{"title":"Fiction \u0026 Narrative Menu Drop-Down","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-mercy","title":"A Mercy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In “one of Morrison’s most haunting works” (The New York Times),the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the story of a mother and a daughter—a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in “flesh,” he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46650630439079,"sku":"9780307276766","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780307276766.jpg?v=1742412722"},{"product_id":"if-beale-street-could-talk","title":"If Beale Street Could Talk","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the most important writers of the twentieth century comes a stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—\"a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless\" (The New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all.\" —The Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions—affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46653283074215,"sku":"9780307275936","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780307275936.jpg?v=1742491252"},{"product_id":"lifetime-passes-a-graphic-novel","title":"Lifetime Passes: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this darkly comedic YA graphic novel, a group of teens starts a program to bring senior citizens to a local theme park to take advantage of the unofficial park policy: If someone dies on the property, the rest of their party is given Lifetime Passes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Jackie Chavez loves her local amusement park, Kingdom Adventure, maybe more than anything else in the world. The park is all she and her friends Nikki, Daniel, and Berke—although they aren’t always the greatest friends—talk about. Kingdom Adventure is where all Jackie’s best memories are, and it’s where she feels safe and happy. This carries even more weight now that Jackie’s parents have been deported and forced to go back to Mexico, leaving Jackie in the United States with her Tía Gina, who she works with at the Valley Care Living seniors’ home. When Gina tells Jackie that they can’t afford a season pass for next summer, Jackie is crushed. But on her next trip to Kingdom Adventure, she discovers a strictly protected secret: If a member of their party dies at the park, the rest of their group gets free lifetime passes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackie and her friends hatch a plot to bring seniors from Valley Care Living to the park using a fake volunteer program, with the hopes that one of the residents will croak during their visit. The ruse quickly gets its first volunteer—a feisty resident named Phyllis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts off as a macabre plan turns into a revelation for Jackie as Phyllis and the other seniors reveal their own complex histories and connections to Kingdom Adventure, as well as some tough-to-swallow truths about Jackie, her friends, and their future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith artist Claudia Aguirre, Terry Blas has crafted a graphic novel that is dark and deeply moving. This book is Cocoon meets Heathers—a twisted satire about a magical land and the people who love it, even to the point of obsession. Jackie’s summer is about to turn into a wild ride filled with gallows humor, friendship, and fun—or is it?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46661626265767,"sku":"9781419746673","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781419746673.jpg?v=1742665072"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-lost-saints-a-cuban-american-family-saga-of-love-betrayal-and-revolution","title":"The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, shaped by atrocities long-forgotten, her tenacious spirit visits her nephew, Ramón, in modern-day New Jersey. Her hope: that her presence will prompt him to unearth their painful family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRamón launches a haphazard investigation into the story of his ancestor, unaware of the forces driving him on his search. Along the way, he falls in love, faces a run-in with a murderous gangster, and uncovers the lives of the lost saints who helped Marisol during her imprisonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older is a haunting meditation on family, forgiveness, and the violent struggle to be free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Imprint Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding.\"\u003cbr\u003e―Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lyrical, beautiful, devastating, literally haunting journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e―N.K. Jemisin, award-winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46661628297383,"sku":"9781250185815","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781250185815.jpg?v=1742665136"},{"product_id":"how-stella-got-her-groove-back","title":"How Stella Got Her Groove Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eStella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy - and she does it all. In fact, if she doesn't do it, it doesn't get done, from Little League carpool duty to analyzing portfolios to folding the laundry and bringing home the bacon. She does it all well, too, if her chic house, personal trainer, BMW and her loving son are any indication. So what if there's been no one to share her bed with lately, let alone rock her world? Stella doesn't mind too much; she probably wouldn't have the energy for love - and all of love's nasty fallout - anyway.\u003cbr\u003eBut when Stella takes a spur-of-the-moment vacation to Jamaica, her world gets rocked to the core not just by the relaxing effects of sun and sea and an island full of attractive men, but by one man in particular. He's tall, lean, soft-spoken, Jamaican, smells of citrus and the ocean - and is half her age. The tropics have cast their spell and Stella soon realizes she has come to a cataclysmic juncture: not only must she confront her hopes and fears about love, she must question all of her expectations, passions, and ideas about life and the way she has lived it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46661699567783,"sku":"9780670869909","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780670869909.jpg?v=1742668117"},{"product_id":"up-from-slavery","title":"Up From Slavery","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Up From Slavery\" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he transitions from ex-slave to teacher and founder of one of the most important schools for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46671840346279,"sku":"9781591940319","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781591940319.jpg?v=1742929372"},{"product_id":"hooked-a-dark-contemporary-romance-never-after-series","title":"Hooked: A Dark, Contemporary Romance (Never After Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wants revenge, but he wants her more…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan, until things in James’s organization begin to crumble. Suddenly, he has to find the traitor in his midst, and his plan for revenge gets murkier as James starts to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in his game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46675327254695,"sku":"9781737508373","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781737508373.jpg?v=1743006334"},{"product_id":"begin-the-world-over-emergent-strategy-series-5","title":"Begin the World Over (Emergent Strategy Series, 5)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This historical fiction with a twist has an intriguing plot that will make the reader ask how the world could be different.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revolutionary tale of Black and Indigenous insurrection. History as it should have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegin the World Over is a counterfactual novel about the Founders’ greatest fear—that Black and Indigenous people might join forces to undo the newly formed United States of America—coming true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1793, as revolutionaries in the West Indies take up arms, James Hemings has little interest in joining the fight for liberté—talented and favored, he is careful to protect his relative comforts as Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef. But when he meets Denmark Vesey, James is immediately smitten. The formidable first mate persuades James to board his ship, on its way to the revolt in Saint-Domingue. There and on the mainland they join forces with a diverse cast of characters, including a gender nonconforming prophetess, a formerly enslaved jockey, and a Muskogee horse trader. The resulting adventure masterfully mixes real historical figures and events with a riotous retelling of a possible history in which James must decide whether to return to his constrained but composed former life, or join the coalition of Black revolutionaries and Muskogee resistance to fight the American slavers and settlers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46675327418535,"sku":"9781849354721","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781849354721.jpg?v=1743006334"},{"product_id":"run-book-one-run-1","title":"Run: Book One (Run, 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRUN, the Eisner Award-Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is one of the most heralded books of the year including being named a:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times Top 5 YA Books of the Year · Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Young Adult Library Services Association) · Washington Post Best Books of the Year · Variety Best Books of the Year · School Library Journal Best Books of the Year · Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year · Amazon Best History Book of 2021 • Top Ten Title of the Year (In the Margins Book Award) · In the Margins Book Award for Nonfiction winner · Top Ten Graphic Novels for Adults (American Library Association) · Best Books for Young Readers (U of Penn Graduate School of Education) · Books All Young Georgians Should Read (Georgia Center for the Book)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling, award–winning team behind March comes the first book in their new, groundbreaking graphic novel series, Run: Book One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Run recounts the lost history of what too often follows dramatic change—the pushback of those who refuse it and the resistance of those who believe change has not gone far enough. John Lewis’s story has always been a complicated narrative of bravery, loss, and redemption, and Run gives vivid, energetic voice to a chapter of transformation in his young, already extraordinary life.” –Stacey Abrams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect Union here in America.” –Congressman John Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March—the continuation of the life story of John Lewis and the struggles seen across the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo John Lewis, the civil rights movement came to an end with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But that was after more than five years as one of the preeminent figures of the movement, leading sit–in protests and fighting segregation on interstate busways as an original Freedom Rider. It was after becoming chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and being the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. It was after helping organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the ensuing delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. And after coleading the march from Selma to Montgomery on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” All too often, the depiction of history ends with a great victory. But John Lewis knew that victories are just the beginning. In Run: Book One, John Lewis and longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin reteam with Nate Powell—the award–winning illustrator of the March trilogy—and are joined by L. Fury—making an astonishing graphic novel debut—to tell this often overlooked chapter of civil rights history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46683010859175,"sku":"9781419730696","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781419730696.jpg?v=1743178855"},{"product_id":"beasts-made-of-night","title":"Beasts Made of Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"...The beginning of a great saga...\" —NPR.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page.\"—Buzzfeed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic.\" —VOYA, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...A paean to an emerging black legend.\"—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts—lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Taj is called to eat a sin of a member of the royal family, he’s suddenly thrust into the center of a dark conspiracy to destroy Kos. Now Taj must fight to save the princess that he loves—and his own life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebut author Tochi Onyebuchi delivers an unforgettable series opener that powerfully explores the true meaning of justice and guilt. Packed with dark magic and thrilling action, Beasts Made of Night is a gritty Nigerian-influenced fantasy perfect for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Nnedi Okorafor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eiBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall \u003cbr\u003eio9’s All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This Fall\u003cbr\u003eBuzzFeed’s 22 YA Novels You’ll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall\u003cbr\u003eA 2017 BookExpo Buzz Book\u003cbr\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46694653722791,"sku":"9780448493916","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780448493916.jpg?v=1743551275"},{"product_id":"deacon-king-kong-oprahs-book-club-a-novel","title":"Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Gotham Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Barack Obama's \"Favorite Books of the Year\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOprah's Book Club Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Washington Post Notable Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Heaven \u0026amp; Earth Grocery Store, the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and, in front of everybody, shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride’s funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird. In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters—caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York—overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46695623000231,"sku":"9780735216723","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780735216723.jpg?v=1743614807"},{"product_id":"blood-grove-easy-rawlins-15","title":"Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins, 15)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Master of craft and narrative\" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in which the iconic detective's loyalties are tested on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California (National Book Foundation) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1969, and flames can be seen on the horizon, protest wafts like smoke though the thick air, and Easy Rawlins, the Black private detective whose small agency finally has its own office, gets a visit from a white Vietnam veteran. The young man comes to Easy with a story that makes little sense. He and his lover, a beautiful young woman, were attacked in a citrus grove at the city’s outskirts. He may have killed a man, and the woman and his dog are now missing. Inclined to turn down what sounds like nothing but trouble, Easy takes the case when he realizes how damaged the young vet is from his war experiences—the bond between veterans superseding all other considerations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe veteran is not Easy’s only unlooked-for trouble. Easy’s adopted daughter Feather’s white uncle shows up uninvited, raising questions and unsettling the life Easy has long forged for the now young woman. Where Feather sees a family reunion, Easy suspects something else, something that will break his heart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlood Grove is a crackling, moody, and thrilling race through a California of hippies and tycoons, radicals and sociopaths, cops and grifters, both men and women. Easy will need the help of his friends—from the genius Jackson Blue to the dangerous Mouse Alexander, Fearless Jones, and Christmas Black—to make sense of a case that reveals the darkest impulses humans harbor. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlood Grove is a novel of vast scope and intimate insight, and a soulful call for justice by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46695624540327,"sku":"9780316491167","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780316491167.jpg?v=1743614974"},{"product_id":"miles-morales-spider-man-a-marvel-ya-novel","title":"Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you’re on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He’s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he’s Spider Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut lately, Miles’s spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren’t meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad’s advice and focus on saving himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can’t shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher’s lectures on the historical benefits of slavery and the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s time for Miles to suit up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete your Marvel YA collection with these best-selling fan-favorite novels:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee\u003cbr\u003e * Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms by Mackenzi Lee\u003cbr\u003e * Unstoppable Wasp by Sam Maggs\u003cbr\u003e * Black Widow: Red Vengeance by Margaret Stohl\u003cbr\u003e * Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl\u003cbr\u003e * Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster by Liza Palmer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46698556915879,"sku":"9781484788509","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781484788509.jpg?v=1743689906"},{"product_id":"discovery-volume-1-of-the-darkside-trilogy","title":"Discovery: Volume 1 of the Darkside Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscovery is the first installment of the Darkside Trilogy.  The Darkside Universe is a speculative world which tells the tale of what happens in the United Sates of America when the country discovers that African Americans have been secretly living on the backside of the moon since before Neil Armstrong arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story combines politics, intrigue, science and romance into a compelling, character-driven tale that both men and women are praising.  The action begins in a science lab at the University of Chicago and takes the reader through the power corridors of Washington, D.C., an all Black women's college in the Atlanta suburbs, outside Iraq's no-fly zone, and in a secret underground government installation in a remote region of Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters are varied and three-dimensional, the kinds of people readers have more than likely met in their own lives, who provide the action that drives a plot that's never been read before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46698568614055,"sku":"9781441586940","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781441586940.jpg?v=1743691298"},{"product_id":"another-country","title":"Another Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century—a novel of sexual, racial, political, artistic passions, set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant and fiercely told.”—The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, this book depicts men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46698576937127,"sku":"9780679744719","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780679744719.jpg?v=1743691788"},{"product_id":"brave-new-world","title":"Brave New World","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins UK Audio Classics presents abridged and unabridged readings of the world's favorite literary masterpieces. Among the distinguished readers are Christopher Lee, Derek Jacobi, Simon Callow, Linus Roache, Elizabeth McGovern, Terry Jones, Peter Firth, and Rufus Sewell. Each package of cassettes in the Audio Classics series is beautifully packaged and shrink-wrapped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46704868196519,"sku":"9780881030105","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780881030105.jpg?v=1744049513"},{"product_id":"coretta-scott","title":"Coretta Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003eMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expression of the strength, beauty, and joy of one woman’s character.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated poet and playwright Ntozake Shange captures the spirit of Civil Rights pioneer Coretta Scott King in this picture book biography gorgeously illustrated by Caldecott Medal artist Kadir Nelson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta Scott knew the unfairness of life in the segregated south. A yearning for equality began to grow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with Martin Luther King, Jr., she helped lead change through nonviolent protest. It was the beginning of a journey—with dreams of freedom for all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710967304359,"sku":"9780061253645","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780061253645.jpg?v=1744294036"},{"product_id":"long-way-gone","title":"Long Way Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.\u003cbr\u003e'Why did you leave Sierra Leone?'\u003cbr\u003e'Because there is a war.'\u003cbr\u003e'You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?'\u003cbr\u003e'Yes, all the time.'\u003cbr\u003e'Cool.'\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e'You should tell us about it sometime.'\u003cbr\u003e'Yes, sometime.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714408206503,"sku":"9780374531263","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780374531263.jpg?v=1744403743"},{"product_id":"nights-in-rodanthe","title":"Nights in Rodanthe","description":"\u003cp\u003eForty-five-year-old divorcTe Adrienne Willis is forced to reconsider her entire life when her husband leaves her for a younger woman, as she confronts the difficulties of raising her teenage children and caring for her ailing father, until a trip to Rodanthe in North Carolina's outer banks leads to an encounter with successful surgeon Paul Flanner. 1,250,000 first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714419544231,"sku":"9780446531337","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780446531337.jpg?v=1744403987"},{"product_id":"val-vega-secret-ambassador-of-earth","title":"Val Vega: Secret Ambassador of Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eVal Vega figured that in her junior year of high school, all she’d have to worry about was getting a decent score on the SATs, captaining the softball team, and figuring out her unrequited crush on her cute nonbinary bestie. Then Val discovers a family secret she never expected: her tío Umberto is Earth’s ambassador to an interstellar council of planets, and his unexpected death installs Val as his successor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Galactic empires are on the brink of war, and only Val can salvage interstellar peace. She has to hammer out treaties with giant jellyfish-shaped aliens that float like zeppelins, gets abducted by underground insurgents, and has to navigate the divisions of a colonized planet where telepathy puts every thought and every conflict out in the open. Her impossible task is even harder since Earth is known across the Galaxy as a violent, self-destructive backwater planet with intolerable humidity. Worse, she learns her uncle's death was no accident - he was assassinated, and the prime suspects are the three aliens Val trusted as her uncle’s allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of her depth and with the weight of two worlds on her shoulders, Val must solve her uncle’s murder and bring peace to the Galaxy—all while helping her grieving family, managing the dramas of her friends, and getting a passing grade in trig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Francisco's debut novel is a Latinx space adventure populated by diverse humans and aliens who break the binaries of Earth and the Galaxy!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729685893287,"sku":"9798989270903","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9798989270903.jpg?v=1745176126"},{"product_id":"blindside-fbi-thriller","title":"Blindside (FBI Thriller)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFBI agents Savich and Sherlock face two baffling cases in Catherine Coulter's electrifying new thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Coulter's fast-paced FBI novels featuring married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich have rocketed up the New York Times bestseller lists and garnered millions of fans. Coulter's heady blend of action and intrigue grows more intoxicating with each book-and reaches new heights in BlindSide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen six-year-old Sam Kettering is kidnapped and then manages to save himself, Savich and Sherlock join his father-former FBI agent Miles Kettering-to determine why Sam would be abducted and brought to eastern Tennessee. Although the local sheriff, Katie Benedict, kills the kidnappers, the attempts do not stop. The investigation leads them to charismatic, intense evangelist Reverend Sooner McCamy and his enigmatic wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, Savich and Sherlock are desperate to locate the killer of five Washington, D.C., teachers. And meet Valerie Rapper, a woman on a mission: she wants Savich in the worst way. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting novel of knife-edge suspense, BlindSide is Catherine Coulter at the top of her game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46731839635623,"sku":"9780399150562","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780399150562.jpg?v=1745257981"},{"product_id":"shuri-and-tchalla-into-the-heartlands-an-original-black-panther-graphic-novel","title":"Shuri and T'Challa: Into the Heartlands (An Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eShuri and T'Challa set out to remove a curse from Wakanda in this action-packed, totally original graphic novel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All around cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T’Challa. Shuri knows she could do so much more to help Wakanda, but everyone is obsessed with the prince because he’s the next Black Panther. That is, until Soul Washing Day, one of the most important rituals of Wakandan society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an argument between T’Challa and Shuri leads to one of Shuri’s inventions accidentally destroying the sacred ceremony site, chaos reigns instead of prosperity. Suddenly the people of Wakanda, including her mother the queen, are becoming sick! Could this be a curse from the ancestors? Desperate to save her mother, Shuri dives into research and finds an answer hidden deep in an ancient children's myth. It may be nothing more than a fantasy, but with the sickness spreading each day, the young princess must trust her instincts and travel deep into the mysterious Heartlands to save her family and her kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining Shuri on her journey is none other than a meddling T’Challa. If Shuri and T’Challa can set aside their jealousy and resentment of each other long enough to survive this journey, they might just discover that they are far more powerful together than they could ever be apart. But if they can’t face their fears in the Heartlands and lift the so-called curse, it may not be just the end for their family, but the end of Wakanda as they know it. No pressure, right?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738896453799,"sku":"9781338648058","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781338648058.jpg?v=1745587700"},{"product_id":"the-intrepid-canadian-expedition-flat-stanley-apos-s-worldwide-adventures-4","title":"The Intrepid Canadian Expedition (Flat Stanley\u0026apos;s Worldwide Adventures #4)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlat Stanley goes northStanley Lambchop and his family are in British Columbia, Canada, for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboarding--with Stanley as the snowboard, of course--they take a midair tumble just as the wind picks up . . . and find themselves floating in an amazing Canadian cross-country journey that might just be Stanley's wildest adventure yet\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46739013927079,"sku":"9780545251860","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780545251860.jpg?v=1745599088"},{"product_id":"72-hour-hold","title":"72 Hour Hold","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrina suffers from bipolar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, and violent. Watching her child turn into a bizarre stranger, Keri searches for assistance through normal channels. She quickly learns that a seventy-two hour hold is the only help you can get when an adult child starts to spiral out of control. After three days, Trina can sign herself out of any program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFed up with the bureaucracy of the mental health community and determined to save her daughter by any means necessary, Keri signs on for an illegal intervention. The Program is a group of radicals who eschew the psychiatric system and model themselves after the Underground Railroad. When Keri puts her daughter’s fate in their hands, she begins a journey that has her calling on the spirit of Harriet Tubman for courage. In the upheaval that follows, she is forced to confront a past that refuses to stay buried, even as she battles to secure a future for her child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBebe Moore Campbell’s moving story is for anyone who has ever faced insurmountable obstacles and prayed for a happy ending, only to discover she’d have to reach deep within herself to fight for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46789551816871,"sku":"9781400040742","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781400040742.jpg?v=1747670504"},{"product_id":"blind-ambitions-a-novel","title":"Blind Ambitions: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree young women--Desi, Bettina, and Sharon--struggle to make it in the Hollywood movie industry in a town famous for its out-of-wack egotism, lust, and backstabbing. By the author of Scenes from a Sistah.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46789552079015,"sku":"9780684871448","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780684871448.jpg?v=1747670505"},{"product_id":"baby-brothers-blues-a-novel","title":"Baby Brother's Blues: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. A charismatic R\u0026amp;B singer who gave up his career to assume responsibility for the safety of Atlanta’s West End community, Blue had created an African American urban oasis where crime and violence were virtually nonexistent. In the beginning, Regina enjoyed a circle of engaging friends and her own work as a freelance communications consultant. Most of all, she relished the company of her husband, who never ceased to be a source of passion and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen everything changed. More and more frightened women were showing up in West End, seeking Blue’s protection from lovers who had suddenly become violent. When the worst offenders begin to disappear without a trace, the signs–all of them grim–seem to point toward Blue and his longtime associate, Joseph “General” Richardson. Now that Regina is pregnant, her fear for Blue’s safety has become an obsession that threatens the very heart of their relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, Regina’s friend Aretha Hargrove is desperately trying to redefine her own marriage. Aretha’s husband, Kwame, is lobbying for them to leave West End and move to midtown. Aretha resists at first, but finally agrees in an effort to rekindle the flame that first brought them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegina and Aretha have no way of knowing that what they regard as their private struggles will soon become very public. When Baby Brother, a charming con man, insinuates himself into the community, it becomes clear that there is more to his handsome façade than meets the eye. He carries the seeds of change that will affect both women in profound and startling ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to the vividly rendered Atlanta district of her last two novels, New York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage brilliantly weaves the threads of her characters’ intersecting lives into a story of family, friendship and, of course, love. Baby Brother’s Blues is full of wit and warmth, illumination the core of every woman’s hopes and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46789552111783,"sku":"9780345481108","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780345481108.jpg?v=1747670505"},{"product_id":"angel-on-my-shoulder-an-autobiography","title":"Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn to legendary Nat King Cole in the halcyon days of the 1950s, Natalie Cole grew up to become a versatile singer with Grammy Award status. But that success came with a price, where she was dragged down by depression and drugs. This is her story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790459523239,"sku":"9780446527460","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780446527460.jpg?v=1747739562"},{"product_id":"the-brethren","title":"The Brethren","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. The third for a career-ending drunken joyride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich—very fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam—while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips, and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn’t be better. Because they’ve just found the perfect victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790510739623,"sku":"9780385497466","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780385497466.jpg?v=1747746260"},{"product_id":"this-side-of-eternity","title":"This Side of Eternity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her father in the late 1960s, Anne Russell and her family struggle to survive in the face of strikes, civil rights protests, and a deep-seated racial tension that permeates virtually every facet of their everyday lives, in a story set during the civil rights movement in Tennessee. 75,000 first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790511526055,"sku":"9780684862880","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780684862880.jpg?v=1747746263"},{"product_id":"if-i-could","title":"If I Could","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790516408487,"sku":"9780739414446","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780739414446.jpg?v=1747746399"},{"product_id":"somethings-wrong-with-your-scale","title":"Something's Wrong with your Scale","description":"\u003cp\u003eVan Whitfield's first novel, Beeperless Remote, originally published in paperback in 1996, was an underground sensation. Following its successful hardcover publication the following year, this Blackboard and Emerge bestseller placed Van Whitfield among the ranks of a cadre of young up-and-coming African-American male writers such as Omar Tyree and Eric Jerome Dickey. Now, in Something'S Wrong With Your Scale, Whitfield exercises his comedic flair in a universal tale of two people who meet and fall in love at a weight-loss center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Sonny Walker, a thirty-something-Mr. Nice Guy who's found companionship and comfort with Marsha. The only problem is that he's become too comfortable. Weighing seventy-five pounds more than when the courtship first began, the newly food-obsessed Sonny just can't stay away from Marsha's marvelous pie, even in the middle of their breakup conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to slim down and get his girlfriend back, Sonny joins the FutraSystem weight-loss center and meets potential love interest Kayla, as well as a host of other colorful characters. In a heartwarming tale that is alternately hilarious, wise, and ultimately self-affirming, Whitfield has created a thoroughly delicious and engaging novel sure to be enjoyed by those who have waged the battle of the bulge, or know someone who has.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790552813735,"sku":"9780385489355","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780385489355.jpg?v=1747747607"},{"product_id":"drop-a-novel","title":"Drop: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new voice in American fiction recalling the work of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, Drop is an irreverent and unforgettable coming-of age-story about a 31-year-old black man who struggles to break out of the ghetto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Jones has a gift for creating desire-no doubt a result of his own passion and desire to be anywhere but where he is, to be anyone but himself. He has a knack for creating effective ad campaigns. His work lands him a gig in London. Far away from his Philly roots, Chris is raking in the dough, has a Nigerian girlfriend, a beautiful apartment, and goes clubbing in the West End. He enjoys the role of the successful black American, living among the bourgeois Africans and West Indians of London. No longer afraid of what he calls the 'Pop pop pop' of gunfire so prevalent on the streets of his hometown, Chris is finally free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut life takes a turn for the worse, and Chris finds himself back where he started, forced back to Philadelphia where his only job prospect is answering phones at the electrical company, helping the poor pay their heating and lighting bills. Surrounded by his brethren, the down and out, indigent, the hopeless, Chris hits bottom. Only a stroke of inspiration and faith will get him back on his feet. Drop is a funny, moving and ultimately profound tale of a man determined to break the pattern of the ghetto he despises and who, in the process, is forced to come to terms with his hatred for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46808929435815,"sku":"9781582341040","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781582341040.jpg?v=1748293318"},{"product_id":"persepolis-the-story-of-a-childhood","title":"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests and disappearances.... A stark, shocking impact.” —The New York Times: \"The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the coming-of-age story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840498258087,"sku":"9780375422300","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780375422300.jpg?v=1749826817"},{"product_id":"the-odyssey-a-graphic-novel","title":"The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer’s epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the ancient classic as it’s never been told before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gareth Hinds brings The Odyssey to life in a masterful blend of art and storytelling. Vivid and exciting, this graphic novel is a worthy new interpretation of Homer’s epic.\"—Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson \u0026amp; the Olympians series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, wants nothing more than to return home to his family. Instead, he offends the sea god, Poseidon, who dooms him to years of shipwreck and wandering. Battling man-eating monsters, violent storms, and the supernatural seductions of sirens and sorceresses, Odysseus will need all his strength and cunning—and a little help from Mount Olympus—to make his way home and seize his kingdom from the schemers who seek to wed his queen and usurp his throne. Award-winning graphic artist Gareth Hinds masterfully reinterprets a story of heroism, adventure, and high action that has been told and retold for more than 2,500 years—though never quite like this.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840510939303,"sku":"9780763642686","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780763642686.jpg?v=1749828395"},{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities","title":"A Tale of Two Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged text of Charles Dickens' timeless classic in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition.\u003cbr\u003eWith a large 7.44\"x9.69\" page size, this Summit Classic Press edition is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. Page headers and footers, modern design and page layout reflecting traditional publishing values, and a detailed, original author biography exemplify the attention to detail given this high quality volume.\u003cbr\u003eWith well over 200 million copies sold and opening and closing lines that are among the most familiar in all of literature, \"A Tale of Two Cities\" (1859) is one of the best known and most widely-read books in all of literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003eSet against the backdrop of the French Revolution, the novel depicts the suffering of the French peasantry at the hands of the aristocracy and the subsequent abuses of the revolutionaries and their brutality against the aristocrats. Dickens, ever the social critic, manages to draw parallels to English society, and especially the stratified society of London, while creating his hallmark complex characters and compelling story. It has been remarked that Sydney Carton, a dissolute and disillusioned London barrister, is nonetheless the only protagonist in any of Dickens' major works who is, in the classical sense, heroic. While following several characters, the central plot revolves around Carton, Charles Darnay, a virtuous French aristocrat who falls prey to the wide-ranging and unreasoning fury of the Revolution, and Darnay's wife.\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Portsmouth England on February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens enjoyed a comfortable childhood until his father lost his post at the Navy Pay Office and ultimately landed in debtors' prison. Young Charles embarked upon an horrific stint pasting labels on jars of bootblack in a rat-infested slum. He would later find work as a newspaper writer, covering politics and then the courts. These experiences, with his almost photographic memory, would provide him with material for the colorful characters and vivid depictions of life in England which would characterize his work for decades.\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of \"The Pickwick Papers\" in serial form in 1836 brought Dickens success. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity. Ultimately he would become the foremost novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most widely read writers in history. His books have never gone out of print, have been turned into films and plays, and are still widely read today.\u003cbr\u003eAlong with his compelling storylines and unforgettable characters, Dickens' stories served as vehicles for social commentary, often harshly critical of class stratification and public institutions. In particular, and contrary to prevailing views, Dickens championed the poor, whom he saw as wretched not because of their own weaknesses and moral failures but because of their helplessness before society's attitudes and institutions. And yet Dickens managed throughout to maintain a humorous element, and satire and caricature fill the pages of his works.\u003cbr\u003eDickens died on June 9, 1870, following a stroke. Given the body of work he left behind, it is striking to note that Charles Dickens was just 58 years old at his death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840511430823,"sku":"9781496119049","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781496119049.jpg?v=1749828397"},{"product_id":"rent-a-girlfriend-1","title":"Rent-A-Girlfriend 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eON BORROWED TIME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Hapless college first-year Kazuya Kinoshita, reeling from a bad breakup, rents a few hours of friendly companionship at the aquarium with the idol-beautiful and polite Chizuru. But rock bottom might be lower than Kazuya thought! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, and to make matters worse, Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840695259303,"sku":"9781632369970","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781632369970.jpg?v=1749839322"},{"product_id":"my-love-mix-up-vol-2-2","title":"My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 2 (2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this warmhearted romantic comedy, a mistaken identity leads to a blossoming romance between two boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she’s written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Hashimoto’s eraser, which caused so much confusion among friends when Aoki borrowed it, is also at fault for making him flunk a quiz! Aoki, Akkun, and Hashimoto meet up at Ida’s for a study session where Aoki and Ida talk about what they are to each other—if they can figure it out?!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840695750823,"sku":"9781974725281","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781974725281.jpg?v=1749839323"},{"product_id":"rent-a-really-shy-girlfriend-1","title":"Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe official spinoff manga of Rent-A-Girlfriend, the rom-com turned hit anime, features fan-favorite Sumi, the shy girl longing to come out of her shell. Written and illustrated by original creator Reiji Miyajima! Catch up on the manga before Rent-A-Girlfriend returns for a second anime season, coming soon!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTUCK IN HER SHELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSumi Sakurasawa is shy. Even simple things, like ordering a donut or calling out to a stranger that they’ve dropped something, paralyze her with fear. Her plan to fix it? Become a “rent-a-girlfriend” and make some cash while she practices her people skills! But raising the stakes even higher might not be the foolproof solution she thought it was… And even worse, she needs five-star reviews to keep her new gig, and that means no freezing up or freaking out on a date… How is that even possible?!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840695685287,"sku":"9781646513659","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781646513659.jpg?v=1749839322"},{"product_id":"rent-a-girlfriend-3","title":"Rent-A-Girlfriend 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN HOT WATER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazuya's maritime heroics have complicated his decision to completely cut ties with his rental girlfriend, Chizuru. Now the stage is set for a different kind of conversation... Chizuru has always bailed him out of his cowardly ways and awkward encounters, but how will she react after he saves her life?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840695947431,"sku":"9781646510634","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781646510634.jpg?v=1749839323"},{"product_id":"rent-a-girlfriend-2","title":"Rent-A-Girlfriend 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE GIRLFRIEND RENT-ALITY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Kazuya and his rental girlfriend's lives become more and more intertwined, their feelings become as complicated as ever. After awkward encounters with their family and friends, who now think they're really dating, and a heated exchange with Kazuya's ex, the best thing to keep their relationship \"professional\" might be taking some time apart--but fate may have other plans...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840697847975,"sku":"9781632369987","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781632369987.jpg?v=1749839508"},{"product_id":"when-will-ayumu-make-his-move-1","title":"When Will Ayumu Make His Move? 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new will they-won't they romance from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san is here! Ayumu is in love with his senpai Yaotome, but he's sworn not to confess his feelings until he can beat her at the board game shogi... The problem is, his love is obvious to Yaotome, and she can't stop trying to trick him into breaking his vow! Fall in love again, fans of Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, Komi Can't Communicate, and Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYaotome's the president of the shogi club at her high school, and she's pretty sure that Ayumu, an underclassman and the only other member of the club, has a huge crush on her. They get together to play shogi every day after school, but no matter what she does, she can't seem to get him to confess his feelings! What she doesn't know is that Ayumu has made a pact with himself to reveal his love only after he's beaten Yaotome at shogi for the first time. Yet there's one big issue with this plan...he really sucks!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840697946279,"sku":"9781646513499","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781646513499.jpg?v=1749839508"},{"product_id":"return-of-the-king-lord-of-the-rings-book-3","title":"Return of the King (Lord of the Rings, Book 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the final book of J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, The Lord of the Rings, the courageous hobbit Frodo Baggins completes his heroic quest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840703549607,"sku":"9780965307796","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780965307796.jpg?v=1749840172"},{"product_id":"hard-boiled-wonderland-and-the-end-of-the-world-a-novel-vintage-international","title":"Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakami’s deep dive into the very nature of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840710267047,"sku":"9780679743460","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780679743460.jpg?v=1749840922"},{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-king-the-lord-of-the-rings-part-3","title":"The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary work -- pure excitement.\" -- New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A triumphant close...a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force.\" -- Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,\u003cbr\u003eOne Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents.\u003cbr\u003eGandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive -- now in the foul hands of the Orcs.\u003cbr\u003eAnd all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840719605927,"sku":"9780618260287","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780618260287.jpg?v=1749842199"},{"product_id":"ex-machina-book-1-deluxe-edition","title":"Ex Machina, Book 1 (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollects the first tales of Ex Machina, the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840745296039,"sku":"9781401218140","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781401218140.jpg?v=1749843549"},{"product_id":"indeh-a-story-of-the-apache-wars","title":"Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on exhaustive research, this graphic novel offers a remarkable glimpse into the raw themes of cultural differences, the horrors of war, the search for peace, and, ultimately, retribution. The Apache left an indelible mark on our perceptions of the American West; Indeh shows us why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1872. The place, the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. The people, like Goyahkla, lose his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, the young Goyahkla approaches the Apache leader Cochise, and the entire Apache nation, to lead an attack against the Mexican village of Azripe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is this wild display of courage that transforms the young brave Goyakhla into the Native American hero Geronimo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the war wages on. As they battle their enemies, lose loved ones, and desperately cling on to their land and culture, they would utter, \"Indeh,\" or \"the dead.\" When it looks like lasting peace has been reached, it seems like the war is over. Or is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeh captures the deeply rich narrative of two nations at war -- as told through the eyes of Naiches and Geronimo -- who then try to find peace and forgiveness. Indeh not only paints a picture of some of the most magnificent characters in the history of our country, but it also reveals the spiritual and emotional cost of the Apache Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840745984167,"sku":"9781401310998","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781401310998.jpg?v=1749843552"},{"product_id":"justice-2","title":"Justice 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a conspiracy of villains finds a way to defeat the Justice League, while looking like heroes to the public, the JLA reserve members must come up with a way to turn the tide against the villains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840746148007,"sku":"9781401212063","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781401212063.jpg?v=1749843552"},{"product_id":"the-5th-wave-the-first-book-of-the-5th-wave-series","title":"The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Wave Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Passage meets Ender's Game in the first book in an epic series by award-winning author Rick Yancey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances.\"—Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . .\"—USAToday.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.\"—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times bestseller • A USA Today bestseller • Winner of the 2014 Red House Children's Book Award • 2014 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year • A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults • A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers • A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults • A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks in the series:\u003cbr\u003eThe 5th Wave (The First Book of The 5th Wave)\u003cbr\u003eThe Infinite Sea (The Second Book of The 5th Wave)\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Star (The Third Book of the The 5th Wave)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841150242983,"sku":"9780142425831","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780142425831.jpg?v=1749858048"},{"product_id":"revival-a-novel","title":"Revival: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841156403367,"sku":"9781476770383","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781476770383.jpg?v=1749859213"},{"product_id":"the-oxford-companion-to-african-american-literature","title":"The Oxford Companion to African American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere indeed is the pantheon of African American writers--Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois, Gwendolyn Brooks and Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman and August Wilson, Jamaica Kincaid and Gloria Naylor, Stanley Crouch and Cornel West, and hundreds more. Moreover, the Companion includes entries on 150 major works of African American literature (including synopses of novels), from Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Richard Wright's Native Son, to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun; on literary characters, ranging from Bigger Thomas, to Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, Sula Peace; on character types, such as Aunt Jemima, Brer Rabbit, John Henry, Stackolee, and the trickster; and on such icons of black culture as Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Here, too, are general articles on the traditional literary genres, such as poetry, fiction, and drama; on genres of special import in African American letters, such as autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory; and on a wide spectrum of related topics, including journalism, the black periodical press, major libraries and research centers, religion, literary societies, women's clubs, and various publishing enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841159450791,"sku":"9780195065107","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780195065107.jpg?v=1749860057"}],"url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/collections\/fiction-narrative-menu-drop-down.oembed?page=5","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}