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1. Becoming

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Obama, Michelle, 1964-
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4.5 stars
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Michelle Obama describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private in a deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations.

2. Educated: a memoir

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Westover, Tara
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"An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.

3. Girl, woman, other

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Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-
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"The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, works hard to earn a degree from Oxford and becomes an investment banker; Carole's mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about...

4. I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

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Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-
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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the...

5. The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
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Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.

6. The nickel boys: a novel

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Author:
Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
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Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.