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    Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
    by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
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    The Boneless Mercies
    by April Genevieve Tucholke
    The Mercies are assassins, part of a long tradition of killers who serve to end the suffering of the...
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    Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
    by Sarah Bird
    Sarah Bird's historical novel, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, imagines, with a grand flourish, ...
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    Washington Black
    by Esi Edugyan
    Sometimes you just want a good adventure story. One that does not follow a predictable pattern and ...

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Code Girls
by Liza Mundy

The riveting story of the USA's courageous and accomplished WWII female American code breakers.

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    by Andre Dubus III

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