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Home by Toni Morrison 2012

Home by Toni Morrison follows a tale of a Korean Veteran, Frank Money who has just come out of the army. He is a man who has been scarred with memories of horrifying deaths and murders that have taken place before him, some even caused because of him. His journey follows him through his struggle between the strings of the past, the terrors of the future and many hardships. Frank is in a fight to rid his sister Cee of a terrible disease that threatens to end her life. On his path, Frank faces the struggles with segregation, the fight with friendships. In the end, Frank faces a shocking discovery that he realizes will affect his entire life.

Toni Morrison the author of this amazing book is a holder of the Nobel Peace Prize as well as the Pulitzer prize. Born on the 18th of February in 1931 she is a well-known editor, author, and professor. Well known for her rich characters, well thought out themes, and wonderful writing skills. With her magical talent, Toni Morrison has spread great enthusiasm and emotion throughout the world with her magnificent stories. From her very first book, Beloved which was released in 1987 to her most recent book Margaret Garner Toni Morrison goes on spreading that same wonder and joy into the world. Home, released in 2012, is one of her recent stories that followed her plethora of books.

The Sisters Are Alright by Tamara Winfrey Harris 2015

The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America is a thought provoking and super inspiring novel that send a strong message to the world. Based on true stories Tamara Whitney Harris explore the boundaries that our world has divided itself into. The separation between culture, ethnicity, race, and even gender. She explores the stories behind the consequences of these things and the hard-hitting reality of the discrimination that our world faces even today. This wonderful story explores the journey of many black mothers, daughters and their struggles to comprehend and live on through this racial and stereotypical discrimination. Tamara shows people that stories like these are what we need to send the message across to those evil beings that spread this disease without a thought at what the cost might be and what torture it might bring others in this world. She focuses on the many problems that face our world today. In her book, she writes, "We have facets like diamonds," about the black women across the country. The main focus of the problem she says is that "The trouble is the people who refuse to see us sparkling.”

Tamara Winfrey Harris, the author of this book is a professional writer. She is a strong believer in the rights of African-American Women. She fights for the unfairness and cruelty that is displayed against these women and how discriminated they are. Her inspiration for this book was the fact of all the hate and evil people throw towards African-American woman and she decided to show the world how this affected others. This book is known to be heartwarming and grants everyone who reads it a life changing lesson.

Hidden Figures by Margot L. Shetterly 2016

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly poses as yet another inspirational and heart-stopping story that fights for the justice and rights of gender equality. Out of the every few African-American women in NASA these girls are treated very poorly despite their beyond unbelievable intelligence. Through hidden figures, we learn the untold, heroic story of three brave women who will not let any obstacle keep them from their dream. As Margot Shetterly herself has said, “We all know what a scientist looks like: a wild-eyed person in a white lab coat and utilitarian eyeglasses, wearing a pocket protector and holding a test tube. Mostly male. Usually white. Even Google, our hive mind, confirms the prevailing view. Just do an image search for the word ‘scientist’.” Surely enough this is the exact result google gives us. Through her powerful writing, Margot Shetterly shares this wonderful and unique that will stay in every heart that comes across it.

Margot L. Shetterly is a writer, researcher, and entrepreneur as well as a role model. This author doesn’t merely spread a very strong message through her words to thousands of hearts out there, but she takes a step to ensure justice in this world herself. As hiddenfigures.com says, “A 2014 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grantee, Shetterly is the founder of The Human Computer Project, an endeavor that is recovering the names and accomplishments of all of the women who worked as computers, mathematicians, scientists and engineers at the NACA and NASA from the 1930s through the 1980s.” She set out on a mission to represent the message in her actions as well. She stands as a great inspiration to the world with her hard work, dedication, influential words and dominant actions.

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi 2013

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi, published on the fifth of March in 2013 tells quite an interesting story. This book explores the story of a splintered family and their journey to once again form a new family. When the failed husband and renowned surgeon Kweku Sai dies outside his home the news sets like wildfire across nations and continents to every member of his family. This death attracts all, the eldest son, his wife, the gorgeous twins, and the baby sister (who is now a woman) to their mother's home in Ghana. On their reunion, they learn past secrets, the treacherous heartbreaks, the mystery behind their separation, and every risk taken in the name of love. Each member of the family searches the depths of their pain and their past lives. When in the midst of it all they find themselves on a new path binding their broken love and on their way to a new family.

Taiye Selasi is another absolutely extraordinary author that explores with all of her readers a path that searches the very depths of who we are and where we come from. In the words of Goodreads, “Ghana Must Go teaches that the truths we speak can heal the wounds we hide.” Having Ghanaian parents herself Taiye Selasi has inspiration from her own life that went into the making of this book. Another way she connects with this book is with one of the main of the characters, who has a different version of her own first name. For her first book, Taiye Selasi produces an aspiring novel.

Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper 2010

Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper fights for every disabled person out the equal right they too deserve. This book explores the life of a girl named Melody. Melody is beyond extraordinarily smart, she is a genius. With a photographic memory and intelligence beyond compare the only thing that stands between Melody and her chance to shine poses as the biggest obstacle possible. Her awful disability that curses her with an inability to talk or walk. This makes her classmates and the entire world around her treat her as if she is nothing but a brainless animal. In this book, Sharon Draper explores the corners of her mind and how such a talented, determined and wonderful girl surpasses this horrendous challenges to show the world what she is truly made of.

Sharon M. Draper an award-winning author changes the life of every being by giving everyone a new point of view on people across the world with disabilities. Even Albert Einstein, known to be on of the smartest men in history, suffered autism in his life. This book shows the world a new way of looking at the quote, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and takes a chance at one of the many things people across the world are discriminated for.

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones 2011

Starting with the words, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," Tayari Jones reveals the most unique of stories. One father. Two mothers. Two daughters. Two families. James is the father of two families, one a secret who knows about the other, and the other one who blindly go on living in normality. When the daughters of these two families meet each other and become the best of friends through an incident, the day of the secret gets nearer. The bearer of this awful suffering is burdened the most upon the shoulders of these two young African American girls. One of them is a girl named Dana who knows the true secret while the other girl, Chaurisse has absolutely no idea of the betrayal her father has done behind her back. As the days go by and the girls grow with one another's support, so does the dreadful day of the revelation of this dark secret.

Tayari Jones, the author of this magical book was born and has lived most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout her lifetime Jones experienced the worst of heartache and wrote her first book, Leaving Atlanta. This book explores a tragedy she had experienced in fifth grade when thirty African-American children were murdered. She wanted to spread through this a message to the world and keep it as a symbol of her past so she would never forget. Despite the terror that she faced in her childhood to an unknown killer, she achieved great things in life. Aside from receiving many awards and working for many universities, she was also a successful student at Harvard.

Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden 2010

Set in the Civil Era during the time of the Jim crow laws, Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden shares the story of a girl named Easter Varnette Barlet. Easter is a Harlem Renaissance writer and throughout the novel faces struggles with the society around her, sweet little successes in the midst of it all, major obstacles that lead her to flee and tragedies that have altered her life for good. In this book, McFadden explores the many struggles of Easter and the path she walks to become the great writer she has so desperately wanted to be. The obstacles McFadden creates for Bernice are adventurous, heart racing, and will leave you breathless. The many genres that McFadden uses to share her many themes and messages are self-hatred, love, possession, ego, betrayal and redemption. Each and every one of these genres shared in the book give a powerful message one everyone has the strength to keep.

Bernice L. McFadden, the eldest of four children, is a remarkable writer. She pursued her education in her hometown Brooklyn, New York, where she was also born, until high school when she moved to Danville, Pennsylvania and continued to expand her knowledge in Cyril Academy, an all-girls boarding school. With her wide and wild imagination, McFadden had an early start with her love of writing. In fact, she had her first story written at the age of eight. However surprisingly when McFadden entered college her desire was to be an International clothing buyer. Her first career as an author did not pursue until she had her first daughter. Today she stands as a beholder of many well-deserved awards and a title of a successful author.

Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou 2013

Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou, published on the second of April 2013, is yet another magnificent book in the world of literature that explores a superior bond of love that most of us have experience of in our lives. It dives into the deep waters of the love between a mother and a daughter, yet another beauty that lies in the ocean that is our life. This novel portrays the reconnection and bond of a mother and a daughter that is discovered after years and years of painful abandonment and loneliness. This new relationship brings along with it the healing of a shattered heart and a fractured past.
This book is the last recollection of Maya Angelou’s past and stands as the last novel in her series of autobiographies. With the thousands of stories that this fantastic author has to share, this just stands as one of the many places of the ocean that she has explored. In her early life three-year-old, Maya Angelou and her older brother were given away to live with their grandparents. Abandoned from the only love from the mother they had after the disintegration of their parents’ marriage. She shows the world the real gorgeous beauty that hides deep beneath these waters, that is often missed by many. She shows us how much these waters should be treasured, how valuable and precious these waters are to our oceans, and with it, she touches our hearts teaching us valuable lessons we must remember throughout our lives.

The Blossoming Universe Of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods 2014

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods published on the ninth of January in 2014 tells the tale of a young eleven-year-old girl named Violet Diamond. Violet is born to a white mother and an African-American father who unfortunately had died before Violet was ever brought into the Earth. Like a blossoming tree, Violet goes through plenty of struggles and hardships in her life. Other kids judging Violet for the difference between the skin color of her and her family has reached a point where Violet decides to search the very depths of herself, her roots the place where her entirety came from. The path to her roots is a sweet and sour journey that leaves Violet growing braver, stronger and on her way into a fully blossomed tree.

This fun light book teaches a lesson to all of us about the importance of our history through the curious eyes of this young half African-American girl and her journey to find and put together every piece of her past and uncover the treasure waiting for her beyond the hardships. Brenda Woods, the author of this novel, is very successful as a beholder of more than 15 awards and memberships of many popular organizations. This author not only sends strong messages out to the world with words but takes action help make the world a slightly better place to live for us all.

Before you suffocate your own fool self by Danielle Evans 2010

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self-published on the eleventh of September in 2010 by Danielle Evans is yet another masterpiece that shares with the world the stories of teenagers either mixed-race or African-American. In this novel, the author shares the stories of the struggle that these young teenagers of this status face. With the reality of inequality in our world, many hardships face these young men and women. Not only this but the factor they find that affects their lives the most is family. Every teenager suffers a different kind of problem with the many types of bonds and relationships we share with our family. Danielle Evans, through these short stories, also reveals to every reader of this book the ultimate importance of every single choice we make in each day of our lives, and the size of the impact each one of those has on us.

Author Danielle Evans has had her stories appear in many articles and has received awards for being one of the best short fiction stories authors out there. She has also been in the Wisconsin Institute as a member in Creative Writing. Now to pass on her wonderful talent and spread it across the world, she teaches fiction at Washington D.C. in American University.

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