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L'artiviste

Smith, Nikkolas, 1985- author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

SMI

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SD_ILS:804518

26.

All the noise at once

Davis, DeAndra, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

DAV

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SD_ILS:798518

27.

The family I'm in

Flake, Sharon G., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

FLA

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SD_ILS:798540

28.

Oathbound

Deonn, Tracy, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

DEO

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SD_ILS:798565

29.

The scorpion queen

Fears, Mina, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

FEA

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SD_ILS:798578

30.

Two truths and a Lionel

Wasson, Brian, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

WAS

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SD_ILS:798590

31.

Mainline mama : a memoir

Harris, Keeonna, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

365.6 HAR

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SD_ILS:802358

32.

Pure innocent fun

Madison, Ira, III, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 MAD

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SD_ILS:802382

33.

Payback

Mickelbury, Penny, 1948- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

MIC

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SD_ILS:802529

34.

The unexpected diva : a novel

Warren, Tiffany L., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

WAR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:802559

35.

King of the North : Martin Luther King's life of struggle outside the South

Theoharis, Jeanne, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 THE

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SD_ILS:802832

36.

Last seen : the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families

Giesberg, Judith Ann, 1966- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.0496073 GIE

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SD_ILS:802836

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hooks, bell, 1952-2021, author.

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Anyabwile, Dawud, 1965- illustrator.

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Clark, Tracy, 1961- author.

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Gray, Anissa, author.

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Morayo, Lola, author.

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Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm), publisher.

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Walker, Alice, 1944- author.

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Walker, David, 1968- author.

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Williams, Alicia, 1970- author.

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Winters, Julian, author.

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Wise, Loveis, illustrator.

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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960, author.

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Yoon, Nicola, author.

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Als, Hilton, author.

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Angelou, Maya.

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Asim, Jabari, 1962- author.

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Brown, India Hill, 1991- author.

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Carter, Charlotte (Charlotte C.), author.

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Cooper, Brittney C., 1980- author.

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