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Adult Fiction
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Georgie, All Along
Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. When an unexpected upheaval sends her away from her hectic job in L.A. and back to her hometown, Georgie must confront an uncomfortable truth.
Phaedra
Laura Shepperson
Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daughter of an adulteress, sister of a monster, and now unwilling bride to the much-older, power-hungry Theseus. Young, n̐ave, and idealistic, she has accepted her lot in life under the weight of Theseus’s control and the constant watchful eye of her stepson Hippolytus.
Adult Non-fiction
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he’s sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him—most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear.
Subjects: Race relations, Race discrimination, African Americans
Page count: 152
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Bossypants
Tina Fey
From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.
Subjects: Women comedians, Television personalities, American wit and humor
Page count: 277
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YA Books
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These Hollow Vows
Lexi Ryan
Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she’ll do whatever it takes to get her back.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Secrecy, Sisters
Page count: 442
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If You Could Be Mine
Sara Farizan
In Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeen-year-olds Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin’s parents announce their daughter’s arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
Subjects: Lesbians, Romance, Best friends
Page Count: 256
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Children Books
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Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School
Herman Parish
A literal-minded first-grader’s first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight
Page count: Unavailable
Lexile: 470
AR/ATOS: 2.2
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Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School
Kevin Henkes
A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.
Page count: 29
Lexile: 480
AR/ATOS: 2.7
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New Kid
Jerry Craft
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
Page count: 256
Lexile: 320
AR/ATOS: 2.9
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