Daughters of Jubilation

Daughters of Jubilation

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  • Author: Kara Lee Corthron
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1481459511
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 370

From the award-winning author of The Truth of Right Now comes a “lyrical” (PopSugar), grounded fantasy in the vein of Dread Nation that follows a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities. In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie’s magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation—a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. And as Evvie’s talents waken, something dark comes loose and threatens to resurface… ​And when the demons of Evvie’s past finally shake free, she must embrace her mighty lineage, and summon the power that lies within her.


The Truth of Right Now

The Truth of Right Now

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  • Author: Kara Lee Corthron
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1481459473
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

"A heart-wrenching debut novel about relationships in its many forms--families, friendships, romance--and how Lily and Dari, coming from different backgrounds and different worlds, strive to find a connection through their differences as they fight against their own individual pasts"--


Smash It!

Smash It!

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  • Author: Francina Simone
  • Publisher: Harlequin
  • ISBN: 1488069395
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 299

Refreshingly authentic and bold… Don’t miss this smashing novel from Francina Simone, filled with heart, humor and a heroine to root for! Olivia “Liv” James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does… After Liv shows up to a Halloween party in khaki shorts—why, God, why?—she decides to set aside her wack AF ways. She makes a list—a F*ck-It list. 1. Be bold—do the thing that scares me. 2. Learn to take a compliment. 3. Stand out instead of back. She kicks it off by trying out for the school musical, saying yes to a date and making new friends. Life is great when you stop punking yourself! However, with change comes a lot of missteps, and being bold means following her heart. So what happens when Liv’s heart is interested in three different guys—and two of them are her best friends? What is she supposed to do when she gets dumped by a guy she’s not even dating? How does one Smash It! after the humiliation of being friend-zoned? In Liv’s own words, “F*ck it. What’s the worst that can happen?” A lot, apparently. #SMASHIT “Smash It! smashed it."—New York Times bestselling author Christine Riccio


Mirror Girls

Mirror Girls

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  • Author: Kelly McWilliams
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN: 0759553858
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 255

A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation in rural Georgia. Magnolia knows nothing of her racial heritage, but secrets are hard to keep in a town haunted by the ghosts of its slave-holding past. When Magnolia finally learns the truth, her reflection mysteriously disappears from mirrors—the sign of a terrible curse. Meanwhile, in Harlem, Charlie's beloved grandmother falls ill. Her final wish is to be buried back home in Georgia—and, unbeknownst to Charlie, to see her long-lost granddaughter, Magnolia Heathwood, one last time. So Charlie travels into the Deep South, confronting the land of her worst nightmares—and Jim Crow segregation. The sisters reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Georgia, where ghosts linger centuries after their time and dangers lurk behind every mirror. They couldn’t be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break the mirrors’ deadly curse—and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land.


Daughter of Xanadu

Daughter of Xanadu

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  • Author: Dori Jones Yang
  • Publisher: Delacorte Press
  • ISBN: 0375897275
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 354

Athletic and strong willed, Princess Emmajin's determined to do what no woman has done before: become a warrior in the army of her grandfather, the Great Khan Khubilai. In the Mongol world the only way to achieve respect is to show bravery and win glory on the battlefield. The last thing she wants is the distraction of the foreigner Marco Polo, who challenges her beliefs in the gardens of Xanadu. Marco has no skills in the "manly arts" of the Mongols: horse racing, archery, and wrestling. Still, he charms the Khan with his wit and story-telling. Emmajin sees a different Marco as they travel across 13th-century China, hunting 'dragons' and fighting elephant-back warriors. Now she faces a different battle as she struggles with her attraction towards Marco and her incredible goal of winning fame as a soldier.


Holly Down in Heaven

Holly Down in Heaven

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  • Author: Kara Lee Corthron
  • Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
  • ISBN: 9780573701979
  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 81

Holly collects dolls. Holly is a born-again Christian. Holly is a fifteen-year-old, brainy, outspoken, spoiled, tyrannical brat. She's also pregnant. During her nine-month odyssey, she must find a way to move forward with the new life she's landed in or remain forever hidden in her own special heaven...of talking dolls. A dark comedy about navigating the treacherous terrain from child to adult.


The "Epic of AQHT" and the "RPUM Texts"

The

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  • Author: Elana Ashley
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Aghat epic
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 992


Daughters of Rizpah

Daughters of Rizpah

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  • Author: Sharon A. Buttry
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 153269931X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 156

Trauma recovery and healing get a lot of attention these days, but in situations of war and violence trauma is also a social experience set within the larger conflict context. The authors examine an ancient biblical story full of violence and trauma that makes most readers turn the page quickly. The reader is invited instead to sit with the story, listen to the voices of the characters, and feel the full range of their emotions. There is much to be learned through the story that offers insight for trauma healing and reconciliation, and motivation for deep and abiding social change. The biblical story becomes a doorway into a journey of discovery about traumatized people, specifically women, who choose not to remain as victims. Instead, they rise up in transformative nonviolent action. The authors lift up the Rizpah story and contemporary stories of “Daughters of Rizpah” from around the world to inspire hope amid the traumatizing turmoil of the twenty-first century.


Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and Daughters

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  • Author: Alberto Manguel
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
  • ISBN: 9780811816298
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 366

Turning his inspired anthologizing skills to a subject all readers can relate to, celebrated writer and editor Alberto Manguel offers an exceptional collection of complete short stories about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Contributors include Dorothy Allison, Daphne du Maurier, Carson McCullers, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton, Janet Frame, and others.


Male Daughters, Female Husbands

Male Daughters, Female Husbands

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  • Author: Professor Ifi Amadiume
  • Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
  • ISBN: 1783603348
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim. This compelling and highly original book frees the subject position of 'husband' from its affiliation with men, and goes on to do the same for other masculine attributes, dislocating sex, gender and sexual orientation. Boldly arguing that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference, Male Daughters, Female Husbands examines the structures in African society that enabled people to achieve power, showing that roles were not rigidly masculinized nor feminized. At a time when gender and queer theory are viewed by some as being stuck in an identity-politics rut, this outstanding study not only warns against the danger of projecting a very specific, Western notion of difference onto other cultures, but calls us to question the very concept of gender itself.