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1) Titans
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart--but when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together....
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Author
Series
Harlequin heartwarming volume 298
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A house isn't a home without someone to love. Construction expert Cassie Lowman has been paired with the last designer she wanted for Detroit's new home reno contest. John Robison finds Cassie intriguing yet intimidating. When tough family issues arise, John and Cassie are forced to see each other's strengths and work together on all fronts, and yes, maybe fall for each other along the way..."--from cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this creative nonfiction book, Gordy and Ira, one African-American and one German-Jewish, who live in Depression-era Detroit, bond over a shared interest in boxing as America awaits the rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.
Author
Publisher
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's the Midwest in the 1970-80s, and Mary is growing up in Detroit, where the recession hits hard, and jobs are scarce. In a set of linked stories, Mary tries to conjure the spirits of protection to confront economic struggle, violence, addiction, and death. Mary moves to cities across the Midwest looking for work, all the while learning the healing power of dignity from the true patrons: her community of friends and family who teach her to love...
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