Benbrook Public Library

"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...

Publisher Annotation: National bestselling author Kiki Swinson amps up the action and suspense with unpredictable characters, breakneck twists, and a gut-punch portrait of Southern surviving-and dying. Now the odds are straight-up killer when a private eye gets in way over her head . . . 256pp., 15K

"There are urban myths about all kinds of different things, but how many of these myths are actually true? This book takes a look at many different myths, exploring their origins and assigning a 'fact' or 'phony' label to each after careful evaluation. Fun fact boxes and ... cartoons and illustrations help explore common beliefs--can people get sucked out of an airplane bathroom's toilet? Do human fingernails keep growing after a person dies?"--Publisher...

From building a yurt to maintaining a thriving winter garden, this simple guide is all you need to live off the land.

The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul,...

When she finds large muddy footprints in the city park, a little girl investigates and tracks the monster to it's lair.

"Once there was a lot full of trash. Now there is a lush, green farm. This is the story of Harlem Grown, a garden in New York City"--

A "vivid, urgent debut" (Entertainment Weekly) that "recalls Zadie Smith's masterpiece White Teeth" (Kirkus, starred review) and follows a young man faced with a fraught decision: escape a dangerous past alone, or brave his old life and keep the woman he loves One of The Guardian's Top 10 Debuts of the Year One of Entertainment Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of the Summer Sayon Hughes longs to escape the volatile Bristol neighborhood known as Ends,...