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  • The Mindy Kim Food and Fun Collection

    Title: The Mindy Kim Food and Fun Collection Author: Lyla Lee and Dung Ho Genres: Korean American Fiction, Kids Fiction Summary (from publisher): Mindy Kim just wants three things:1. A puppy!2. To fit in at her new school3. For her dad to be happy again However, getting all three of the things on her list… Read more

  • Tikki Tikki Tembo

    Title: Tikki Tikki Tembo Author: Arlene Mosel Genres: Kids Fiction, Fairy Tales, Myths, Asian Fiction Summary (from publisher): Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the full name of the firstborn son in the Chinese family of this story. As the firstborn’s, his name must be spoken completely and reverently. This old… Read more

  • Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty

    Title: Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty Author: Tom Santopietro Genres: Biography Summary (from publisher): Academy Award-winning actress, fashion icon, ethereal beauty, wife, mother, World War II resistance activist, UNICEF champion- Audrey Hepburn transcended her era and became a global idol whose appeal continues to soar in the twenty-first century.Packed with beautiful photographs of… Read more

  • Things Fall Apart

    Title: Things Fall Apart Author: Chinua Achebe Genres: African Fiction Summary (from publisher): Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man’s futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as… Read more

  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    Title: The Miseducation of Cameron Post Author: Emily M. Danforth Genres: LGBTQ+ Fiction Summary (from publisher): When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.But that relief doesn’t last, and Cam is forced to move… Read more

  • The Shadow King

    Title: The Shadow King Author: Maaza Mengiste Genres: African Fiction Summary (from publisher): Set during Mussolini’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record.  Tea/Coffee: Gobena Coffee Read more

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