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Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Raybearer

Raybearer #1

Jordan Ifueko

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Verona Comics

Jennifer Dugan

336 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

327 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult lighthearted fast-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

192 pages • digital • 2018

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body

Rebekah Taussig

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

Jon Meacham

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction biography history politics emotional informative slow-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

352 pages • digital • 2014

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced