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 Heat
Geneva Holliday
It's spring in New York City, but in the lives of these four friend there's plenty of HEAT.
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 Stay Out of the Kitchen!
Mable John and David Ritz
The second book in the Albertina Merci series, featuring the return of everyone's favorite blues singer turned evangelist.
• Read an excerpt from Stay Out of the Kitchen!
 Gold Diggers
Tracie Howard
Enter the world of "Gucci, Glitz, and Glamor" in this deliciously decadent look into the lives of the young, the rich, the beautiful, and the conniving.
• Visit the author's website at www.traciehoward.com
• Read an excerpt from Chapter One
 Weapons of Mass Seduction
Lori Bryant-Woolridge
An Essence Book Club Recommended Reading Title
This fun, sexy romp follows a beautiful and driven career woman as she's tricked into attending a flirting seminar and realizes she still possesses a set of seductive tools she thought were lost long ago.
• Read an excerpt from Weapons of Mass Seduction
 After
Marita Golden
In her fifth novel, acclaimed writer Marita Golden takes another unflinching look into the face of family, race, love, and identity. Golden "ably walks the line between predictable morality tale and compelling personal journey." — The Washington Post Book World
• Read an excerpt from After
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 Floating
Nicole Bailey-Williams
From the author of A Little Piece of Sky comes another
poignant tale, this time of a young woman coming of age and to terms
with her biracial identity. In Nicole Bailey-Williams' FLOATING, Shanna
Washington floats between the two very different worlds of her
parents—her African American father's home in Mount Airy,
Pennsylvania, and her white mother's elite community in Philadelphia's
Main Line. Now, as she seeks acceptance in both communities, she'll have
to come to terms with her past and find her own sense of identity.
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excerpt from Floating
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Floating
 Tropical Fish
Doreen Baingana
In her fiction debut, Doreen Baingana follows a Ugandan girl as she
navigates the uncertain terrain of adolescence. Set mostly in pastoral
Entebbe with stops in the cities Kampala and Los Angeles, Tropical Fish
depicts the reality of life for Christine Mugisha and her family after
Idi Amin's dictatorship.
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about Tropical Fish
 Beloved Harlem
Edited by William H. Banks,
Jr.
This exhilarating anthology of writing on Harlem life
through the twentieth century and beyond features unforgettable works
from historical figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston,
and Langston Hughes; modern luminaries including Toni Morrison; and
formidable up-and-comers. A passionate ode to an American mecca, BELOVED
HARLEM offers readers a rich mix of essays, short stories, and novel
excerpts that shed light on the historical perspective of this
neighborhood from its renaissance through tough times to today's
revitalization. Each era is introduced with an insightful overview of
the times and events that influenced the works.
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 When Love Calls, You Better Answer
Bertice
Berry
Bernita Brown is a quick-thinking, tireless social
worker who dives into a series of sad relationships and overwhelming
commitments to community and church. Along the way, the ghost of
Bernita's aunt Babe weighs in with plenty of advice. When a marvelous
man finally enters Bernita's life, only time can tell whether she will
be able to trust him.
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Answer
 The Haunting of Hip Hop
Bertice Berry
A modern cautionary tale about hip-hop culture and the
importance of honoring the past.
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Haunting of Hip Hop
 P.G. County
Connie
Briscoe
Step inside the lives, loves, secrets, and scandals
of the rich and powerful residents of the all-exclusive Prince George's
County, where having it all isn't enough.
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County
 Can't Get Enough
Connie Briscoe
In this stunning memoir, veteran Washington Post correspondent Lynne
Duke takes readers on a wrenching but riveting journey through Africa
during the pivotal 1990s
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Weapons of Mass Seduction
Lori Bryant-Woolridge
An Essence Book Club Recommended Reading Title
This fun, sexy romp follows a beautiful and driven career woman as she's tricked into attending a flirting seminar and realizes she still possesses a set of seductive tools she thought were lost long ago.
• Read an excerpt from Weapons of Mass Seduction
 Neecey's Lullaby
Cris Burks
The story of a girl tempered in a crucible of abuse and neglect,
Neecey's Lullaby is a superbly crafted narrative in the spirit
of the bestselling novels Push and Bastard Out of
Carolina.
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Neecey's Lullaby
 SilkyDreamGirl
Cris Burks
When her weight and marital problems become too much to
handle, Katie turns to the comfort of an Internet chat room and a new
online identity to turn her into the woman of her dreams.
• Read more
about SilkyDreamGirl
 Cosmopolitan Girls
Charlotte Burley &
Lyah Beth LeFlore
Get ready for two small-town girls about to make a big
splash in the Big Apple. COSMOPOLITAN GIRLS, the brainchild of writing
team Lyah Beth LeFlore and Charlotte Burley, tells the big-city
adventures of successful television producer Lindsay and screenwriter
Charlie. After love turns their lives upside down, the two women come
together and commiserate over their pink cocktail of choice, the
Cosmopolitan. They thrive in each other's friendship and learn that they
can climb back to the top of their game as long as they follow their
"Cosmo Girl Code of Arms" and rely on each other's wit and wisdom.
• Read an
interview with Charlotte Burley & Lyah LeFlore
• Read an
excerpt from Cosmopolitan Girls
 Miss Black America
Veronica Chambers
A luminous novel about a young girl and her father, a magician
whose tricks and illusions both ease and exacerbate the painful
realities of their lives.
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America
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Black America
 Hottentot Venus
Barbara Chase-Riboud
From the bestselling author of Sally Hemmings comes an
extraordinary novel based on the true story of Sarah Baartman, an
African bushwoman exhibited as a "scientific curiosity" in the capitals
of nineteenth-century Europe.
• Read an essay by the author
of Hottentot Venus
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Hottentot Venus
 The Colonel's Dream
Charles W. Chestnutt
In this provocative novel of reconstruction and race, a
Civil War veteran tries to create a new utopia in his Southern hometown
after gaining enlightenment and riches in the North. Revolutionary in
both its storyline and its storytelling, THE COLONEL'S DREAM was one of
the most progressive books of its time when it was first published in
1905.
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Dream
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Colonel's Dream
 Some People, Some Other Place
J.
California Cooper
J. California Cooper returns with a
sweeping novel that chronicles the interlocking lives of the residents
of Dream Street—from the narrator's great-great-grandparents living
in the Deep South in 1895, to the great-grandparents with their eyes on
the jobs in the industrial Midwest, to the mother who finishes the
journey and discovers that life at 903 Dream Street carries new burdens
as well as rewards. The neighbors on the block are people of all colors,
all striving to overcome personal troubles, and all holding fast to
their dreams of a better life.
SOME PEOPLE, SOME OTHER
PLACE explores love and heartbreak, perseverance and luck, and reaffirms
that J. California Cooper is a master at creating moving portraits of
people who are striving to make their way in the world.
• Read an excerpt from Some People,
Some Other Place
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People, Some Other Place
 Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns
J.
California Cooper
A marvelous and satisfying suite of
stories exploring the universal themes of love, hope, home, and family
from celebrated author J. California Cooper.
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Suns
 The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
W.E.B. Du Bois
The first novel by world-famous
sociologist and civil-rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois, this controversial
title chronicles the complex interactions between Northern financing and
Southern politics as it follows free-spirited Southerner Zora in her
romance with Yankee-educated Bles. Using literary conventions to expose
and oppose America's views on race, Du Bois presents a sprawling and
provocative work that continues to engage readers and inspire debate
among literary scholars today.
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the Silver Fleece
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Quest of the Silver Fleece
 The Heart of Happy Hollow
Paul Laurence
Dunbar
First published in 1904, THE HEART OF HAPPY HOLLOW
features sixteen short stories that provide rare glimpses into the lives
of African Americans after the Civil War. Through characters ranging
from schemers to preachers, Paul Laurence Dunbar crafted a rare snapshot
of long-lost communities and their poignant sensibilities.
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about The Heart of Happy Hollow
 Pride of Carthage
David Anthony Durham
With a vast cast of characters and nationalities, twists of
fate, and tales of inspired leadership, David Anthony Durham perfectly
captures the legendary Hannibal's world in PRIDE OF CARTHAGE. Beginning
in ancient Spain, where Hannibal's father had carved out a Carthaginian
empire, the novel traces the origins of the war, the opening moves, and
Hannibal's inspired choice to attack Rome via a land route most believed
impossible. In graphic, panoramic prose, Durham describes the battles,
including the icy slaughter of the Trebia; the mist-shrouded battle
along Lake Trasimene; the battle of Cannae, in which Hannibal's
outnumbered force surrounded and decimated seventy thousand Romans in a
single afternoon; and Zama, the hard slog that proved to be the decisive
contest.
PRIDE OF CARTHAGE is a stunning achievement in
historical fiction, one that will transport readers to a world of
mesmerizing authenticity of character, event, and detail.
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CARTHAGE
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OF CARTHAGE
 Walk through Darkness
David Anthony Durham
The acclaimed author of Gabriel's Story returns with
the dramatic narrative of an escaped slave who takes risks to reunite
his family and gain freedom and identity in America.
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about Walk through Darkness
 The Viaduct
Grace Edwards
Acclaimed fiction writer Grace F. Edwards, known for her Mali Anderson
mystery series, is back with The Viaduct, a hard-hitting suspense
story set in Harlem during 1972.
Edwards vividly chronicles the
tumultuous times of Marin Taylor, a Vietnam vet who survives being
stabbed only to then endure the kidnapping of his newborn daughter by a
violent stalker.
• Read an interview with the
author of The Viaduct
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Viaduct
 Gumbo
Edited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn
Harris
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright
Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from
bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.
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about Gumbo
After
Marita Golden
In her fifth novel, acclaimed writer Marita Golden takes another unflinching look into the face of family, race, love, and identity. Golden "ably walks the line between predictable morality tale and compelling personal journey." — The Washington Post Book World
• Read an excerpt from After
 Sapphire's Grave
Hilda Gurley-Highgate
A poignant and engrossing saga that illuminates on the meaning
of roots and the links between black women in America and their female
ancestors.
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Sapphire's Grave
 A Love of My Own
E Lynn Harris
Zola Denise Norwood is a young hot editor in chief of Bling
Bling, (the magazine "for people who want everything!") who's at the
top of her game, ruling the roost in business as well as the bedroom.
Having discovered "the power of three" (not tying herself down to just
one guy) Zola surrounds herself with a coterie of men.
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about A Love of My Own
 I Say a Little Prayer
E. Lynn Harris
Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy,
shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today's
toughest and most timely issues.
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www.elynnharris.com
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a Little Prayer
 The Full Matilda
David Haynes
In THE FULL MATILDA, Granta-award winning author David Haynes deftly
draws a portrait of a family shaped by propriety, the past, and racial
boundaries. As seen through the eyes of her father, brother and nephews,
we encounter Matilda Housewright, a woman who holds on to her family's
traditions even as the mannerly life she loves fades away with each new
generation.
• Read an interview with David
Haynes
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Matilda
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Full Matilda
 Fever
Geneva Holliday
Summer
is on its way in New York City, but the heat is between the sheets in
Geneva Holliday's beyond-sexy follow-up to Groove. When Geneva,
Crystal, Chevy, and Noah get hot and bothered they get way more than
they ever bargained for.
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Fever
 Groove
Geneva Holliday
GROOVE
brings a touch of wit to African American erotica, drawing readers into
the folly, drama, and naughty sexual escapades of four friends riding
the roller coaster that is life in the big city—or their lives,
anyway.
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Groove
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Groove
Heat
Geneva Holliday
It's spring in New York City, but in the lives of these four friend there's plenty of HEAT.
• Visit the author's website at www.genevaholliday.com
• Read an excerpt from Chapter One
Gold Diggers
Tracie Howard
Enter the world of "Gucci, Glitz, and Glamor" in this deliciously decadent look into the lives of the young, the rich, the beautiful, and the conniving.
• Visit the author's website at www.traciehoward.com
• Read an excerpt from Chapter One
 Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of
Color
Carole Ione
This dazzling true story of
an upper-middle-class African American clan and its four generations of
extraordinary women will have readers enthralled to learn about the
author's heritage of rebel daughters—from physicians to composers,
show girls to abolitionists.
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Family
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of Family
 The Queen of Harlem
Brian Keith Jackson
An African American Breakfast at
Tiffany's, this hip, refreshing tale of self-discovery takes the
main character from his pedigreed Southern roots to Harlem.
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about The Queen of Harlem
 Sunday Brunch
Norma L. Jarrett
Get ready to meet the ladies of SUNDAY BRUNCH, the fun new novel from
Norma L. Jarrett. Capri, Jermane, Angel, Jewel, and Lexi may have their
differences, but in their weekly Sunday brunches we get to see how these
five dynamic friends face challenges that change their ideas about love,
lifestyle, and faith.
• Read an interview with Norma L.
Jarrett
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Brunch
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Sunday Brunch
 Seeking Salamanca Mitchell
Kenji Jasper
From the acclaimed author of Dark and Dakota
Grand comes a new novel about a young man and his quest to reclaim
his career, his love, and his child after seven years in prison.
Kenji Jasper has been praised for his poetic prose and his
grasp of the urban experience. In SEEKING SALAMANCA MITCHELL, he
explores the themes of street life once more through the story of
Benjamin Baker, a young man working to make his music dreams come true
until a fateful decision leaves him incarcerated. When he emerges from
prison, he searches for his family—the beautiful Salamanca Mitchell
and their daughter—and for a life with them.
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Salamaca Mitchell
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Seeking Salamaca Mitchell
 Dakota Grand
Kenji Jasper
From the author of the acclaimed debut novel Dark, a searing and
authentic new novel about the mano a mano feud between a famous rap
artist and an intrepid, won't-back-down hip-hop journalist.
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about Dakota Grand
 Soulscript: A Collection of African American
Poetry
Edited by June Jordan
A collection of
poems featuring such luminaries as Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen,
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, James Weldon
Johnson, Audre Lorde, Claude McKay, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, and
Richard Wright, as well as the fresh voices of the turbulent 1970s'
younger writers.
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Soulscript
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Soulscript
 Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Lyah Beth
LeFlore
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life takes
readers behind the velvet rope and inside A-list nightlife and
introduces Destiny Day, the hottest party promoter in New York City, who
lives by a simple rule—"Get in, get yours, and get
out"—until the unexpected possibility of love changes everything.
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Life
Stay Out of the Kitchen!
Mable John and David Ritz
The second book in the Albertina Merci series, featuring the return of everyone's favorite blues singer turned evangelist.
• Read an excerpt from Stay Out of the Kitchen!
 The Laying on of Hands
Brenda Rhodes
Miller
In an uplifting first novel, author Brenda Rhodes
Miller introduces readers to a faith healer who can bring wellness to
many people, but cannot always heal those she loves the most.
• Read an excerpt from The Laying on
of Hands
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Laying on of Hands
 FAB
Kieran Batts Morrow, Tiffany Anderson,
Adrienne Carter and Tracy Richelle High
Four fabulous
single women look for love in this smart and sexy novel written by four
women who've been there.
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FAB
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 Free
Anika Nailah
Stories
that illustrate the emotional, spiritual, and social realities that
shape, and sometimes destroy, the lives and dreams of African Americans,
now in paperback.
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Free
 Haarlem
Heather Neff
The
acclaimed author of Wisdom and Accident of Birth returns
with a textured, gritty tale of one man's search for his lost mother.
• Read an
interview with Heather Neff
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Haarlem
 Accident of Birth
Heather Neff
Imagine you reencounter your first love. Now imagine that the person
sits in jail, accused of horrific war crimes in Liberia. Would you
assume they are innocent? Would you try to save them, even if it meant
leaving a comfortable life behind?
Reba Freeman, a wealthy
African American suburbanite and the main character of Heather Neff's
riveting new novel ACCIDENT OF BIRTH, has to make just such a decision
when she discovers her first husband, a Liberian educator, has become a
leader in the civil unrest of his native country. Now Reba must uncover
for herself what really happened not only to the kind man she once knew
but to their relationship, which ended some twenty years ago.
• Read an excerpt from Accident of
Birth
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Accident of Birth
 Three Sides to Every Story
Clarence Nero
A love triangle between a parolee, his ex-girlfriend, and
his openly gay friend becomes a twisting rollercoaster of a romance in
this novel set in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
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about Three Sides to Every Story
 The Icarus Girl
Helen Oyeyemi
Deftly blending the motifs of African folklore with the complexities of
cultural displacement, Nigerian-born, twenty-year-old Helen Oyeyemi
tells a haunting story—of twins and ghosts, of a little girl
growing up between cultures and colors—to capture the mysterious
power of myth to transform reality.
• Read an excerpt from The Icarus
Girl
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 Crawfish Dreams
Nancy Rawles
The luminous, uplifting story of a woman who cooks up a plan to bring
her family back together, and discovers that love, sharing, and a dash
of daring are the secrets to turning her dreams into a reality.
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Dreams
 The Blackbird Papers
Ian Smith
A rainy night...stranded motorists...a Good Samaritan passerby in the
form of a Nobel Prize-winning professor...the setup for a shocking
murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime...
THE BLACKBIRD PAPERS marks the debut of an astonishing new
talent-charismatic television correspondent Ian Smith—and of
Sterling Bledsoe, his sexy, smart, and occasionally combative sleuth.
World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is
returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a
broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next
day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into
his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists.
The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a
racial hate crime. But the murdered professor's brother, FBI agent
Sterling Beldsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn't
ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother's lab and
brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling's
curiosity about Wilson's pet project: a nearly completed paper on the
mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds.
Fast-paced and cleverly constructed, THE BLACKBIRD PAPERS is a perfect
blend of thrilling action and taut suspense.
• Read a letter from Ian
Smith
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Papers
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Blackbird Papers
 Dad Interrupted
Van Whitfield
DAD INTERRUPTED is Van Whitfield's laugh-out-loud funny tale of one man,
two women, and a baby that will change his life, whether he likes it or
not. In the follow up to Beeperless Remote, Whitfield presents
bachelor-extraordinaire Shawn Wayne's philosophy on love, relationships,
and fatherhood. Shawn loves his high-powered girlfriend, and likes his
sexy sometime-girlfriend, Troi, too. But can he keep both women
happy—and figure out modern fatherhood in the process?
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Interrupted
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Interrupted
 A Little Piece of
Sky
Nicole Bailey Williams
A coming-of-age
novel about a young girl trying to overcome her past. A promising debut
from a talented new writer.
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Piece of Sky
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