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Title: Beyond the Tall Grass
Author: Cindy Burrows
Illustrator: Cindy Burrows
Location: Harry C. Moore Library & ChapterOne Book Store
Burrows, C. (2007). Beyond the Tall Grass. (C. Burrows, Illus.). One Rib Publications.
Beyond the Tall Grass was written Cindy Burrows who was born in Eleuthera in 1970. Cindy, in her childhood days, found pleasure in producing pictures, drawings and reading books and stories. Some of her favorite books were those of the classics. This book tells of an island boy named Darius who was neglected and his experience at the Sutton House Home for Boys. Through Darius’s eyes the novel showcased human struggles and dignity. Darius is lead down a path of mystery and adventure in the story. There is an examination of complications and motives of the human heart and how it is affected by circumstances and deed. This novel can give students an overview of some of the challenges that is experienced when neglected and placed in the system.
Book 2

Title: A Shift in the Light
Author: Patricia Glinton- Meicholas
Illustrator: N/A
Location: Harry C. Moore Library & Chapter One Bookstore
Glinton-Meicholas, P. (2001). A Shift in the Light. (N/A, Illus.). Nassau, Bahamas: Guanima Press.
This novel focuses on the importance of family in various ways such as culture, values and ethics and the symbolism of light. The light signifies the importance of staying close to your family. Patricia Glinton-Meicholas whom is a lady of many hats – writer, cultural critic, academic and educator – define male dominance in the household and the values and ethics the children follow by all throughout the book as a important part of the Bahamian culture. The sun is symbolic of family in that the sun never chang...

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...nd and Muriel Eneas.
Cleveland Eneas was born to parents that were from the tribe of Yorubas and an alumnus of The Government High School. Born in Bain Town, Eneas shared stories of historical records as they were recalled by himself, friends and other descendants of the Yorubas that resided in Bain Town. The book is a detailed historical timeline of Bain Town and events and traditions surrounded this community. Bain Town gives descriptive details as to where Bain Town is locate geographically, who the people residing in the community were, the traditions of Christmas, about the women and their roles and the fruit trees that grew in the yards.
Book 10

Title: The Seventeenth Century
Author: Michael Pintard
Illustrator: N/A
Location: Harry C. Moore Library
Mainstone, M., & Mainstone, R. (1981). The Seventeenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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