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Candelaria Norma-Silva

Here are book recommendations from our Book Ambassador Candelaria Norma-Silva!

Norma-Silva is a dynamic, Dorchester-based author of stories, essays, and blog posts inspired by her upbringing in the rich Southern soil and a large extended family in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Jump! Jump! Jump! Stacey is her second book featuring her character Stacey.  Her first book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day, was published in October 2020.  A third book featuring Stacey, What’s the Baby's Name, Stacey? is scheduled for publication in December 2022. You can find Norma-Silva's books in our Local Authors and Illustrators Catalog.

Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel
Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel
Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel
Xochitl Gonzalez
$27.99
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The Black Book
The Black Book
The Black Book
Middleton A. Harris (Editor)
$35.00
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
$20.00
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel
Kathleen Rooney
$18.00
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Every Man Dies Alone: Special 10th Anniversary Edition
Every Man Dies Alone: Special 10th Anniversary Edition
Every Man Dies Alone: Special 10th Anniversary Edition
Hans Fallada
$18.99
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
Lisa See
$18.00
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
$14.99
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The Library Book
The Library Book
The Library Book
Susan Orlean
$17.99
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Bel Canto (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions)
Bel Canto (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions)
Bel Canto (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions)
Ann Patchett
$18.99
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Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #1)
Walter Mosley
$16.99
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The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
Edna Lewis
$28.95
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Mildred D. Taylor
$9.99
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Mississippi Solo: A River Quest
Mississippi Solo: A River Quest
Mississippi Solo: A River Quest
Eddy Harris
$19.99
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Anna Hibiscus
Anna Hibiscus
Anna Hibiscus
Atinuke
$7.99
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Amor Towles
$18.00
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Zora Neale Hurston
$17.99
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston
$17.99
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Cane
Cane
Cane
Jean Toomer
$15.00
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The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown
The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown
The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown
Sterling A. Brown
$24.95
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Frank McCourt
$19.00
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Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Bernardine Evaristo
$17.00
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The Lying Life of Adults
The Lying Life of Adults
The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante
$18.00
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Black Bottom Saints: A Novel
Black Bottom Saints: A Novel
Black Bottom Saints: A Novel
Alice Randall
$16.99
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Hell of a Book: National Book Award Winner (A Novel)
Hell of a Book: National Book Award Winner (A Novel)
Hell of a Book: National Book Award Winner (A Novel)
Jason Mott
$17.00
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The Ugly Cry: How I Became a Person (Despite My Grandmother's Horrible Advice)
The Ugly Cry: How I Became a Person (Despite My Grandmother's Horrible Advice)
The Ugly Cry: How I Became a Person (Despite My Grandmother's Horrible Advice)
Danielle Henderson
$17.00
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The Overstory: A Novel
The Overstory: A Novel
The Overstory: A Novel
Richard Powers
$18.95
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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Mark Whitaker
$19.99
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
$10.99
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The Best of Simple: Stories
The Best of Simple: Stories
The Best of Simple: Stories
Langston Hughes
$18.00
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A Small Place
A Small Place
A Small Place
Jamaica Kincaid
$15.00
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series #1)
Alexander McCall Smith
$17.00
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Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels (LOA #348): Zeely / The House of Dies Drear / The Planet of Junior Brown / M.C. Higgins, the Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels (LOA #348): Zeely / The House of Dies Drear / The Planet of Junior Brown / M.C. Higgins, the Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels (LOA #348): Zeely / The House of Dies Drear / The Planet of Junior Brown / M.C. Higgins, the Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton
$35.00
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Sula (Vintage International)
Sula (Vintage International)
Sula (Vintage International)
Toni Morrison
$16.00
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$18.00
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Americanah: A novel
Americanah: A novel
Americanah: A novel
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$18.00
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
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Colored People: A Memoir
Colored People: A Memoir
Colored People: A Memoir
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
$16.00
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Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
Elizabeth Strout
$27.00
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1)
Madeleine L'Engle
$8.99
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Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
$18.00
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