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1) The fight
Author
Publisher
Trio House Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 2022 Trio Award, Jennifer Manthey's The Fight showcases Manthey's experience with adoption, alongside the actions of Varina Davis, history's only First Lady of the Confederate States, to present readers with the complexity of adoption, especially in the case of white mothers with Black children. Her poetry is intimate, tender, and full of potency, navigating "truth...difficult as history," revealing the "Hate hidden everywhere," and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experience.
Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When a young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city, the girl feels fine on her own. She would rather play by herself than meet new kids at the park or have a playdate with the other children in her building. And when her mom takes her to story time at the bookstore, she breaks down in tears. But things start to change when she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not too small. On their daily walks, Millie isn't afraid...
4) Muttley
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie meets Muttley at Caring Paws, she doesn't feel her usual excitement about the puppy. The little mutt prefers to spend all of his time sleeping. But the Petersons quickly learn that the heroic dog always come through when he is needed most"--Page 4 of cover
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