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Historical Fiction March 2024
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Wandering stars
by Tommy Orange
Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There
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The mayor of Maxwell Street
by Avery Cunningham
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"
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The Atlas Maneuver
by Steve Berry
When he unwittingly becomes caught in a war between the world's oldest bank and the CIA, one that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust and a legendary treasure worth billions, retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, must stop cryptocurrency from being weaponized to attack the world's financial systems.
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The women
by Kristin Hannah
In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words“Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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| The American Queen by Vanessa MillerIn 1865, formerly enslaved Louella Bobo and her pastor husband, William, leave Mississippi with a group of other newly free people and settle in North Carolina, where they found a utopian community known as The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Inspired by true events, this novel by Vanessa Miller (The Light on Halsey Street) illuminates a fascinating chapter of Black history. |
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| The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos RuffinAfter her mother dies of a fever, Ady, a young enslaved woman in antebellum New Orleans, keeps the family dream of freedom alive despite her grief. Ady finds a mother figure in Lenore, a free woman of color, and through her is introduced to an underground network known only as "the Daughters," who work to undermine the nascent Confederacy from the inside. |
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| The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate BillingsleyThis heartwrenching and well-researched biographical novel tells the moving story of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Oscar (for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind). For fans of Victoria Christopher Murray (The Personal Librarian) and Sherry Jones (Josephine Baker's Last Dance). |
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