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  • A HIDDEN MAGIC. by Velde, Vivian Vande (Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman,)
    Velde, Vivian Vande (Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman,)
    A HIDDEN MAGIC.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book for older children, a delightful modern fairy-tale about a thoroughly nice but rather plain princess who must rescue a not-so-nice prince from the spell of a powerful witch. Illustrated with line drawings by Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman. 117 pp. ISBN: 0-517555344.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40835
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  • Viramontes, Helena Maria
    THE MOTHS AND OTHER STORIES

    Edition: 4th printing, trade paperback.

    Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1992. (c.1985.). SIGNED - First book by this Latina writer, who was born in Los Angeles. INSCRIBED on the title page "Para .... en paz" and dated in 2007. ISBN: 0-934770-409.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers, except for some underlining in introduction and marginal notes on several pages.

    Book ID: 5901
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  • Volk, Toni.
    MONTANA WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Montana-born author. Follows the stories of two sisters' lives during and after World War II in which one lost a husband, the other a fiance - feminists before the word was created, because they had to be to survive. Cover praise from William Kittredge who called this novel "as beautiful and stark as the high, short grass plains where it all happens." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-939149605.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. (light crease to flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 35904
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  • WILEY'S LAMENT. by Waiwaiole, Lono.
    Waiwaiole, Lono.
    WILEY'S LAMENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, and the first in a series of highly praised hardboiled novel featuring poker player Wiley. This is "the story of a man who's drifting through the remains of his torn-up life like a ghost, playing poker to make ends meet but always on the edge of an abyss, not quite sure whether his minimal efforts at life are worth the trouble. When the estranged daughter he hasn't spoken to in a year turns up gutted with a sharp knife in a cheap motel room, Wiley's solitary life spins out of control and a violent showdown with both the killer and with his own…

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    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, and the first in a series of highly praised hardboiled novel featuring poker player Wiley. This is "the story of a man who's drifting through the remains of his torn-up life like a ghost, playing poker to make ends meet but always on the edge of an abyss, not quite sure whether his minimal efforts at life are worth the trouble. When the estranged daughter he hasn't spoken to in a year turns up gutted with a sharp knife in a cheap motel room, Wiley's solitary life spins out of control and a violent showdown with both the killer and with his own bloody conscience becomes inevitable. He stalks the nasty underside of Portland's sex industry, jumping at every shadow and taking two steps back for every forward stride. But Wiley is determined to do this one thing right, perhaps to make amends to his lost daughter, or maybe to make peace with his own battered soul." SIGNED on the title page and dated in March 2003, the month of publication. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312303831.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 84272
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  • THE FLOOD MOUNTAIN MYSTERIES. by Walker, Hoyt.
    Walker, Hoyt.
    THE FLOOD MOUNTAIN MYSTERIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Willits, California: J. Hoyt Walker Publishing, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book set in a small town in Arkansas during the Great Depression. "Moonshine and hard times expose" From the dust jacket: this is "an adventure story set in the late 1920s, early 30s, and was inspired by my father's stories from the business of illegal whiskey making. Dad was much more than the average moonshiner, though: He was a hard working share crop farmer, a skilled woodsman, and in the opinion of those who knew him best, the worlds greatest handyman. Most of all, he was a man who loved his family, and was determined through hook or crook to do whatever was…

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    Willits, California: J. Hoyt Walker Publishing, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book set in a small town in Arkansas during the Great Depression. "Moonshine and hard times expose" From the dust jacket: this is "an adventure story set in the late 1920s, early 30s, and was inspired by my father's stories from the business of illegal whiskey making. Dad was much more than the average moonshiner, though: He was a hard working share crop farmer, a skilled woodsman, and in the opinion of those who knew him best, the worlds greatest handyman. Most of all, he was a man who loved his family, and was determined through hook or crook to do whatever was necessary to take care of them." INSCRIBED on title page and dated in 2006. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-97681420X.

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    Condition: Fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering in a near fine dust jacket (minor wear to top edge of dj).

    Book ID: 84319
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. First edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17318
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. INSCRIBED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17319
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. SIGNED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17426
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. ISBN: 1-57322-1694.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (spine slant.)

    Book ID: 18690
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  • AMATEUR BLUES. by Watson, Lynn.
    Watson, Lynn.
    AMATEUR BLUES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Forestville, CA: Taurean Horn Press, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first collection of poems, INSCRIBED on dedication page, and dated in the year of publication. Photocopy review laid in. Cover illustrated with a semi-nude photograph of the author (who had worked as an artist's model while a student.) 94 pp. ISBN: 0-931552087.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39341
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  • WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME. by Watson, Rene.
    Watson, Rene.
    WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME.

    Edition: First thus.

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2019). SIGNED hardcover - A reissue of this Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning author's first book, originally published in 2010, about an 8th grade girl's adjustment to changes in her life. "Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her grandparents' house is strange." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Includes recipe. 223 pp. plus 3 pp ads. ISBN: 978-1547601738.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82801
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  • GONE TO THE CRAZIES: A Memoir. by Weaver, Alison.
    Weaver, Alison.
    GONE TO THE CRAZIES: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HC - Harper Collins, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an "amazingly sane" account of survival of both her drug addiction and her two years at a school designed to brainwash it out of her. 245 pp. ISBN: 9780061189586.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51148
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  • COUNTRY HARDBALL. by Weddle, Steve.
    Weddle, Steve.
    COUNTRY HARDBALL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Blue Ash, OH: Tyrus Books / F+W Media, Inc, (2013). First edition - The author's first book, "A powerfully observed, evocative, and downright dazzlingÓ (NY Times) portrait of the American working class in a collection of related stories. "After more than a decade spent in and out of juvenile detention, halfway houses, and jail, Roy Alison returns to his rural hometown determined to do better. But what he finds is a working-class community devastated by the economic downturn - a town without anything to hold onto but the past." 195 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89247
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  • Wells, Rebecca.
    LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: HarperPerennial, 1996. The author's first book, winner of the Western States Book Award (the jurors cited this book as a 'hilariously sad immersion into the Walker family of Thornton, Lousiana.') Precedes her incredibly popular book - about the same Louisiana families - Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. ISBN: 0-06-0976845.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 15867
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  • LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE. by Wells, Rebecca.
    Wells, Rebecca.
    LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Seattle: Broken Moon Press, (1992). First edition - The author's first book, winner of the Western States Book Award (the jurors cited this book as a 'hilariously sad immersion into the Walker family of Thornton, Lousiana.') Precedes her incredibly popular book - about the same Louisiana families - Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. 224 pp. ISBN: 0913089257.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84342
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48913
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81292
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  • HEROES & HEROINES: Poems by Whittemore, Reed (1919-2012)
    Whittemore, Reed (1919-2012)
    HEROES & HEROINES: Poems

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poet's first book, published shortly after his service in the Army during World War II. Illustrated with drawings by Irwin Touster. Whittemore was the United States Poet Laureate twice and, as a student at Yale, he was a co-founding editor of the small and influential literary magazine Furioso. 80 pp plus final drawing.

    Condition: Very good in in magenta cloth with blue lettering in a fair only black dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the edges and folds, tape repair at top of dj spine (prev owner's address label) .

    Book ID: 79680
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  • Wold, Allen
    THE PLANET MASTERS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Wold's first novel. "Larson McCade, wandering grandson of a nameless refugee, has come to the decadent planet of Seltique, culturally isolated from the rest of the galaxy after its bid for political mastery two thousand years ago. He claims to be researching a pro-galaxy group known as The Core, but he is actually looking for The Book of Aradka, a non-human artifact that could make him a wealthy man for the rest of his life." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-312613989.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (bookstore stamp, some wear to corners of dj.)

    Book ID: 9458
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  • Woodson, Jacqueline
    AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FAMILY PHOTO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning African American writer's powerful first book, the story of a young girl's coming-of-age in Brooklyn during the Vietnam era - a world where sexuality is explored from every angle, where abuse is only whispered about, and where the young men are drafted and return, if they return at all, broken. On the basis of this novel, Woodson was named a regional Granta finalist, and she has gone to receive several other awards, to be nominated for the National Book Award and more. SIGNED on the title page. Although Woodson is best known as an author of books for young adults, this is an adult novel. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-525-937218.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 37583
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  • HILDA HEN'S SEARCH. by Wormell, Mary.
    Wormell, Mary.
    HILDA HEN'S SEARCH.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her first book for children, a delightful story of a hen's search for a safe place to lay her eggs. Illustrated with bright linocuts by Wormell. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-15-2000690.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket (one small tear to upper edge of dj)

    Book ID: 57472
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  • RUSH. by Wozencraft, Kim.
    Wozencraft, Kim.
    RUSH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - a novel based on her own experiences as an undercover narcotics officer and the basis of the movie. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-394-576713.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40005
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  • STEALING THE CHILDREN. by Wright, Carolyne.
    Wright, Carolyne.
    STEALING THE CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press / Boise State University, (1978). SIGNED first edition - Her first collection of poetry, INSCRIBED (in Portuguese) on the first page and dated in the year of publication "Good luck from a crazy poet." Introduction by Donald Dike. 41 pp. ISBN: 0-916272-095.

    Condition: Very good in printed olive green wrappers (some crinkling to the bottom edges of the pages.) Newspaper clipping with a humorous "guest comment" by Wright.

    Book ID: 61510
    Keywords: first book, Poetry
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  • THE ANCHORAGE. by Wunderlich, Mark.
    Wunderlich, Mark.
    THE ANCHORAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first collection of poetry, a series of love poems for the end of the millenium. 57 pp. ISBN: 1558492003.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61718
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58747
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. SIGNED by both Belle Yang and Amy Tan on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64291
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996). SIGNED - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication, with a drawing of a cat by Yang. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Very good+ (covers slightly bent).

    Book ID: 72854
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  • TRUST THE LIAR. by Zannos, Susan.
    Zannos, Susan.
    TRUST THE LIAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a mystery which pairs a high-school attendance monitor, a young widow, with a 14 year old boy with an active imagination and of "dubious veracity" in a search to Mexico for a killer. SIGNED on the title page with the inscription "Happy Birthday, You have a delightful charming daughter" (not personalized). 179 pp. ISBN: 0-802756972.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages) Uncommon signed..

    Book ID: 64774
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  • BEYOND THE MANGO TREE. by Zemser, Amy Bronwen.
    Zemser, Amy Bronwen.
    BEYOND THE MANGO TREE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Greenwillow Books, (1998) dj. First edition - The author's first novel, a story for older children, based on her memories of her years spent in Liberia as a child in the 1980s, a book which "reveals the schism between two classes and cultures while evoking the loneliness of a white American girl living abroad. Sarina's mother, who suffers from diabetes and grows weaker and more erratic every day, has tied her to a mango tree in the corner of her family's gated grounds to keep her from straying. Boima, whose 'bones protrude in places where on my own body I must press down on flesh to feel them,' frees Sarina both literally and figuratively. He tells her…

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    New York: Greenwillow Books, (1998) dj. First edition - The author's first novel, a story for older children, based on her memories of her years spent in Liberia as a child in the 1980s, a book which "reveals the schism between two classes and cultures while evoking the loneliness of a white American girl living abroad. Sarina's mother, who suffers from diabetes and grows weaker and more erratic every day, has tied her to a mango tree in the corner of her family's gated grounds to keep her from straying. Boima, whose 'bones protrude in places where on my own body I must press down on flesh to feel them,' frees Sarina both literally and figuratively. He tells her to meet him at the market where he sells his hand-woven baskets, 'I can show you all kind a something-o.' She finds a way to rejoin him, and he introduces her to the world 'beyond the mango tree' through ancient legends and walking journeys. When Boima invites Sarina into his home, she witnesses a level of poverty she has never seen before. Through a series of small awakenings, Sarina begins to see that no mere gate separates her world from Boima's, but rather a gulf.. . Zemser's poetic, wrenching narrative transports readers to a foreign land, but the truths they uncover will surely hit home." (Publishers Weekly). 166 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers in a very near fine dust wrapper.

    Book ID: 88853
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