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Kwame Crashes the Underworld (Kwame Powell #1) by Craig Kofi Farmer
Jun 23

Kwame Crashes the Underworld (Kwame Powell #1) by Craig Kofi Farmer

Narrated by Joshua Quinn 5 stars Jaw-droppingly good. The best of modern mythology retellings. Kwame just wants to have a normal summer. Instead his family is taking him to Ghana for his grandmother’s celebration of life. Still grieving the loss of his grandmother and having never felt Ghanaian enough at family events, Kwame is dreading…

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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Jul 29

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

4 stars A powerful story with unforgettable characters. Alternating between three tales, follow three very different characters as they try to fit into the world around them. Jin Wang is the only Chinese-American student in a school that never lets him forget he’s different. The Monkey King masters various skills in order to distance himself…

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