope and dreams for the travelers, Mormon settlers who had given up everything to make their home in Utah. Ellen Randall is orphaned at an early age and adopted by Elder Zachary and his wife, Sara. Ellen matures from child to adult as she sees and experiences the trials, tribulations, and hardships the Mormons experience as members of a persecuted religion. The journey, full of hope and promise, turns into a nightmare as the travelers face the unexpected. Weariness, and heartache confront them on the long trek to their new homeland. As the journey lengthens, Ellen begins to realize the heavy toll that the hardships have exerted. It has not been easy. The journey has been fraught with shortages of food and water, threats of attack by hostile raiders, and persecution by people unwilling to accept their religious practices and beliefs. But these early Mormons were strong, persistent people, moving towards a way of life that they firmly believe in. The settlers would not be denied their hopes and dreams as the wagon train pushed on. They were determined to build their Zion in Utah, and they succeeded.The Faithful: A Novel of the 2008 Campaign
By Carla Dickens. 2008
The "Faithful" of Carla Dickens's novel are a vibrant cadre of volunteers devoted to the most charismatic presidential candidate in…
fifty years. Drawn from today's newspaper headlines and political blogs, The Faithful follows a cast of young, smart, beautiful and driven men and women shepherding their candidate through the turbulent waters of the Democratic presidential campaign of 2008. Originally serialized on the E-Reads website.Queen of Bones (A Havana Mystery #2)
By Teresa Dovalpage. 2019
Set between Cubas twenty years apart, Havana native Teresa Dovalpage’s new murder mystery explores lingering grudges between old friends and…
lovers separated by Castro's final sanctioned raft exodus. Juan, a Cuban construction worker who has settled in Albuquerque, returns to Havana for the first time since fleeing Cuba by raft twenty years ago. He is traveling with his American wife, Sharon, and hopes to reconnect with Victor, his best friend from college—and, unbeknownst to Sharon, he also hopes to discover what has become of two ex-girlfriends, Elsa and Rosita. Juan is surprised to learn that Victor has become Victoria and runs a popular drag show at the local hot spot Café Arabia. Elsa has married a wealthy foreigner, and Rosita, still single, works at the Havana cemetery. When one of these women turns up dead, it will cost Padrino, a Santería priest and former detective on the Havana police force, more than he expects to untangle the group’s lies and hunt down the killer.Color outside the Lines: Stories about Love
By Eric Smith, Adam Silvera, Samira Ahmed, Anna-Marie McLemore. 2019
Echoes of the White Giraffe
By Sook Nyul Choi. 1993
The Broken Lands
By Kate Milford, Andrea Offermann. 2012
A crossroads can be a place of great power. So begins this deliciously spine-tingling prequel to Kate Milford's The Boneshaker,…
set in the colorful world of nineteenth-century Coney Island and New York City. Few crossroads compare to the one being formed by the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River, and as the bridge's construction progresses, forces of unimaginable evil seek to bend that power to their advantage. Only two orphans with unusual skills stand in their way. Can the teenagers Sam, a card sharp, and Jin, a fireworks expert, stop them before it's too late? Here is a richly textured, slow-burning thriller about friendship, courage, and the age-old fight between good and evil.Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox #3)
By Julie Kagawa. 2020
All is lost.To save everyone she loves from imminent death, kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko gave up the final piece of the…
Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must make one desperate final effort to stop the Master of Demons from using the scroll to call the Great Kami Dragon and make the wish that will plunge the empire into chaos.Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil—the demon inside him, Hakaimono. They will share his body and work with Yumeko to stop a madman, and to separate Hakaimono from Tatsumi and the cursed sword that trapped the demon for nearly a millennium.But even with their combined skills and powers, this unlikely team of heroes knows the forces of evil may be impossible to overcome. And there is another player in the battle for the scroll, a player who has been watching, waiting for the right moment to pull strings that no one even realized existed…until now.Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
By Imbolo Mbue. 2016
A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream--the unforgettable story of…
a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty--and Jende is eager to please. Clark's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future. However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende's job--even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice. A New York Times BestsellerTriste domingo / Beber un cáliz
By Ricardo Garibay. 2020
«Beber un cáliz y Triste domingo son libros disímiles en su género y presentación, pero ambos guardan los secretos esenciales…
de este escritor hidalguense, sin el cual no podríamos comprender la riqueza de la narrativa mexicana del siglo XX.» Del prólogo de Sandro Cohen Muchas son las virtudes de la prosa de Ricardo Garibay. Este «artesano riguroso de la palabra», como diría Adolfo Castañón, ha sido elogiado por su célebre oído literario, alejado del canon, así como por su destreza para construir personajes. En Triste domingo traza un triángulo amoroso entre Alejandra y dos hombres aparentemente opuestos: Fabián, un joven escritor en ciernes, de una intensa candidez; y Salazar, quien todo lo sabe y lo ha vivido, y aparenta tener el caos bajo control. Beber un cáliz, de corte autobiográfico, constituye la crónica de cómo vivió la agonía de su padre: el desmoronamiento frente al que experimenta su dolor y contradicciones. Dos temas universales, el amor y el padre, con los que sólo puede atreverse un autor con la experiencia narrativa de Garibay.Mad Love
By Suzanne Selfors. 2011
When you're the daughter of the bestselling Queen of Romance, life should be pretty good. But 16-year-old Alice Amorous has…
been living a lie ever since her mother was secretly hospitalized for mental illness. After putting on a brave front for months, time is running out. The next book is overdue, and the Queen can't write it. Alice needs a story for her mother-and she needs one fast. That's when she meets Errol, a strange boy who claims to be Cupid, who insists that Alice write about the greatest love story in history: his tragic relationship with Psyche. As Alice begins to hear Errol's voice in her head and see things she can't explain, she must face the truth-that she's either inherited her mother's madness, or Errol is for real.Martes de carnaval
By Ramón del Valle-Inclán. 2020
Una crítica al sistema a través de la exposición clara de la hipocresía social. Martes de Carnaval es una trilogía…
donde Valle-Inclán desarrolla la estética del esperpento, en la que critica el sistema de la sociedad basado en la honra. En la primera de las obras podemos leer el desmoronamiento del honor familiar a través de unos personajes y situaciones que nos recuerdan a las de Don Juan Tenorio. Durante la segunda, se desarrolla grotescamente la deformación de los personajes en un intento por defender la honra de una mujer adúltera por encima de su propia vida. Además también nos encontramos con una protagonista sanguinaria que goza del sufrimiento y la humillación que provoca la deshonra. Y por último, en la tercera obra hace una crítica clara a la institución militar, en la que tratan de mantener a salvo la honra pública de una familia y la institución a través de distintos hechos deshonrosos.A Time to Dance
By Padma Venkatraman. 2014
Padma Venkatraman's inspiring story of a young girl's struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told…
lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance--so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who's grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.Confesiones de un artista ensangrentado
By Canek Sánchez Guevara. 2020
Este relato no es sólo la confesión de un asesino, sino la justificación estética y filosófica de por qué el…
asesinato no sólo puede ser un arte, sino también un oficio. «Sangre. Mi primer encuentro con ella, siendo infante, fue un día de pelota. Era mi turno al bate, con cinco años, y le arruiné por error el rostro al receptor [...]. Se hizo un silencio esponjoso, de refresquito en polvo, y el brote de hemoglobina cautivó mis sentidos.» Este pequeño incidente durante la infancia de un niño determinó el destino de un hombre, un asesino que encontró en el arte de matar la justificación de un modo de vivir, expresarse y alimentarse. El relato descuartiza y cataloga uno a uno los argumentos de sus actos con precisión cirujana pudiendo llegar a crear un impresionante sentimiento de empatía con el autor de los crímenes.Ava en la noche
By Manuel Vicent. 2020
La nueva novela de Manuel Vicent: una historia de noches brillantes de cine y glamour a las que siguen los…
días grises de la dictadura franquista. «Perseguía dos sombras: la de Ava Gardner y la del asesino José María Jarabo. La búsqueda de la belleza inasequible abrazada a la maldad.» David, un joven que ha pasado los primeros años de su vida respirando el aire del Mediterráneo, abandona su ciudad para establecerse en Madrid y cumplir un sueño: conocer a Ava Gardner y convertirse en director de cine. A su llegada se presenta en la Escuela de Cinematografía decidido a pasar las pruebas de acceso. Son los primeros años sesenta y en España todo un mundo relacionado con el arte, el cine y la literatura disfruta noches llenas de glamour, divertidas y extraordinariamente libres. Noches de cine a las que siguen días en que la realidad del país se ahoga cubierta por la pátina oscura y represiva de la dictadura franquista. Ficción y realidad se entrecruzan en esta novela ambientada en la reciente historia de España. Con su maestría habitual, Manuel Vicent retrata en Ava en la noche la inestable frontera entre un tiempo oscuro y en declive y otro que, con los primeros vientos de cambio, ya empieza a asomar en el horizonte. La crítica ha dicho:«Dispara con balas elegantes.»F. L. del Pino Olmedo, Qué leer «Su gusto por el detalle no disminuye la contundencia gráfica. Cuando Vicent habla de algo lo ofrece abierto en la mesa de quirófano.»David Trueba, Babelia «Manuel Vicent es un ameno cronista y un fino retratista.»Iñaki Ezquerra, El Correo Español «Manuel Vicent es la alegría contagiosa de tener algo que contar y contarlo magistralmente.»Justo Navarro, El País «Vicent cuenta todo lo que sabíamos y algunas cosas más con exquisita elegancia, no exenta de virulencia poética cuando hace falta...»J. J. Armas Marcelo, ABC Cultural «Manuel Vicent se apodera de la realidad evocada y la vuelve vívida y candente. Se saborea, se palpa, se huele, se ve, se oye la ciudad, el campo, el mar. Todos los sentidos colaboran en esta escritura brillante, potente, feliz, habitada por la gracia suprema del gran estilista...»Miguel García-Posada, El País «Tiene el don de utilizar el lenguaje como una red marinera donde atrapa sensaciones olfativas y visuales, táctiles y gustativas, con las que elabora una escritura carnosa y sensorial.»Domingo Ródenas de Moya, El Periódico de Catalunya (sobre La regata)Night of power /: A Novel
By Anar Ali. 2019
As the heir to a successful business empire in Uganda, Mansoor Visram had everything a man could want: money, power,…
influence, a beautiful wife, and a baby son. But when Idi Amin's regime begins its crackdown on its South Asian population, Mansoor and his family are forced to flee, leaving behind everything. As refugees, they arrive in Canada, settling in Calgary, but the strain of what the family has been through begins to show. Years later, Mansoor's son, Ashif, is a rising star in a multinational firm. He has spent years distancing himself from his overbearing father but finds himself continuously drawn back to the family he left behind. Now, his father claims he has a plan for a dry cleaning franchise that will raise the Visrams back into their old position of prominence. But after so many failed attempts to succeed, one more pipe dream may be too many for the family to bear. 2019.A Delhi obsession /: A Novel
By M. G. Vassanji. 2019
Munir Khan, a recent widower from Toronto, on a whim decides to visit Delhi, his ancestral city. Born in Kenya,…
he has lost all family connections, and has never visited India before. While he's sitting in the bar of the club where he is staying, an attractive woman takes a chair at his table to await her husband. A sparring match ensues. The two are from different worlds: Munir is a westernized agnostic of Muslim origin, ignorant about India; Mohini, a modern Hindu woman and daughter of "Partition" refugees, whose family bears resentment towards Muslims. She's religiously traditional, but also a liberal and provocative newspaper columnist--and utterly witty and charming. Against her better judgement, Mohini agrees to show Munir around Delhi. As they explore the thriving markets and historical buildings of Delhi, an inexplicable attraction begins. What follows is a passionate love affair--uncontrollable yet impossible. This is a period of rising Hindu nationalism in modern India that at times manifests itself in vigilante violence. Constantly lurking at Munir's club is the menacing presence of a group of arch conservatives, self-styled protectors of Hindu women and cows. To them Munir Khan is simply a Muslim "love-jihadi" who has led the pride of Hindu womanhood, Mohini Singh, astray. Munir and Mohini must contend with the cost of their passion. 2019.American Dervish: A Novel
By Ayad Akhtar. 2012
From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling…
with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes. American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.