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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 • paperback • 1968

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

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

321 pages • paperback • 1903

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fiction childrens classics young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Ann Petry

256 pages • paperback • 1955

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

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

Elli Friedmann #1

Livia Bitton-Jackson

234 pages • paperback • 1997

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

Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse

David Perez

101 pages • paperback

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nonfiction poetry medium-paced
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

Deaf Republic

Ilya Kaminsky

80 pages • paperback • 2019

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fiction poetry politics dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Counting Descent by Clint Smith

Counting Descent

Clint Smith

84 pages • paperback • 2016

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nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

You Better Be Lightning

Andrea Gibson

115 pages • paperback • 2021

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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 • hardcover • 1992

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

Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal

Flower Fairies

Cicely Mary Barker

32 pages • hardcover • 2005

fiction childrens fantasy hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced