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Available Formats: BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
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The New Jim Crow
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Michelle Alexander
Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness.
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Fates and Traitors
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Jennifer Chiaverini
A reimagining of the life of Lincoln's assassin by the best-selling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker describes Booth's tumultuous childhood on a Maryland farm and rise to the ballrooms of D.C. at the sides of four women before he became obsessed with avenging the Confederacy.
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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
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Lori Gottlieb
The national advice columnist and best-selling author of toughLOVE presents a behind-the-scenes tour of a therapist's world from the perspective of both a patient and a psychotherapist who found answers in her client's journeys.
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Available Formats: Hardback, BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
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The Selection
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Kiera Cass
Preferring a relationship with her secret boyfriend, Aspen, but unwittingly selected to compete for the hand of the gorgeous Prince Maxon against dozens of hopefuls, 17-year-old America Singer grudgingly participates and clearly voices her distaste for the kingdom's caste system until she unexpectedly develops feelings for the prince.
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Available Formats: Hardback and BRIDGES Audiobook
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The Look-Alike
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Erica Spindler
A decade after stumbling on a murdered classmate in college, a woman caring for her mentally ill mother begins receiving threatening phone calls before spotting a white van outside her home. By the best-selling author of Justice for Sara.
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Available Formats: Hardback, BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
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Wild
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Cheryl Strayed
A personal account by the Pushcart Prize-winning author of Torch traces the personal crisis she endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal.
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Available Formats: Hardback, CD, BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
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The Hunger Games
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Suzanne Collins
Set in the cruel world in the Capital of the nation of Panem, the annual Hunger Games pits young children against one another in a battle to the death on national t.v., so when Katniss is ordered to represent her district, she knows an important decision between survival and the love of another will have to be made when she is called to enter the ring.
*Although the first book is her favorite, Mickayla also suggests the rest of the series.
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Available Formats: Hardback
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Song of Years
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Bess Streeter Aldrich
Staking his claim on the Iowa prairie, young New Englander Wayne Lockwood is pleased when the Martin family--with seven daughters--settles nearby, but his happiness is threatened by the outbreak of the Civil War
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Available Formats: Hardback
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Deep In The Alaskan Woods
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Karen Harper
Relocating to Lost Lake, Alaska, to escape her toxic past, a traumatized woman unexpectedly bonds with a wilderness survival tracker whose devoted protection heals her shattered heart. By the award-winning author of Dark Angel.
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July 13, 2020 Book Discussion Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance July 27, 2020 Book Discussion Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Multiple copies are made available at the library for upcoming selections. Contact the IPL for more information, and visit the library's online calendar for links to the events on zoom.
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