King Peggy
: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
by Peggielene Bartels, Eleanor Herman
Hardcover: Feb 2012
Paperback: Feb 2013
The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa.
Kingdom of Shadows
by Alan Furst
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: Oct 2001
In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war machine in eastern Europe.
Kintu
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Paperback: May 2017
First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
Hardcover: Feb 2004
Paperback: Jan 2007
A moving story of a first-generation Japanese-American girl facing the hardships and discrimination of post WWII America. Winner of the 2005 Newbery Award. Ages 11+.
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Hardcover: Mar 2021
Paperback: Mar 2022
Klara and the Sun is a magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro--author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day.
Not since The Catcher in the Rye has literature seen a young man with as much contempt for hypocrisy and phoniness as Patrick Scully, the nineteen-year-old narrator of this outrageous account.
Knocking on Heaven's Door
: The Path to a Better Way of Death
by Katy Butler
Hardcover: Sep 2013
Paperback: Jun 2014
Knocking on Heaven's Door is a visionary map through the labyrinth of a broken and morally adrift medical system. It will inspire the necessary and difficult conversations we all need to have with loved ones as it illuminates a path to a better way ...
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