Gentle Reads 2011

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Gentle Reads 2011

Gentle reads are books that are highly entertaining yet stay away from more explicit content such as extensive swearing or sex.

These are books I have personally read and have found to meet that criteria. -John Gillette


This is a story of two young friends Mugo and Matthew who are torn apart by the Mau Mau Rebellion in 1950's Kenya. Mugo and Matthew find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. Is their friendship strong enough to endure racial violence?
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  • Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Sunny is an albino (she is devoid of all skin pigmentation) and is secretly going to magic school at night in her native Nigeria. Soon Sunny and her friends will have to face off against a deadly enemy who wants to summon an evil spirit. A teen's book review is below. It is a long video, and there is some swearing.
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An alternative history/steampunk adventure in which World War I is told through the eyes of a young girl named Deryn and a boy named Aleksander. They both come from opposite sides of the war but must work together to stop the violence.
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