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Author
Series
Handmaid's tale volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child. Stripped of her most basic freedoms, (work, property, her own name), Offred remembers a different time, not so long ago, when she was valuable for more than her viable ovaries, when she was mother to a daughter she could keep, and when she and her husband lived and loved as equals. Darkly prescient, scathingly...
2) Bingo love
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel introduction to the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman depicts her escape from slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and her life-risking dedication to helping runaway slaves find freedom north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record.
8) Bubble
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the podcast of the same name and set in the fictional city of Fairhaven, follow the human Morgan as she grows her occasional recreational killing of Imps into a full-time job within her employer's new gig economy called Huntr, taking on monsters, Brush-turned citizens and all manner of mutants from the surrounding alien wilderness known as the Brush.
Author
Publisher
Clover Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whether you already love the book or are experiencing it for the first time, we've got you covered. It's all here, the roaring '20s in all its glory --the decadent parties, the gangsters, the car crashes, the love triangle, and so much more.
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