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2020.
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English
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Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History - Children
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Ethel L. Payne always had an ear for stories. Seeking truth, justice, and equality, Ethel followed stories from her school newspaper in Chicago to Japan during World War II. It even led her to the White House briefing room, where she broke barriers as one of the first black journalists. Ethel wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions of presidents, elected officials, or any one else in charge, earning her the title "First Lady of the Black Press."...
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Crime of fashion mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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The voice of a frightened child draws fashion reporter and sometime sleuth Lacey Smithsonian down and dark alley in Washington, D.C., and deep into a mystery that endangers more than just her Christmas spirit. On the eve of The Eye Street Observer's holiday party, the newspaper's crankiest Grinch falls victim to a mysterious assailant in a Santa Claus cap-A rival journalist, a political terrorist, an enraged reader or something far more sinister?...
83) The other woman
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Tracking down a candidate's secret mistress days before a pivotal Senate election, reporter Jane Ryland discovers links between her story and a serial killer investigation by detective Jake Brogan, with whom she partners to stop a killer in the face of dirty politics and betrayal
84) The suspect
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Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 3
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English
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"When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth--and this time is no exception. But she can't help but think of her own son, whom she hasn't seen in two...
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Paris is stunning in the summer, NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer. The killing is simply marvelousKanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little...
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Manhattan journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenaged boy from the subway tracks when she discovers that the woman in the subway's video bears a strong resemblance to Susan Hauptmann, a close friend who disappeared without a trace a decade earlier.
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Dark-Hunter novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Seattle tabloid reporter Susan Michaels is disgusted by claims linking the mayor to a vampire coven, a situation that turns bizarre when she adopts a cat that turns out to be a gorgeous shape-shifting vampire slayer.
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"Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets...
92) The full scoop
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"Reeling after tragedy hits close to home, young journalist Riley Ellison becomes obsessed with uncovering the secret that led to her grandfather's murder years before and that just took another life in Tuttle Corner. Her desperate search for answers leads her down a dark path, both personally and professionally, as she struggles with how far she's willing to go to get answers. Just as she finally discovers the truth, she's forced to choose between...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News--the coveted morning anchor slot--she's finally made it: a six-figure salary, wardrobe allowance, plenty of on-air face time, and a chance to realize her dreams, not to mention buy herself lunch ... But she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouse--battling for hair and makeup time,...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has agreed to help her sister clear out the house of a deceased older neighbor, and she's thrilled at the prospect of discovering antique kitchenware and other treasures--until she opens a vintage trunk in the cellar and finds the remains of a teenage girl with a cleaver buried in her skull. When the body of a second girl is found just days later in a nearby river, the clues all indicate that...
95) Scandalized
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Exhausted and on deadline with a story that could make or break her career, investigative journalist Georgia Ross is on the verge of a meltdown when a cancelled flight leaves her stuck in the airport overnight. But when a familiar face appears-the older brother of her childhood friend-and offers help, Gigi seems to have caught a break. Alec Kim is handsome, humble, and kind-exactly the sort of man that Gigi has forgotten existed after her own painful...
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Jimm Juree mysteries volume 2
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English
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Reluctantly abandoning her crime-reporting job to accompany her family to her mother's newly acquired "holiday camp" on Thailand's Gulf of Siam, Jimm Juree investigates a morbid local mystery in the hopes of revamping her career.
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Wicked quills of London volume 1
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English
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Eleanor Hawke loves a good scandal. And readers of her successful gossip rag live for the exploits of her favorite subject: Daniel Balfour, the notorious Earl of Ashford. So when the earl himself marches into her office and invites her to experience his illicit pursuits firsthand, Eleanor is stunned. Gambling hells, phaeton races, masquerades. What more could a scandal writer want than a secret look into the life of this devilishly handsome rake?...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, no matter what cost emotionally. Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British...
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Crime of fashion mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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After she stumbles upon a dead body while touring a failing Virginia velvet factory, "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian finds her own life in danger when she receives the killer's rumored calling card.
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