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Book
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Author
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Location
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Description
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The New Feminist Agenda
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Kunin, Madeleine M.
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306.36 KUN
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Former Vermont governor’s book focusing on women, work
and family.
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The Immortal Irishman
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Egan, Timothy
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92 MEA
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Irish immigrant to America takes a stand against
oppression in the 19th century.
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March: Book 1
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Lewis, John
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YA 92 LEW
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Graphic novel in a 3 part series tells the story of the
Civil Rights Movement.
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Spare Parts
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Davis, Joshua
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629.892 DAV
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Big-hearted,
true story of 4 Latino teenagers who grow up undocumented in Arizona and
participate in robotics championship.
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The Bridge to Brilliance
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Lopez, Nadia
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370.973
LOP
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Author starts school in Brooklyn to provide quality education to an
underserved population.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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Boo, Katherine
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305.5 BOO
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Families strive for a better life in India in an era of global change
and inequality, increasing tensions over religion, caste and sex.
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Nobody
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Hill, Marc Lamont
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306.097
HIL
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Journalist provides an analysis of race and class,
arguing that recent events demonstrate the existence of a group of people who
are exploited and marginalized.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
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Wilkerson, Isabel
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304.809
WIL
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Pulitzer-prize winning author chronicles the migration of
Southern blacks to northern cities.
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The Invisibles
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Holland, Jesse
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306.362
HOL
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The story of African American slaves in the White
House.
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The Jew Store
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Suberman, Stella
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92 SUB
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A Russian Jew immigrates to America and endures
prejudice and hardship when starting a business.
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Little Failure
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Shteyngart, Gary
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92 SHT
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Author shares American immigrant experience in hilarious
and poignant detail, focusing on his Russian family.
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Ten Thousand Sorrows
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Kim, Elizabeth
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92 KIM
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Story of Korean woman adopted by American family, who learns
to survive in her all-white community.
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Bettyville
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Hodgman, George
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92 HOD
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Adult son returns home to care for his aging mother and
also finds himself dealing with her refusal to accept him as a gay man.
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
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Hobbs, Jeff
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92 PEA
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Story of a black man who left Newark for the Ivy League
and the aftermath.
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Witness
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Hesse, Karen
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YA HES
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A young adult novel in verse about a small Vermont town
and the impact of the KKK.
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Eyes of the Emperor
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Salisbury, Graham
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YA SAL
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Young adult novel about Japanese American soldiers in
WWII sent on a secret mission during a time their loyalty is in question.
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The Round House
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Erdrich, Louise
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FIC ERD
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Tale of harsh realities of contemporary life where Ojibwe
and white live uneasily in a community together.
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We Are All Welcome Here
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Berg, Elizabeth
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FIC BER
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Racism and the trials of living as a disabled person are
themes in this story set in 1960s Mississippi.
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American Dervish
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Akhtar, Ayad
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FIC AKH
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Story shows the powerful forces at work on young men and
women growing up Muslim in US.
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Boy, Snow, Bird
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Oyeyemi, Helen
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FIC OYE
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A novel about “passing” as white, in a contemporary Snow
White, Rose Red.
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When the Emperor Was Divine
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Otsuka, Julie
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FIC OTS
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Story of Japanese Americans in internment camps during
WWII.
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Woodson, Jacqueline
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J 92 WOO
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Vermont Reads 2017 award-winning biography of young
black girl growing up in both North and South.
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Mudbound
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Jordan, Hillary
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FIC JOR
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Soldier returns home from fighting Nazis to face battles
against the bigotry of his own countrymen.
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The Invention of Wings
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Kidd, Sue Monk
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FIC KID
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Author weaves stories of an urban slave and the historic
figure Sarah Grimke to explore racism and sexism.
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The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
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Klaber, William
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FIC KLA
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Cross-dressing Civil war soldier Lucy Ann Lobdell is the
subject of this historical fiction that proves timely.
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