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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South by Anne Moody

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South

Anne Moody

432 pages • 1968 • 16 editions

nonfiction autobiography history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

321 pages • 1903 • 352 editions

fiction childrens classics young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Ann Petry

256 pages • 1955 • 12 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson

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I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust

Livia Bitton-Jackson

234 pages • 1997 • 15 editions

nonfiction history dark emotional informative slow-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse by David Perez

Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse

David Perez

101 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

Deaf Republic

Ilya Kaminsky

80 pages • 2019 • 17 editions

fiction poetry politics dark emotional reflective fast-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
Counting Descent by Clint Smith

Counting Descent

Clint Smith

84 pages • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

You Better Be Lightning

Andrea Gibson

115 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
5.0 gossamer_...'s review
James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot

260 pages • 1992 • 6 editions

nonfiction childrens short stories lighthearted slow-paced
Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal by Cicely Mary Barker

Flower Fairies

Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal

Cicely Mary Barker

32 pages • 2005 • 3 editions

fiction childrens fantasy hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced