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American Heart (Hardcover)

By Laura Moriarty
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062694102
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Published: HarperTeen - January 30th, 2018

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Buried in the Suburbs (Paperback)

By Jamie Lynn Heller
$12.00
ISBN: 9780998700328
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Published: Woodley Press - May 8th, 2018
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Brown Enough: A Tale of a Mixed-Race Baseball Team, Summer of '56 (Paperback)

By Ken Ohm
$16.95
ISBN: 9780692067178
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Published: Flint Hills Stories - October 2018
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The Deepest Roots (Hardcover)

By Miranda Asebedo
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062747075
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Published: HarperTeen - September 18th, 2018
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The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier (Hardcover)

By Lana Wirt Myers (Editor)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780700626229
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Published: University Press of Kansas - March 21st, 2018

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A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools (Hardcover)

By Rachel Devlin
$32.00
ISBN: 9781541697331
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Published: Basic Books - May 15th, 2018
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Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World (Hardcover)

By Louis Galambos
$26.95
ISBN: 9781421425047
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - January 20th, 2018
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Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River (Hardcover)

By Max McCoy
$27.95
ISBN: 9780700626021
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Published: University Press of Kansas - February 28th, 2018
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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth (Hardcover)

By Sarah Smarsh
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501133091
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Published: Scribner - September 18th, 2018
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Night Out (Hardcover)

By Daniel Miyares
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524765729
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Published: Schwartz & Wade - May 8th, 2018
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No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (Hardcover)

By C. J. Janovy
$29.95
ISBN: 9780700625284
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Published: University Press of Kansas - January 15th, 2018

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No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas (Hardcover)

By Tonya Bolden, Don Tate (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780385752763
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - October 16th, 2018
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The Pastor Wears a Skirt (Hardcover)

By Dorothy Nickel Friesen
$40.00
ISBN: 9781532650406
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Published: Resource Publications (CA) - March 28th, 2018

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The Saint of Wolves and Butchers (Hardcover)

By Alex Grecian
$27.00
ISBN: 9780399176111
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - April 17th, 2018
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Seafire (Hardcover)

By Natalie C. Parker
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451478801
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Published: Razorbill - August 28th, 2018

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