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1	The Lacuna more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver add to wishlist In her first novel in nine years, "New York Times"-bestselling author Kingsolver tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the 20th century's most tumultuous events. see all copies from $16.11! new only from $16.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Left Hand of Darkness more books like this by Ursula K Le Guin (Introduction by) add to wishlist Written using alternate points of view, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS tells the story of Genly Ai, an ethnologist who arrives at the planet Gethen. There he encounters not only sub-zero temperatures, but an androgynous humanoid species whose ways perplex and intrigue him. Though not dependent on the earlier books, this is the fourth book in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: Revised Edition more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. add to wishlist The fifth-anniversary edition of the best-selling work on the development of racial identity. . Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the black kids sitting together-the white, Latino, Asian Pacific, and, in some regions, American Indian youth are clustered ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
4	Burned more books like this by Ellen Hopkins add to wishlist The critically acclaimed author of "Crank" returns with a gripping, masterful novel, told in verse, that weaves a riveting story about a teenage girl who is raised in a fundamentally religious yet abusive family. see all copies from $4.56! new only from $6.02! \| SVS
5	Little Bee more books like this by Chris Cleave add to wishlist From the author of the international bestseller "Incendiary" comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $14.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Good Guy more books like this by Dean R Koontz add to wishlist In this latest thriller by the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Husband," an ordinary man who has been mistaken for an assassin must outwit the deadly party who had ordered the hit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Passing more books like this by Nella Larsen add to wishlist A light-skinned African American woman is married to a white man who is ignorant of her racial heritage. Her childhood friend, equally capable of "passing," has chosen to live her life as a black woman and deny the existence of racism. A chance meeting forces both women to confront truths about themselves. First published in 1929, this novel has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Human Stain more books like this by Philip Roth add to wishlist During the time of President Clinton's impeachment hearings, Coleman Silk--a classics professor at a small New England college--is undergoing a trial of his own: he has been accused of racism, and his job is in jeopardy. Silk is innocent of the charge, but he is, in fact, guilty of something else--a fact about himself he has kept completely secret ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl more books like this by John Colapinto add to wishlist This study of a famous sexual reassignment case raises issues of nurture versus nature and examines feuds within the medical community. The subject was one of a set of twins, and the surgery followed a circumcision that went wrong. The twins were raised as one male and one female--until David, as he now calls himself, learned the truth in his teen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Sunrise more books like this by Erin Hunter add to wishlist As Hunter's #1 bestselling Power of Three story arc comes to an shocking end, dark, long-held secrets are finally exposed, and ThunderClan is nearly torn apart. see all copies from $10.17! new only from $10.17! \| signed copies \| SVS
11 view cover	King Dork more books like this by Frank Portman add to wishlist In this coming-of-age, rock-and-roll, "Da Vinci Code"-style tale, high school loser Tom Henderson discovers his deceased father's copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" and finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries. Random House Children's see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Just the Way You Are more books like this by Christina Dodd add to wishlist Working for an answering service to support herself while searching for her long-lost siblings, Hope Prescott finds herself falling for wealthy businessman Zachariah Givens after she mistakes him for a butler. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Importance of Being Earnest more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People': its subtitle is the best summary of a play that is the theatrical equivalent of a butterfly. The verbal brilliance of its highly self-conscious characters hides deep anxieties about social and personal identity: Jack Worthing, found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station and named after a railway ticket, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School more books like this by C J Pascoe add to wishlist High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, "Dude, You're a Fag" sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's ... see all copies from $8.98! new only from $13.94! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools more books like this by Gary R Howard add to wishlist Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today's school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Stolen Child more books like this by K Donohue add to wishlist Henry Day is seven years old when he's kidnapped from the forest near his home. The perpetrators? Changelings ageless beings whose community is threatened by modern life. Now Henry Day, is Aniday, and he has the dubious gift of agelessness. In keeping with tradition, a changeling has been left in Henry's place, and he must adjust to a new way of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	When Joy Came to Stay more books like this by Karen Kingsbury add to wishlist "When Joy Came to Stay" is the heart-wrenching story of one woman's escape from the shadows of clinical depression. Maggie Stovall is trapped inside a person she spent years carefully crafting. Now the truth about who she is and what she has done is bursting to the surface and sending Maggie into a spiral of despair. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| SVS
18 view cover	Identity and the Life Cycle more books like this by Erik H Erikson add to wishlist This text contains three of Erik H. Erikson's early papers - "Ego Development and Historical Change", "Growth and Crises of the Healthy Personality", and "The Problem of Ego Identity" - which describe the important life stage of humans, namely identity development in adolescence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.34! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Dreamland more books like this by Sarah Dessen add to wishlist Beautifully drawn with a vivid plot and sharp characters, this is a tale of a young girl held prisoner by her dreams. A spell keeps Caitlin in a dreamland from which she can't break free--even when the dreams turn into nightmares. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race and Family Secrets more books like this by Bliss Broyard add to wishlist Two months before he died of cancer, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side, intending to reveal a secret he'd kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black. But even as he lay dying, the truth was too diffi cult for him to share, and it was his wife who told Bliss Broyard that her WASPy, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. add to wishlist This well-balanced book, written in lively prose, brings new insights and a fresh perspective to this frequent query and the issue of racial identity development.. There is a moment when every child leaves color-blindness behind and enters the world of race consciousness. At that moment, there are two roads parents, educators, and therapists can ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| SVS
22 view cover	I Like Myself! more books like this by Karen Beaumont, David Catrow (Illustrator) add to wishlist High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves. Beaumont's joyous rhyming text and Catrow's wild illustrations unite in a book that is sassy, soulful, and straight from the heart. Full color. 9 x10. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Gendered Society more books like this by Michael S Kimmel add to wishlist Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael S. Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.46! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope more books like this by Newell Cerak, Don Van Ryn, Susie Van Ryn add to wishlist Straight from the headlines comes the story of two students, one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma being cared for by the wrong family, and the heart wrenching discovery five weeks later that their identities had been mistakenly reversed. of b&w photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Criss Cross more books like this by Lynne Rae Perkins add to wishlist A New York Times Bestseller A 2006 Newbery Award WinnerDebbie wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Looking at the bright, fuzzy picture in the magazine, she thought, Something like that. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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