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Terry Farish is a writer with a passion for writing the stories of people from many cultures. Her novels include THE GOOD BRAIDER, a YALSA and SLJ Best Book for young adults and EITHER THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF THE WORLD. Her picture books include LUIS PAINTS THE WORLD (Carolrhoda, 2016), illustrated by Oliver Dominguez, set in Lawrence, MA, and JOSEPH'S BIG RIDE (Annick, 2016) illustrated by Ken Daley about a boy from South Sudan. Through the New Hampshire Humanities Council, Terry leads literacy programs with refugee and immigrants. The New England Reading Association has awarded her their 2016 Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literacy. ...more

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Why Novels? A High School Story

The community of educators understand the novel is like alchemy. Novels play to our imaginations so that we can step into the experiences of others, and that students’ own reading opens the way to the power of writing.

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	The Good Braider 3.94 avg rating — 2,317 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Oliver Dominguez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Ken Daley (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Barry Root (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Either the Beginning or the End of the World 3.36 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Feast for Joseph by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), O.D. Bonny, Ken Daley (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Home by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Lochan Sharma 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flower Shadows: A Novel 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking in Animal 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelter for a Seabird 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No one in America is from America.”
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“Braids are from our culture,” he says, this boy who reads and knows all the American capital cities. “They are the African designs we give to the world. When you are ready, you will braid.”
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“How could a white girl know how only someone you trust should braid your hair, how someone bad could work magic against you? How could a white girl know what the braid means to an African man? How a braid factors into the girl’s value as a bride, her beauty and quick tongue, her education, her prospects as a mother. Her virginity. All these things add value. How can this white girl know?”
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Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel

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Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner

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Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

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Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

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The Good Braider by Terry Farish

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