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My Black Me by Arnold Adoff
A collection of poems that celebrates the black experience. Selections include Listen Children by Lucille Clifton, Poem for Flora by Nikki Giovanni, Sam's World by Sam Cornish, A Grandfather Poem by William J. Harris, Ali by Lloyd Corbin, Jr. (Djangatolum), and Dream Variation by Langston Hughes.

AUTHOR: Arnold Adoff
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction

Pieces of the Heart by Gary Soto
Description not available.Fifteen stories chronicle the complexities and experiences of Mexican-American life from California and the Southwest to Chicago and New York

AUTHOR: Gary Soto
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Frangrant Gardens by Peter Loewer
Capture the elusive beauty of fragrant flowers with the help of Peter Loewer, the author and/or illustrator of more than 30 gardening books. Full-color photos.

AUTHOR: Peter Loewer
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Gardening

Because It Is Bitter, & Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
In Joyce Carol Oates's twentieth novel, Little Red Garlock, the town bully, has been taunting Iris Courtney about her relationship with Jinx Fairchild. Iris is white, Jinx is black, and the two of them are close friends. Little Red persists in making rude hints about a physical relationship between them, and Jinx finally takes Little Red on in a fistfight and he accidentally kills Little Red. The novel follows the effects of this event on Iris and Jinx's friendship.

AUTHOR: Joyce Carol Oates
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Going Home by Nora Roberts
Description not available.Pianist Vanessa returns home to see her mother and spies old flame Brady; Laine visits the father she barely remembers and encounters the suspicious Dillon; and A.J. meets producer David while working to protect her mother's interests.

AUTHOR: Nora Roberts
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Louis by Philip Callow
Callow's biography of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) stresses the brevity of Stevenson's life and the immense amount of travel he managed to pack into it. He also discusses Stevenson in relation to other tubercular writers, such as Chekhov and D.H. Lawrence. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.

AUTHOR: Philip Callow
PUBLISHER: Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction