PHOEBE DARING
(1912)
First edition of the 2nd book in Baum's YA detective series, with a striking ombre binding design.
20th century
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Harlem YA Trilogy: THE FRIENDS, RUBY, and EDITH JACKSON
(1973); (1976); (1978)
First editions, two signed, following three Black teenage girls growing up in Harlem, including the first YA novel to narrate a lesbian relationship and, in another, the heroine's choice to get an abortion.
LOOK FOR THE STARS
(1956)
First edition, a young adult novel about a girl's trials and tribulations as a displaced person after WWII, rare in the original dust jacket.
DINKY HOCKER SHOOTS SMACK
(1972)
First edition, first printing of this provocative and fascinating young adult story. This is the first young adult work by Kerr, one of the pseudonyms of Marijane Meaker.
FINDING MY VOICE
1992
Inscribed first printing of this YA romance, about a Korean-American girl facing everyday racism in her Minnesota high school while her relationship with a white classmate blossoms.
HOME TO INDIA
(1945)
Signed first edition, first printing of "the first memoir written by a South Asian American" (Wenying Xu), chronicling the author's return at 16 to Bombay after an absence of ten years.
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