$26.00
ISBN: 9780802157249
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Published: Grove Press - December 1st, 2020
When a single mom visiting a friend at the hospital helps out an AIDS patient the nurses won't touch, she has no idea she'll spend the next decade as an advocate and caretaker for gay men in Arkansas, even burying them in her family's cemetery plot when their families reject them. The book is both a time capsule -- including an appearance by early-career Bill Clinton -- and the compelling story of a woman who made a difference in the world without being remotely saintly.
Sarah
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501160271
Availability: On Order at the Wholesaler
Published: Simon & Schuster - April 14th, 2020
Really, they don't.
Robin
$15.00
ISBN: 9781945820427
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Published: Iron Circus Comics - May 19th, 2020
A gorgeously drawn comics memoir of joining a college book club in South Korea 1983, and the thoughts, choices, and trials it sparked. Fast-paced, smart, and utterly compelling, this is the activist comics memoir YA readers are looking for.
Marika
$28.00
ISBN: 9781580059169
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Published: Seal Press - November 12th, 2019
Abby Stein’s memoir is an engaging story of growing up as a queer person (a trans woman, specifically) in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Funny, heartbreaking, and always compassionate, this is a great read for anyone interested in trans life stories, intersections between queerness and religion, or communal responses to trauma.
Sacha Lamb, Writer in Residence for Young Readers
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250211491
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Published: First Second - February 25th, 2020
Knisley collects a series of short,1-page comics- drawn amidst the insanity of parenting. Perfect reading for those long howling sessions or days when you just need a commiserating laugh.
Marika
$26.00
ISBN: 9781948226424
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Published: Catapult - September 3rd, 2019
A refugee who escaped Iran under threat of religious persecution in 1989, Dina Nayeri writes with lyricism and incredible clarity about the refugee experience. She weaves her own story in with those of fellow Iranian refugees, as well those waiting in the camps in Greece today to show the insidious power of Western privilege, the hopelessness of the asylum seeker, and to make the plea for dignity for the misplaced. A necessary read.
Meaghan
$19.95
ISBN: 9781567926583
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Published: David R. Godine Publisher - September 26th, 2019
If you like to learn about other people’s cultural heritage, or if you just like poking around their homes (by invitation!), this is the book for you. The perfect read for a winter’s day, I could not put it down.
Robin
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525582168
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Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers - April 9th, 2019
A thoroughly astonishing and enlightening life story, that will make you see the world with more open-mindedness and humor. The best non-fiction book I've ever purchased for my kids, thrilling stories and perspective. Best for ages 11 and up.
Molly
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538745151
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 12th, 2019
Keena Roberts split her childhood between a private school in Philadelphia and "Baboon Camp," a remote island in Botswana where her primatologist parents worked several months out of the year. Her resulting memoir, a story of a fish-out-of-water girl most comfortable with animals, is funny, touching, and deeply compelling.
Rebecca
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525582168
Availability: Available at Wholesaler
Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers - April 9th, 2019
A thoroughly astonishing and enlightening life story, that will make you see the world with more open-mindedness and humor. The best non-fiction book I've ever purchased for my kids, thrilling stories and perspective. Best for ages 11 and up.
Molly
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