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Discover a new world or learn something new with these book recommendations. Here are the new books we think you’ll love.
The Bride of the Desert Trilogy
By Katrina Covington Whitmore
Daughter of Two Nations – Book One
Torn Loyalties – Book Two
The End is the Beginning – Book Three
An African Princess arrives in Palmyra in ancient Syria to marry the Heir to the most powerful family in the eastern Roman Empire. Before her marriage she lives with family members including her cousin, Zenobia who is destined to change the fate of the world and especially Palmyra known worldwide as the Bride of the Desert.
Ms. Thang Goes Back to School
By Barbara Miles
Ms. Thang’s decision to go back to school to substitute teach leads to being all dressed up while peeling potatoes, comparisons to a gorilla, a case of mistaken identity and a myriad of other adventures in this amusing, alarming and eye-opening revelation of today’s schools and the children that attend them.
Love Negotiations
By Katrina Covington Whitmore
Chelsea Norman-Smythe and Garrett Byrne meet to close a profitable business deal between their respective companies. Sparks fly from the moment their eyes meet. As their relationship grows so does the danger surrounding proposed changes in the original agreement… changes someone would go to any length to prevent.
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Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
by Alicia D. Williams, Illustrated by April Harrison
Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.
Simone Breaks All the Rules
by Debbie Rigaud
Simone Thibodeaux is about to switch things up.
Check her life: It’s sealed in a boy-proof container. Her Haitian immigrant parents send Simone to an all-girls high school and enforce strict no-dating rules. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: Her parents will select her date (a boy from a nice, Haitian immigrant family, obviously).
Simone is desperate to avoid the setup — especially since she has a serious crush on another boy. It’s time to take action. Simone and her fellow late-bloomer friends make a senior year bucket list of all the wild things they haven’t done yet. Like: going out dancing, skipping class (what), and oh yeah — deciding their own prom destinies.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church s double standards and their own needs and passions.
