Black History in the Making

Winner of the National Book Award. Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing, delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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On a cold December evening, Mattie Banks packs a suitcase and leaves her family home. Sixteen years old and pregnant, she has already made the mistake that will ruin her life and disgrace her widowed mother. Boarding the 2857 bus, she sits with her case on her lap, hoping that the driver will take her away from disaster. Instead, Mattie witnesses an act of bravery by a woman named Rosa Parks that changes everything.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts—lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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That night Deja met Malik ignited a burning desire in her that she hadn’t even known she had. She could never forget the way Malik held her down, caressed her, made her feel special or the way his strokes had electrified her body. It seemed like something out of a fairytale. She gave up her virginity to one of the good guys in the hood, so the more time Deja spent with Malik, the more she was willing to give him every part of her soul.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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London, 1960. Rose is looking for a new start. Thousands of miles away from her Caribbean home, she scrapes together money to send for her children while adjusting to a strange, new world: England. Jack’s working-class London life is full of disillusionment. He cares little for his council flat, his town, or even his wife. The only thing that gives his life sparkle? His Jamaican friends down at the docks.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Hoping to escape his dark past, Amana travels to the great village of Bajok in search of redemption. The day he arrives, a young woman is slain and the locals point their fingers at the new arrival. Amana must overcome the village’s trepidation. A demon is on the loose and he fears more will die. The solution is obvious—a swift and brutal counterattack.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Dr. Imani Grant isn’t looking for love. Between the rigors of medical school and the opening of her own dermatology practice, there is simply no room in her life. But when she’s called upon—yet again—to be in the wedding party for one of her best friends, she comes face to face with the man who broke her heart ten years ago.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Life as Violet McClain knows it changes unexpectedly when she’s introduced to a new drug in town—Calvetti ‘Prodigy’ Germaine. Prodigy and his little brother Trouble’s arrival to the small town of Rosebury MI takes the townspeople by surprise. The duo is nothing like the town has ever witnessed. Violet is especially thrown for a loop when she discovers things about Prodigy that, for her are unheard of.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Senatorial candidate Byron Robidoux always does the right thing. And, after years of focus and dedication, his life and campaign are going exactly to plan—until a blackmailer jeopardizes everything. No one is supposed to know that thirteen years ago, Byron told a lie to protect a college friend. And now that lie could destroy his career…and threaten the woman he never stopped loving.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls ($4.99) by Anissa Gray: The Butler family has had their share of trials—as sisters Althea, Viola, and Lillian can attest—but nothing prepared them for the literal trial that will upend their lives. Althea, the eldest sister and substitute matriarch, is a force to be reckoned with and her younger sisters have alternately appreciated and chafed at her strong will. They are as stunned as the rest of the small community when she and her husband, Proctor, are arrested.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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Valerie became the perfect wife to please her husband, Walter, whose football career has gone nowhere—along with their marriage. Then she meets Daniel. Valerie’s divorced sister, Inda, has Raymond, who has a hot body, smooth moves—and another girlfriend on the side. Now Inda’s scheming to get even. After telling her last boyfriend to hit the road, Chiquita takes up with Thaddeus, Inda and Valerie’s irresistible brother.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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In Akilah Hughes’s world, family–and life–are often complicated, but always funny. Through intimate and hilarious essays, Akilah takes readers along on her journey from the small Kentucky town where she was born–and eventually became a spelling bee champ and 15-year-old high school graduate–to New York City, where she took careful steps to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer and performer.

This deal is good on February 22, 2021

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