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Lisa Harper Wood Reader's Forum
Picks from the Saginaw Library Book Club
Lisa Harper Wood Reader's Forum
Picks from the Saginaw Library Book Club
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"In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's Gilead River, the Lincoln Indian Training School is a pitiless place where Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is aslo home to Odie O'Banion, a lively orphan boy whose exploits contantly earn him the superintendent's wrath. Odie and his brother, Albert, are the only white faces among hundreds of Native American children at the school. After...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Derek Vinyard, the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny, from a similar fate.
3) New kid
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 320L
Language
English
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#ReadInColor: Graphic Novels by Black Artists
10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
Books for Reluctant Readers (Intermediate/Middle School)
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10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
4) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on a book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey...
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
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English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
8) Ray
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Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles was born in a poor predominantly black town in central Florida. He went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed a fierce resolve. He had wit and incredible talent which would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented...
9) Crash
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories. When she is confronted by an...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small town Southern sheriff finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a big-city black homicide detective as they investigate a murder.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 102 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two pastors, one from a large suburban mega-church, the other from an inner-city sister church, are suddenly forced by circumstances to work together.
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A $10,000 insurance benefit creates conflicting dreams within a Chicago ghetto family. Son, Walter Lee wants to start his own business while his mom wishes to spend her days in a little house of her own. Their love a bond, their warmhearted humor a breath of fresh air, their tenative hold on dignity - their lifeline. A family caught between the reality of their surroundings and a chance at a piece of the American dream.
14) The defiant ones
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two convicts escaping from a Southern work gang discover that they are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by hatred towards each other.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. Find yourself transported by these sexy, romantic, haunting, dramatic, and beautiful stories.
17) Dark Dude
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When deaf-mute John Singer moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend, a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit.
19) The hate U give
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
20) Skin
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Sandra must overcome the racial intolerance of her society in this uplifting true story.
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