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461) Dreams on fire
Author
Publisher
West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With an incarcerated father and an estranged drug-addicted mother, Shanequa's dreams of higher education feel like a fantasy. When Shanequa gets the chance to attend a prestigious private prep school, she feels like her dreams might become reality. Shanequa finds it easier to lie to her new friends than tell them the truth about her family. When her lies are found out, and Shanequa strikes back in blind rage, her path changes forever." --
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1984, following her mother's suicide, 15-year-old Maya and her Sikh father travel to New Delhi from Canada to place her mother's ashes in their final resting place. On the night of their arrival, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated, Maya and her father are separated when the city erupts in chaos, and Maya must rely on Sandeep, a boy she has just met, for survival.
463) The lightning circle
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old Nora Nichols decides to escape her hometown and take a summer job as an arts and crafts counselor at an all-girls' camp in the mountains of West Virginia. There, she meets girls and women from all walks of life with their own heartaches and triumphs. But when a letter from home comes bearing unexpected news, Nora finds inner strength in her devastation with the healing power of female friendship....
464) The set-up
Author
Publisher
Korero Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Written in 1928, The Set-Up is a long narrative poem about the boxing underworld - a hard-boiled tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets. When the work was first published it made the Times bestseller list, and in 1949 it was turned into an award-winning film featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. This reprinting of the original, 1928 poem features dynamic, specially commissioned artwork by Erik Kriek that vividly conveys the story of an up-and-coming...
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