Available from the Richland County Library in print format. Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost didn’t set out to make history. But when these three Black first graders stepped into the all-white…
Available at the Richland County Library in print format. First recorded traveling overhead in 240 BCE, Halley’s Comet returns every seventy-six years or so for a fresh glimpse of life on bountiful…
Available from the University of South Carolina Press. Published July 2023. Places Greenville’s experience during World War I within the context of the progressive era to better understand the rise of…
This book is available from Amazon or your preferred bookstore. From the outside, you have it all: the advanced degree and fulfilling career, the loving family and nice home. But inside, it’s a different…
Available from the Richland County Library in print format. Maya’s grandmother, Halmunee, may be losing her memory, but she hasn’t lost her magic touch in the kitchen. Whether she serves salty miyeok-guk or sweet songpyeon,…
Published 2017 Available from the Richland County Library in print format. Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty of Chinatown, San Francisco in 1906, and an education at St. Clare’s School for…
Available from the Richland County Library in print, ebook, and eAudiobook formats. Most Anticipated Book of the Year for GoodReads, Bookish, New Scientist, FanFiAddict, and Nerd Daily, a Spring Book Pick for Library Journal, and a Summer Book Pick for Publishers…
Published 2023 Available at the Richland County Library in print, ebook, Audiobook, and eAudiobook formats. In Maame readers can witness the journey of a young woman who overcomes adversity and learns to embrace her…
Published April 2023 Available from the University of South Carolina Press. In Light and Legacies, Janaka Bowman Lewis explores Black girlhood and the literary history of “Black Girl…
Published October 2022 Available in print, eBook, and eAudiobook formats at the Richland County Library. Ambassador Nikki R. Haley offers inspiring examples of women who worked against obstacles and…