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Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart
Random House 0385474547 / 9780385474542 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available. GRADE 12
Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.
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Alexie, Sherman Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Hachette 0316013692 / 9780316013697 Paperback NEW GRADE 9
Alexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Includes poignant drawings that reflect the character's art.
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McBride, James Color of Water, The
Penguin 159448192X / 9781594481925 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available.
With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her heritage, moved to Harlem, and married a black man.
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