<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Illidge, Jeanette,]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Illidge, Jeanette,]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=Illidge%2C%20Jeanette%2C&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:38:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for Smile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bear wakes one day to find his Smile gone and enlists his friends to help him find it. Bear and Smile are always together. They wake up together, swim by the waterfall together, and eat honey together. But one day, Bear wakes up and Smile is nowhere to be found. With the help of his woodland friends, will Bear be able to find his Smile again? This tender and special debut picture book explores sadness with a light touch and shows that sometimes a good friend can make all the difference.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3143273</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3143273</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tarlow, Ellen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3143273133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781952183744/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch That Chicken!]]></title><description><![CDATA["The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity. Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far ... ow! How can she catch chickens with an ankle that's puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia says, that quick thinking is more important than quick running? Award-winning author Atinuke celebrates Nigerian village life in a story vibrantly illustrated by Angela Brooksbank with a universal message at its heart"--Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3143270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3143270</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Atinuke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3143270133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781952183294/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the City]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two pigeons fly through the city hoping to find a friend-but where do friends come from? In this brightly illustrated love letter to cities, the fine, feathered characters discover the magical, unlikely connections that happen best in the hustle and bustle of a big city.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117334</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117334</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raschka, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3117334133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781952183751/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parker Looks up]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book is based on the viral photograph of African American toddler Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, who she thought was a queen. One rainy afternoon, Parker's mother (co-author Jessica Curry) makes the suggestion that they visit the museum, little sister Ava in tow. At the museum, they see Parker's friend Gia and her mother. The three girls dance through the halls of the museum noticing horses, flowers, and feathers in the famous works of art. Just before they leave, Parker notices the portrait of Michelle Obama, stops in her tracks, and that viral photographic moment is born. Parker's thoughts about what she sees when she looks at Michelle Obama are assumed by her expressive gaze, well captured by illustrator Jackson. The reimagined images of the paintings are brilliant. In one, Einstein seems to be looking down on Parker and Gia, who laugh at his "bushy mustache," and ballerinas in "frilly white tutus" step out of the frame to join the girls as they dance down a hall. (The actual titles of the paintings are included in the backmatter.) One illustration shows a diverse group of children engaging in various activities, which invites young readers to imagine a world of possibilities for themselves, the way Parker does]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117421</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117421</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Curry, Parker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3117421133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle>An Extraordinary Moment</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781936348947/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Computer Called Katherine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242456</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242456</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Slade, Suzanne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242456133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle>How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781549134715/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One in A Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Megastar Whitney "Sahara" Richardson has everything planned-including when she'll have kids. But a mix-up at the fertility clinic makes her the biological mother of a child she didn't carry and whose father she's never met. A fun celebrity rom-com with the poignancy of Abby Jimenez and a modern twist on "surprise baby" for fans of Jasmine Guillory. World-famous Whitney "Sahara" Richardson is at the top of her game. With four Grammys, an Oscar nod, and a half-billion-dollar clothing line, her career is skyrocketing. Even her headline-grabbing dating life is looking up. And if everything goes as planned, marriage and children are just a few years away-and they will come in that order. However, a mix-up at the fertility clinic where her eggs are stored puts the cart before the horse, making her the biological mother of a child she didn't carry and whose father she's never met. Oops. Sahara suddenly has a her father wants to keep her.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3442480</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3442480</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kendall, Beverley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3442480133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781488233708/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Token]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kennedy Mitchell is brilliant, beautiful and...tired of being the only Black woman in the room. Two years ago, Kennedy was plucked from the reception desk and placed in the corporate boardroom in the name of diversity. Rather than play along, she and her best friend founded Token, a boutique PR agency that helps "diversity-challenged" companies and celebrities. With corporate America diversifying workplaces and famous people getting into reputation-damaging controversies, Token is in high demand. With business booming, Kennedy soon discovers there's a lot of on-the-job learning. Some messes are not so easily fixed, like the pro hockey player overheard using a racial slur who needs his image rehabbed, and an executive team that requires diversifying and sensitivity training asap. When Kennedy's ex shows up needing help repairing his company's reputation, things get even more complicated. She knows his character is being wrongly maligned, but she's reluctant to get involved. Soon, she finds herself drawn into a PR scandal of her own.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3234518</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3234518</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kendall, Beverley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3234518133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781488218248/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[House of Cotton]]></title><description><![CDATA[A stunning, contemporary Black southern gothic novel about what it means to be a poor woman in the God- fearing south. The perfect audiobook if you loved The Other Black Girl and Luster. "Every page, every scene, every sentence of Monica Brashears's debut novel House of Cotton dazzles and surprises. An intense, enthralling, and deeply satisfying read!" -Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies  "A new, dazzling, and essential American voice." -George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Narrator Jeanette Illidge gives voice to Magnolia as she tackles racial, religious, and power dynamics with strength while still allowing her tenderness and fragility to show. Brashear weaves an intriguing, if wandering, novel, full of twisty turns and mysteries. The gloomy atmosphere is oppressive, felt strongly through the characters and narration."- Library Journal Magnolia Brown is nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, her predatory landlord, and the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night, while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around with a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. She accepts. But despite things looking up, Magnolia's problems fatten along with her wallet. When Cotton's requests become increasingly weird, Magnolia discovers there's a lot more at stake than just her rent. Sharp as a belted knife, this sly social commentary cuts straight to the bone. House of Cotton will keep you mesmerized until the very end.  A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books. Monica Brashears is an Affrilachian writer from Tennessee. She is a graduate of Syracuse University's MFA program. Her work has appeared in Nashville Review, Split Lip Magazine, Appalachian Review, The Masters Review, and more. House of Cotton is her debut novel.  "A beautiful book about the strange contours of grief." -Raven Leilani, author of Luster, winner of the NBCC John Leonard Prize  "Monica Brashears is a stunning new talent. Her debut, House of Cotton, is an incredible work of harsh beauty and a novel you won't forget." -Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black  "Monica Brashears is an immense talent, and her enchanting, strikingly original prose will astonish you. Magnolia is such a vivid, tender character: whip smart but deeply innocent, traumatized but also joyful and funny. Magnolia's complex voice is nothing short of miraculous. House of Cotton is a powerful, seductive, and subversive novel." -Dana Spiotta, author of Eat the Document, winner of the Rosenthal Foundation Award "Mystical, carnal, and written in fire. House of Cotton ushers Monica Brashears straight onto American lit's mainstage, which she should grace for a long time." -Jonathan Dee, author of The Privileges, winner of the Prix Fitzgerald "Brashears offers a fresh new perspective on Appalachia and the American South, and Magnolia's rich voice will echo with readers long after the pages are closed." -Julia Kastner, Shelf Awareness "Startling, vivid, and impressive...Brashears has written a lush, pictorial, and often steamy novel with an indelible heroine. Coupling classic gothic elements with a realistic portrayal of the issues facing a young, poor, Black woman with few options, the novel's many strengths culminate in a powerful and original story that will appeal to a variety of readers across fiction genres." -Booklist "[A] haunting and macabre debut... Magnolia is a wonderfully complex character." -Publishers Weekly "A lyrical fever dream of a novel." -Kirkus]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3377532</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3377532</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brashears, Monica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3377532133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250882295/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blood Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this stunning conclusion to N. E. Davenport's fast-paced, action-packed sci-fantasy duology, elite warrior Ikenna and her rogue cohort must outrun bounty hunters, their former comrades, and a megalomaniacal demi-god, all in the hopes of saving their friends and enemies from the racist and misogynistic oppression that threatens the continents from all sides.   After discovering the depth of betrayal, treachery, and violence perpetrated against her by Mareen's Tribunal Council and exposing her illegal blood-gift to save her Praetorian squad, Ikenna becomes a fugitive with a colossal bounty on her head.  Yet, somehow, that's the least of her worries.  Her grandfather's longtime allies refuse to offer help, and the Blood Emperor's Warlord is tracking her. She's also struggling to control the enormous power she was granted by the Goddess of Blood Rites...and come to terms with the promises she made to get such power.  Amidst all of this, the Blood Emperor wages a full-scale invasion against Mareen and leaves a trail of decimated cities, war crimes, and untold death in his wake. As the horrors increase, Ikenna and her team realize they must assassinate the Blood Emperor and quickly end the war. But the price to do so is steep and has planet-shattering consequences.  The price to do nothing, though, is annihilation.  War has erupted. Alliances are fracturing. And Ikenna is torn between her loyalties, her desires for revenge, and the power threatening to consume her. With the world aflame, only one thing is certain: blood will be spilled.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3310918</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3310918</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Davenport, N. E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3310918133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Novel. Blood Gift Duology</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063058569/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Space for Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[From nineteenth-century abolitionism to Black Lives Matter today, progressive social movements have been at the forefront of social change. Yet it is seldom recognized that such movements have not only engaged in political action but also posed crucial philosophical questions about the meaning of justice and about how the demands of justice can be met.  Michele Moody-Adams argues that anyone who is concerned with the theory or the practice of justice-or both-must ask what can be learned from social movements. Drawing on a range of compelling examples, she explores what they have shown about the nature of justice as well as what it takes to create space for justice in the world. Moody-Adams considers progressive social movements as wellsprings of moral inquiry and as agents of social change, drawing out key philosophical and practical principles. Social justice demands humane regard for others, combining compassionate concern and robust respect. Successful movements have drawn on the transformative power of imagination, strengthening the motivation to pursue justice and to create the political institutions and social policies that can sustain it by inspiring political hope.  Making Space for Justice contends that the insights arising from social movements are critical to bridging the gap between discerning theory and effective practice.  "Making Space for Justice is a timely work given our current political dangers...This work manifests on every page the virtues and normative orientations for which Moody-Adams is arguing-hope, civic grace, an inclusive imagination, compassionate concern, and respect for all...It is a powerful contribution to the pragmatist tradition in philosophy."  "Making Space for Justice finds practical and theoretical insight in progressive social movements. This groundbreaking book shows that they apply constructive imagination with 'humane regard,' joining 'compassionate concern' with 'robust respect.'"  "Making Space for Justice is a remarkably illuminating work on the indispensability of social movement activity for understanding and achieving justice...This is a truly exceptional book from a leading thinker on the meaning of moral progress."]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3231726</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3231726</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moody-Adams, Michele M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3231726133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798200998777/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Savage Kind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two lonely teenage girls in 1940s Washington, DC, discover they have a penchant for solving crimes-and an even greater desire to commit them-in the new mystery novel by Macavity Award-winning novelist John Copenhaver.Philippa Watson, a good-natured yet troubled seventeen-year-old, has just moved to Washington, DC. She's lonely until she meets Judy Peabody, a brilliant and tempestuous classmate. The girls become unlikely friends and fashion themselves as intellectuals, drawing the notice of Christine Martins, their dazzling English teacher, who enthralls them with her passion for literature and her love of noirish detective fiction.  When Philippa returns a novel Miss Martins has lent her, she interrupts a man grappling with her in the shadows. Frightened, Philippa flees, unsure who the man is or what she's seen. Days later, her teacher returns to school altered: a dark shell of herself. On the heels of her teacher's transformation, a classmate is found dead in the Anacostia River-murdered-the body stripped and defiled with a mysterious inscription.  As the girls follow the clues and wrestle with newfound feelings toward each other, they suspect that the killer is closer to their circle than they imagined-and that the greatest threat they face may not be lurking in the halls at school, or in the city streets, but creeping out from a murderous impulse of their own.  "Philippa Watson and Judy Peabody…each bring loneliness to a friendship that burns with intensity from the get-go…[in] their fascination - or is it obsession? - with each other, and with crime."  "A gripping coming-of-age story set in 1948…captures the awkwardness of teenagers grappling with identity and a need to belong."  "A profusion of devastating twists complements the pulp-noir tone and keeps readers on tenterhooks."  "Jam-packed with noir themes and plot twists. Sure to please fans of queer fiction and twisty mysteries."  "With cool tones and a sarcastic bite, Jeanette Illidge's portrayal of Judy brings out the girl's detachment and anger. Naughton conveys Philippa's blend of chirpiness and angst with skill…Rounding out the cast is Robin Miles, who narrates a frame story with smooth caginess, keeping listeners off-balance until the end."]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3163270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3163270</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Copenhaver, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3163270133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798200712144/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blood Traitor]]></title><description><![CDATA[She'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the price. Kiva thought she knew what she wanted-revenge. But feelings change, people change... everything has changed. After what happened at the palace, Kiva is desperate to know if her friends and family are safe and whether those she wronged can ever forgive her. But with the kingdoms closer to the brink of war than they've ever been, and Kiva far away from the conflict, more is at stake than her own broken heart. A fresh start will mean a perilous quest, forcing mortal enemies and uneasy allies together in a race against the clock to save not just Evalon, but all of Wenderall. With her loyalties now set, Kiva can no longer just survive-she must fight for what she believes in. For who she believes in. But with danger coming from every side, and the lives of everyone she loves at risk, does she have what it takes to stand, or will she fall?]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3247402</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3247402</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Noni, Lynette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3247402133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358669425/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blood Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blending fantasy and science fiction, N. E. Davenport's fast-paced, action-packed debut kicks off a duology of loyalty and rebellion, in which a young Black woman must survive deadly trials in a racist and misogynistic society to become an elite warrior. It's all about blood. The blood spilled between the Republic of Mareen and the armies of the Blood Emperor long ago. The blood gifts of Mareen's deadliest enemies. The blood that runs through the elite War Houses of Mareen, the rulers of the Tribunal dedicated to keeping the republic alive. The blood of the former Legatus, Verne Amari, murdered. For his granddaughter, Ikenna, the only thing steady in her life was the man who had saved Mareen. The man who had trained her in secret, not just in martial skills, but in harnessing the blood gift that coursed through her. Who trained her to keep that a secret. But now there are too many secrets, and with her grandfather assassinated, Ikenna knows two things: that only someone on the Tribunal could have ordered his death, and that only a Praetorian Guard could have carried out that order. Bent on revenge as much as discovering the truth, Ikenna pledges herself to the Praetorian Trials - a brutal initiation that only a quarter of the aspirants survive. She subjects herself to the racism directed against her half-Khanaian heritage and the misogyny of a society that cherishes progeny over prodigy, all while hiding a power that - if found out - would subject her to execution...or worse. Ikenna is willing to risk it all because she needs to find out who murdered her grandfather...and then she needs to kill them. Mareen has been at peace for a long time.... Ikenna joining the Praetorians is about to change all that. Magic and technology converge in the first part of this stunning debut duology, where loyalty to oneself - and one's blood - is more important than anything.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3247403</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3247403</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Davenport, N. E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3247403133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063058514/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other Terrors]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anthology of original horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award winners Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from historically excluded backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, "other". Offering new stories from some of the biggest names in horror as well as some of the hottest up-and-coming talents, Other Terrors will provide the ultimate listening experience for horror fans who want to examine fear of "the other". Be they of a different culture, a different background, a different sexual orientation or gender identity, a different belief system, or a different skin color, some people simply aren't part of the community's majority - and are perceived as scary. Humans are almost instinctively inclined to fear what's different, and there are a multitude of individuals who have spent far too long on the outside looking in. And the thing about the outside is... it's much larger than you think. In Other Terrors, horror writers from a multitude of underrepresented backgrounds have created stories of everyday people, places, and things where something shifts, striking a deeper, much more primal chord of fear. Are our eyes playing tricks on us, or is there something truly sinister lurking under the surface of what we thought we knew? And who among us is really the other after all? Contributors include: Tananarive Due, Jennifer McMahon, S. A. Cosby, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Michael Thomas Ford, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Christina Sng, Denise Dumars, Usman T. Malik, Annie Neugebauer, Gabino Iglesias, Hailey Piper, Nathan Carson, Shanna Heath, Tracy Cross, Linda D. Addison, Maxwell I. Gold, Larissa Glasser, Eugen Bacon, Holly Lyn Walrath, Jonathan Lees, M. E. Bronstein, and Michael Hanson.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3246815</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3246815</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3246815133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>An Inclusive Anthology</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358671718/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Were There]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 1970 to 1980, the Third World Women's Alliance lived the dream of third world feminism. The small bicoastal organization was one of the earliest groups advocating for what came to be known as intersectional activism, arguing that women of color faced a "triple jeopardy" of race, gender, and class oppression. Rooted in the Black civil rights move­ment, the TWWA pushed the women's movement to address issues such as sterilization abuse, infant mortality, welfare, and wage exploitation, and challenged third world activist organizations to address sexism in their ranks. Widely recognized as the era's pri­mary voice for women of color, this alliance across ethnic and racial identities was unique then and now.Interweaving oral history, scholarly and archival research, and first-person memoir, We Were There documents how the TWWA shaped and defined second wave feminism. Highlight­ing the essential contributions of women of color to the justice move­ments of the 1970s, this historical resource will inspire activists today and tomorrow, reminding a new generation that solidarity is the only way forward. "We Were There…[is] an ever more valuable tool for evaluating structural malaise in a country that does its best to inoculate its inhabitants against the truth." "This richly documented account rescues a critical chapter in the history of the feminist movement from obscurity."  "Part history, part personal reflection, and part biography, written with a passion and immediacy that belies the span of time between the events and the telling."  "Narrator Jeanette Illidge infuses the women's first-person perspectives with vitality and care. In doing so, she creates the impression that their memories remain fresh and their passion and experiences are still close to their hearts."  "We are deeply indebted to Patricia Romney for helping to generate a record of the Alliance's pioneering contributions, thus ensuring its revolutionary legacies live on."]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3186549</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3186549</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Romney, Patricia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3186549133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798200880652/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[House of Hunger]]></title><description><![CDATA[WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste .  Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.    A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of  The Year of the Witching .  Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet. The countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when she discovers that the ancient walls of the House of Hunger hide even older secrets, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She’ll need to learn the rules of her new home—and fast—or its halls will soon become her grave.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3203264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3203264</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henderson, Alexis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3203264133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593504109/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kingdoms of Savannah]]></title><description><![CDATA["The narrators form a kind of tag team as they voice the florid descriptions of the city, its people, and a murder investigation led by the unlikeliest of characters, high society's Morgana Musgrove, portrayed by Karen Commins." - AudioFile on The Kingdoms of Savannah  Savannah may appear to be "some town out of a fable," with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city's history. But look deeper and you'll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It's the story at the heart of George Dawes Green's chilling new novel, The Kingdoms of Savannah. It begins quietly on a balmy Southern night as some locals gather at Bo Peep's, one of the town's favorite watering holes. Within an hour, however, a man will be murdered and his companion will be "disappeared." An unlikely detective, Morgana Musgrove, doyenne of Savannah society, is called upon to unravel the mystery of these crimes. Morgana is an imperious, demanding, and conniving woman, whose four grown children are weary of her schemes. But one by one she inveigles them into helping with her investigation, and soon the family uncovers some terrifying truths-truths that will rock Savannah's power structure to its core. Moving from the homeless encampments that ring the city to the stately homes of Savannah's elite, Green's novel brilliantly depicts the underbelly of a city with a dark history and the strangely mesmerizing dysfunction of a complex family. A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books George Dawes Green, founder of The Moth, is an internationally celebrated author. His first novel, The Caveman's Valentine, won the Edgar Award and became a motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson. The Juror was an international bestseller in more than twenty languages and was the basis for the movie starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. Ravens was chosen as one of the best books of 2009 by the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Mail of London, and many other publications. George Green grew up in Georgia and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3289842</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3289842</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Green, George Dawes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3289842133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250856074/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serendipity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Love is in the air in Serendipity, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will fall for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous. Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle, and Abigail Hing Wen.  A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3240444</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3240444</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3240444133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250831644/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gilded Serpent]]></title><description><![CDATA[From bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen comes a thrilling new novel in the Dark Shores world, a series that Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel." THEIR BATTLES ENDED IN VICTORY Lydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she's convinced she is doing more harm than good. She delves into the history of the gods only to discover a truth that will change her life forever. His birthright as commander of the Royal Army is finally in his grasp, but Killian feels anything but victorious. Burdened by his past, he embraces the darker side of his mark-and in doing so, risks starting a war. BUT THE WAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN Having defeated the tyrant Urcon, Marcus struggles to form a lasting alliance with the Arinoquians. But he is plagued by the knowledge that there is a traitor among his friends, and it could cost him everything that he's fought for. Torn between her growing allegiance to the Thirty-Seventh legion and her need to liberate her people, Teriana finds herself mired in a web of secrets. She embarks upon a path that will either save everyone she loves-or put them all in their graves. Listeners may listen to either Dark Shores or Dark Skies first! Suggested series reading order: 1. Dark Skies or Dark Shores 2. Dark Shores or Dark Skies 3. Gilded Serpent  A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Teen]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3167421</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3167421</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jensen, Danielle L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3167421133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250790149/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ace of Spades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. All you need to know is... I'm here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. - Aces When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures. As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly?]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3183580</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3183580</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3183580133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250808332/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ace of Spades]]></title><description><![CDATA[This program includes an author's note read by the author.  Gossip Girl  meets  Get Out  in  Ace of Spades , a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.    All you need to know is . . . I'm here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.  —Aces   When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures. As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.  A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3080954</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3080954</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3080954133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250808332/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Other Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught between two brothers as the three of them navigate family, loss, and love over the course of two summers. For fans of Far From the Tree, Emergency Contact, and Nina LaCour.  Before she kissed one of the Cohen boys, seventeen-year-old Jessi Rumfield knew what it was like to have a family-even if, technically, that family didn't belong to her. She'd spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had.   But then everything changed. It's been almost a year since Jessi last visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. Now Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. But when Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. And when he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel's life, Jessi finds herself drawn back into the world of the Cohens. Everything's changed, but Jessi can't help wanting to be a Cohen, even if it means playing pretend for one final summer.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3152459</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3152459</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Everett, Sarah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3152459133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358437796/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tiger Without Stripes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A young tiger born without stripes wonders why she alone is different. As she grows, her feeling of incompleteness draws her on a quest she hopes will make her whole. Will her efforts to earn her stripes pay off, or will she find a surprising answer to the question that has defined her life?]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117412</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3117412</guid><category><![CDATA[DEVICE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitbread, Jaimie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3117412133</comments><format>DEVICE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781954635210/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gilded Cage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "must-read." Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only Zalindov prison, but also the deadly Trial by Ordeal. Now Kiva's purpose goes beyond survival to vengeance. For the past ten years, her only goal was to reunite with her family and destroy the people responsible for ruining their lives. But now that she has escaped Zalindov, her mission has become more complicated than ever. As Kiva settles into her new life in the capital, she discovers she wasn't the only one who suffered while she was in Zalindov-her siblings and their beliefs have changed too. Soon it's not just her enemies she's keeping secrets from, but her own family as well. Outside the city walls, tensions are brewing from the rebels, along with whispers of a growing threat from the northern kingdoms. Kiva's allegiances are more important than ever, but she's beginning to question where they truly lie. To survive this time, she'll have to navigate a complicated web of lies before both sides of the battle turn against her and she loses everything.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3214208</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3214208</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Noni, Lynette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3214208133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358639428/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prison Healer]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lynette Noni is a masterful storyteller. A must-read for any fantasy lover!" - SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author  Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer.    When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.    Then a coded message from Kiva's family arrives, containing a single order: "Don't let her die. We are coming." Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen will be granted their freedom.    But no one has ever survived.    With an incurable plague sweeping Zalindov, a mysterious new inmate fighting for Kiva's heart, and a prison rebellion brewing, Kiva can't escape the terrible feeling that her trials have only just begun.    From bestselling author Lynette Noni comes a dark, thrilling YA fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, and Sabaa Tahir.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3163224</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3163224</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Noni, Lynette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3163224133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358578277/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>