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- The girl with the louding voice : a novel / by Daré, Abi,author.;
- "A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"-the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can-in a whisper, in song, in broken English-until she is heard"--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Young women;
- A Little Holiday Fling. by Heron, Farah.;
- Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Own Voices; FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; FICTION / Romance / Holiday; FICTION / Women;
- The watch that ends the night : voices from the Titanic / by Wolf, Allan.;
- Includes bibliographical references (pp. 457-466).Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.
- Subjects: Titanic (Steamship); Titanic (Steamship); Novels in verse.; Shipwrecks;
- © 2013., Candlewick Press,
- To Ride a Rising Storm. by Blackgoose, Moniquill.;
- In 'To Ride a Rising Storm', Anequs and her dragon, Kasaqua, are headed home for the summer. But thanks to Anequs' notoriety, there is an Anglish presence on Masquapaug for the first time ever. Anequs will always fight for what she believes in, and what she believes in is her people's right to self-govern and live as they have for generations, without the restrictive yoke of Anglish rules and social customs. And fight she will - even if it means lighting a spark which may flare into civil war. Moniquill Blackgoose is an enrolled member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe, and a lineal descendant of Ousamequin Massasoit.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures; FICTION / Indigenous; FICTION / Own Voices;
- We crossed a bridge and it trembled : voices from Syria / by Pearlman, Wendy,author.;
- Subjects: Protest movements; Refugees;
- Grumbles from the forest : fairy-tale voices with a twist : poems / by Yolen, Jane.; Dotlich, Rebecca Kai.; Mahurin, Matt.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Fairy tales; Children's poetry, American.;
- © c2013., Highlights,
- The loud librarian / by Beatrice, Jenna.; Jones, Erika Lynne.;
- When loud-voiced Penelope becomes student-librarian, she is determined to prove she is perfect for the job while staying true to herself.Ages 4-8.
- Subjects: Picture books.; Libraries; Voice;
- Carving space : the Indigenous Voices Awards anthology / by Abel, Jordan,1985-editor.; Baker, Carleigh,editor.; Reddon, Madeleine,editor.;
- Includes bibliographical references."To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Indigenous Voices Awards, an anthology consisting of selected works by finalists over the past five years, edited by Jordan Abel, Carleigh Baker, and Madeleine Reddon. For five years, the Indigenous Voices Awards have nurtured the work of Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. Established in 2017 initially through a crowd-funded campaign by lawyer Robin Parker and author Silvia Moreno-Garcia that set an initial fundraising goal of $10,000, the initiative raised over $116,000 in just four months. Through generous support from organizations such as Penguin Random House Canada, CELA, and others, the award has grown and have helped usher in a new and dynamic generation of Indigenous writers. Past IVA recipients include Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Tagaq, and Jesse Thistle. The IVAs also help promote the works of unpublished writers, helping launch the careers of Smokii Sumac, Cody Caetano, and Samantha Martin-Bird. For the first time, a selection of standout works over the past five years of the Indigenous Voices Award will be collected in an anthology that will highlight some of the most groundbreaking Indigenous writing across poetry, prose, and theatre in English, French, and in an Indigenous language. Curated by award-winning and critically acclaimed writers Carleigh Baker, Jordan Abel, and Indigenous scholar Madeleine Reddon, this anthology will be a true celebration of Indigenous storytelling that will both introduce readers to emerging luminaries as well as return them to treasured favourites"--
- Subjects: Literature.; Indigenous literature;
- She spoke : 14 women who raised their voices and changed the world / by MacMillan, Kathy,1975-; Bernardi, Manuela.; Honesta, Kathrin.;
- Includes bibliographical references.LSC
- Subjects: Women heroes; Heroes; Women; Young women; Courage; World history;
- Articulate : a deaf memoir of voice / by Kolb, Rachel,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."A deaf writer's exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate -- and her journey to reclaim her voice. Rachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal rights to accessibility services. Still, from a young age, she contorted herself to expectations set by a world that prioritizes hearing people. So she learned to speak through speech therapy and to piece together missing sounds through lipreading and an eventual cochlear implant, all while finding clarity and meaning in American Sign Language (ASL) and written literature. Now in Articulate, Kolb blends personal narrative with cultural commentary to explore the different layers of deafness, language, and voice. She deconstructs multisensory experiences of language, examining the cultural importance hearing people attach to sound, the inner labyrinths of speech therapy, the murkiness of lipreading, and her lifelong intimacy with written English. And she uses her own experiences to illuminate the complexities of disability access, partnerships with ASL interpreters, Deaf culture and d/Deaf identity, and the perception versus reality of deafness. Part memoir, part cultural exploration, Kolb details a life lived among words in varied sensory forms and considers why and how those words matter. Told through rich storytelling, analysis, and humor, Articulate is a linguistic coming-of-age in both deaf and hearing worlds, challenging us to consider how language expresses our humanity -- and offering more ways we might exist together"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kolb, Rachel.; Deaf people; Deaf people; Deaf people;
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