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  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  by Rebecca Skloot

  Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia — a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings and voodoo — to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her... (more)
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  Raven Cycle: Book 1

  The Raven Boys

  by Maggie Stiefvater

  Filled with mystery, romance, and the supernatural, The Raven Boys introduces readers to Richard “Dick” Campbell Gansey, III and Blue Sargent. Gansey has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on the hunt to find Glendower, a vanished Welsh king. Legend has it that the first person to find him will be granted a wish—either by seeing him open his eyes, or by... (more)
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  Chickendoodle! Where Are You?

  by W. L. Bobo

  Chickendoodle is a baby chicken who is curious about the world around him and sometimes his curiosity gets him in terrible fixes and even danger. Snickerdoodle is the barnyard rooster that keeps an eye on Chickendoodle and rescues him time and time again. Henrietta is an old hen that keeps an eye on both Chickendoodle and Snickerdoodle. Maggie is a baby girl chicken and befriends Chickendoodle.
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  The Cat Who Covered the World: The Adventures Of Henrietta And Her Foreign Correspondent

  by Christopher S. Wren

  Henrietta was an ordinary New York City cat until she ventured overseas with foreign correspondent Christopher S. Wren and his wife and children. Over seventeen years and tens of thousands of miles, she became a plucky, indispensable companion for the reporter as he covered world events in Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Ottawa, and Johannesburg. Wren's often hilarious and sometimes poignant account of an American... (more)