Small Great Things Jodi Picoult Ballantine Books October 11, 2016 Fiction - Contemporary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Three different people. Three different backgrounds. Three different views. Turk Bauer is excited to raise his baby boy within the community of the superior white race. Yet, an unexpected event causes his son to enter cardiac arrest at the tender age of three days. Devasted by his loss, he knows there is only one person responsible and he wants justice. Ruth Jefferson has been a

The Last Checkmate Gabriella Saab William Morrow October 19, 2021 Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Warsaw, 1941. Hitler has begun working towards the genocide of anyone he deems unfit. Citizens, willing to risk their lives for the resistance, are finding ways to hide, provide, and save those being targeted. One such citizen, a fourteen-year-old female named Maria. Upon Maria’s capture, she quickly loses all she has ever loved, except chess. Forced to engage in numerous challenge

Nice Girls Catherine Dang William Morrow September 14, 2021 Mystery - Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One small town, two missing girls. One black, the other white. One poor, the other an Instagram mogul. One dismissed, the other national news. Authorities state the two cases are not linked, so they are not… right? Mary is back in her hometown for reasons she is not proud of. When she hears about the disappearance of one of her high school classmates, she tries to dismiss it. Yet, she can’

Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward Scribner September 5, 2017 Fiction - Contemporary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A thirteen-year-old learning what it takes to be a man. A mother wanting to hide away from the pain. Together they learn you cannot run from the ghosts of the past… literally. Jojo, loves his family, especially his Pop, Mam, and younger sister, Kayla. He learns quickly that they need to stick together given the color of their skin, even though his father is white. His mother, Leonie, s

Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward Bloomsbury USA August 30, 2011 Fiction - Contemporary ⭐️⭐️ The only female in the midst of a bunch of boys, Esch knows how to take care of herself. Losing her mother while giving birth to her youngest brother, she grows up way to fast, but with an abusive drunk father, what choice does she have? With the help of her two older brothers, an unbreakable family bond is created, even when their world is threatened by hurricane Katrina. In Salvage the

The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett Riverhead Books June 2, 2020 Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If you could choose your race, would you? The town of Mallard, Louisiana was created for those “who would never be accepted as white, but refused to be treated as (black).” Residents are encouraged to marry and procreate with those of light skin, creating a population of only light skinned patrons. Decedents of Mallard’s creator, twins Desiree and Stella Vignes come to a split in the road

The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams William Morrow August 3, 2021 Fiction - Contemporary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There it is. Where did it come from? Who left it? Is there a reason I was the one who found it? These are some of the questions being asked when a list with the titles of eight different books is found. Aleisha has never been a book reader, unless it was a textbook. So, she knew it would be a boring summer after her brother recommends she work at the local library. That is until, s

The Giver of Stars JoJo Moyes Pamela Dorman Books October 8, 2019 Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Imagine riding up steep paths of the Appalachian Mountains in heavy rains, treacherous snow, and humid heat to deliver library books. This was the daily lives of the women working for the WPA Packhorse Library, an initiative created by the First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt. Motivated by their love of books and bringing that joy to others, women across the nation volu