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New Library Materials – Fiction: Horror, Mystery – Fall 2021
The A.B.C. Murders – Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
Murder on the Red River – Marcie R. Rendon
One of Us Is Next – Karen M. McManus
Sadie – Courtney Summers
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson
The Silent Companions –…
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LGBTQ+ Summer Stories from Perpich Library
May 18, 2022
What better way to start out your summer than reading a book set in the summertime? These LGBTQ+ novels and graphic novels are guaranteed to get you in the mood for the carefree and sunny days that are coming. All items on…
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New Library Materials – Fiction: Literary, Realistic, Historical – Fall 2021
Afterlife – Julia Alvarez
Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins
Birthday – Meredith Russo
The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta
A Burning – Megha Majumdar
Call Me by Your Name – André Aciman
The Committed – Viet Thanh Nguyen
Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas
Deacon King Kong – James McBride
Dear Justyce –…
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New Library Materials – Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction – Fall 2021
Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor
All Systems Red – Martha Wells
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard – Echo Brown
A Blade So Black – L.L. McKinney
The Bone Shard Daughter – Andrea Stewart
Cemetery Boys –…
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Books in Verse from Perpich Library
April 20, 2022
In honor of National Poetry Month, the library is highlighting some of our incredible books written in verse, a form of narrative poetry. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.
1. Apple: Skin…
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Refugee Stories
March 22, 2022
The current refugee crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine has been the focus of many news stories these days. Unfortunately, war and persecution have long been forcing people from their homes, but most of these refugee’s stories have been under reported…
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New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2021
Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Blood at the Root – Dominique Morisseau
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play – James Baldwin
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark – Lynn Nottage
Choir Boy – Tarell Alvin McCraney
Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology, 2nd edition – edited…
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New Library Materials – Nonfiction Social Studies Books – Fall 2021
An African American and Latinx History of the United States – Paul Ortiz
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life – Winona LaDuke
A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country:…
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New Library Materials – Poetry – Fall 2021
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young, editor
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes
Catrachos: Poems – Roy G. Guzmán
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver – Mary Oliver
Finna: Poems – Nate Marshall
Halal If You Hear…