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"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for...
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HighWater Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"On a visit to her granny, Maggie is excited to begin her first-ever beading project: a pair of strawberry earrings. However, beading is much harder than she expected! As they work side by side, Granny shares how beading helped her persevere and stay connected to her Anishinaabe culture when she lost her Indian status, forcing her out of her home community--all because she married someone without status, something the men of her community could do...
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Two Dollar Radio
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2020.
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Lambda Literary Award, Finalist / "A Best Book of 2020" —Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, CBC, Globe and Mail, Largehearted Boy.
"Stunning... Happiness, this beautiful book says, is the ultimate act of resistance." —Michelle Hart, O, The Oprah Magazine
The youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his personal history in a brilliant new essay collection seeking to reconcile the world he was born into with
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A fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Diaz found herself caught between extremes: as her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was surrounded by the love of her friends; as she longed for a family and home, she found instead a life upended by violence. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault...
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"A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling...
7) Lovely War
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2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates-- and the hearts-- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled...
8) Heart finds
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Eleven-year-old Mabel is a quiet loner who only feels like herself when she is extreme treasure hunting with her grampa, but when her friendships start to crumble and her grampa suffers a stroke, Mabel must learn to let go of the past and embrace the future.
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The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” “Try a Little Tenderness,” and “Respect,”...
Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” “Try a Little Tenderness,” and “Respect,”...
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2015.
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English
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"New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement. The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for over a decade by Ariel Castro, and their amazing escape in May 2013, which made headlines all over the...
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Kensington Publishing Corp
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[2019]
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English
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With the Harvest Health Fair in full swing, Marlee makes sure to stock up on elderberry products for cold and flu season. But this year there's also a run on mulberry when an eccentric customer wants to use the dried berries to ward off evil forces. True, it's almost Halloween, but something else seems to be spooking Leticia the Lake Lady, Oriole Point's oddest resident. She believes someone plans to kill her-and the ghost. Only mulberries can protect...
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Avon
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"Miss Linnet Berry Thrynne is a beauty. Naturally, she's betrothed to a beast ... Linnet has no idea of the danger posed to her heart by a man who may never love her in return. If she decides to be very wicked indeed, what price will she pay for taming his wild heart?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Inspired by the beloved, Emmy Award-winning TV show Ted Lasso, a collection of 50 recipes, DIY ideas, and other Easter eggs for anyone who believes that Football is Life! Keep calm and carry on, the Unofficial Ted Lasso Cookbook is here. Perfect for fans in need of sweet treats to numb the sting of defeat, or those who agree that tea tastes like hot brown water, this collection of recipes will warm your heart and fill your stomach. Featuring delicious...
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Guarnaschelli's recipe collection has been a constant companion throughout her career. Often a recipe will lead into something unexpected, starting out as a basic but morphing into something else, something that demands to be shared with others. From simple vinaigrettes and roast chicken to birthday cakes and cocktails, she's ready to share her recipes with a new generation.
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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After three decades together, R.E.M. says farewell to fans with a 40-track collection that spans their entire career. Included are such classics as Radio Free Europe; Losing My Religion; and Man on the Moon. The collection also includes three new tracks that the band finished after they completed recording their final album, Collapse Into Now.
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Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Join the Arithmechicks and Mouse as they head off to the wilderness! These chicks can't wait to hike up the ridge, find delicious berries, and, best of all, spend time with their duckling cousins! But the day is off to a bad start when one duckling accidentally leaves a beloved stuffed animal on the bus. How can these chicks (and Mouse) cheer up their cousin? Discover how an adventure with the Arithmechicks brings both humor and heart to the math...
20) Vesper flights
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"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...
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