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Noname Book Club Selections 2021

Launched in the summer of 2019 by Chicago rapper Noname, the book club picks two titles a month to discuss both online and in-person in discussion groups around the country. Described as “reading material for the homies”, Noname Book Club highlights books that speak on human conditions in critical and original ways while encouraging members to support the works of authors of color.
 

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1. Monster

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Author:
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, CD Audiobook, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

2. The skin I'm in

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Author:
Flake, Sharon G.
Series:
The skin I'm in novels volume 1.
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Description:
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.