Their Eyes Were Watching GodHurston's beloved classic one of the most important American novels of the 20th century follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford, a woman who was married three times and had been tried for the murder of one of her husbands in the black town of Eaton, Florida.

dies from an apparent suicide

rare stories

Akim Aliu--also known as "Dreamer"--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn

Over the course of a decade

If we want to effect change

he's still beset on all sides

a man she has always resented

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

In this deeply moving celebration and rallying cry

When Rae finds out that she's about to become a mother herself

and in life

With a school bus falling from the sky