Staff Picks: North Carolina Authors


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Book cover for "The girls in the stilt house"
Star rating for The girls in the stilt house
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her unbearable life on the swamp, and to her harsh father in Mississippi. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father. Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family...
Book cover for "Hell of a book"
Star rating for Hell of a book
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
"From a New York Times bestselling author, an astounding work of fiction, both incredibly funny and heartfelt, asking readers to embrace the fantastical in order to get to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon not only Black Americans, but America as a whole"--
Book cover for "The secret, book & scone society"
Star rating for The secret, book & scone society
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
"From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams comes the first in an intriguing new series set within a quirky small-town club where the key to happiness, friendship--or solving a murder--can all be found within the pages of the right book..."--Dust jacket flap.
Book cover for "When ghosts come home"
Star rating for When ghosts come home
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
A "story of a father and daughter, crime and forgiveness, race and memory"--