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2) Get out
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
3) Jack
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Marilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa -- the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack -- and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When Jordan Greene moves to Manhattan, he learns to keep up with the fast pace of a Wall Street job, a stylish apartment, and a sexy girlfriend. But when he meets Kimberly Charvers, his pulse begins to race. She is funny, feisty, irresisible -- and white.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Nobody in Nashville has a bigger name to live up to than Bezellia Grove. As a Grove she belongs to one of the city's most prominent families and is expected to embrace her position in high society. And her given name Bezellia has been passed down for generations which only adds to the expectations since the original Bezellia was a passionate and courageous woman. Being a Grove is hard. Her mother is a closet alcoholic. Her father is distant and inaccessible....
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this spiky and hilarious 21st century reboot of the iconic film Taxi Driver, a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and a living wage . . . until she decides she's done waiting. Damani is tired. Her father just passed away and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in the basement of her parents' old house, caring for her mom, and driving for an app to (not even) pay the bills. Protests are all the rage--everybody's...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans move in next door - an apparently traditional family with new money, ambition, and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter. Thanks...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why--she doesn't know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. When her long-time boyfriend, J, desides to move to a quiet upstate New...
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Guillermo Lozano is getting a fresh start. New town, new school, and no more reckless behavior. He's done his time, and now he needs to right his wrongs. But when his work at the local community center throws him into the path of the one girl who is off-limits, friendship sparks…and maybe more. Regan London needs a fresh perspective. The pressure to stay in her "perfect" relationship and be the good girl all the time has worn her down. But when...
13) Calling me home
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A debut novel interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship.
Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis: drop everything and drive from Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati. Tomorrow. Dorrie, fleeing problems of her own, agrees. It's a journey that changes both their lives, as she learns Isabelle's tale of a forbidden relationship...
15) Daddy's lil girl
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
A black woman considers dating her white male colleague but feels conflicted given the state of race relations and the senseless killings of black men in America.
16) Forever yours
Author
Series
Stonehill volume 3
Publisher
Pink Sand Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Four years after having her heart shattered, Meg Tanaka is finally over her good-for-nothing ex. By focusing on her career and helping her loved ones navigate their lives, Meg has recovered from--or at least buried--the hurt Aiden caused. Unfortunately, her old resentment rushes to the surface the moment she finds out he's back in town. Aiden Howard has made a lot of mistakes in his life, but never one as bad as choosing his medical career over the...
18) Torment
Author
Series
Fallen novels (Lauren Kate) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It took [Luce and her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel] an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts, immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans"--Provided by publisher.
19) Party of two
Author
Series
Wedding dates volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns into a whirlwind affair that gets everyone talking. Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell. Olivia has zero interest in dating a politician, but when a cake arrives at her...
Author
Series
Chai Masala Club romances volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kiran Mathur knows firsthand just how dangerous love can be. After all, her sister's marriage in India nearly destroyed Kiran's family. So she's decided to redeem romance herself-by not falling for anyone who might disappoint her parents. That is, until she meets her new neighbor Nash Hawthorne..."--