This volume focuses on fiction with a multi-cultural theme. Of the 1500 entries, about 40 per cent cover African American literature, 15 per cent Asian American literature, and 15 per cent Native North American literature. Books for children, young adults and adults are included.
A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love
Are you tired of bland, overly earnest reading guides that discuss the same old books? Read This Next by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittlemark is the answer.
As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms.
The message of this book is that we can choose to love our uniqueness—and that our diversity offers hope for the world. This Monk Wears Heels is a guide to self-love, self-acceptance, and taking a Buddhist approach to life.
In a word: unputdownable.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Sheer escapist fun.”—Shelf Awareness Don’t miss any of The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel: SLEEPING GIANTS | WAKING GODS | ONLY HUMAN
Isabelle is a Sapphic young student at Oxford, versed in the arts of Flagellation. When her ageing scout, Stan Tierney, lets slip that he knows about a long-established society of...
Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez's vibrant, can't-put-it-down novel of six friends--each one an unforgettable Latina woman in her late '20s--and the complications and triumphs in their lives Inseparable since their days at Boston University almost ...
The narrator , postmaster Horatio Bates , says there aren't many heroes , and Daniel Knott never thought he would be caught in the position of being one . Where it's reviewed : Roundup , December 2000 , page 29 Other books by the same ...
Provides synopses for over 1,500 titles of current popular fiction and recommends other books by such criteria as authors, characters portrayed, time period, geographical setting, or genre
What Fantastic Fiction Do I Read Next? covers more than 4,800 fantasy, horror and science fiction titles published between 1989 and 1998. It indexes and describes each title's main characters, locale, time period and more.