Record Holder for Oldest & Never Checked out Book

This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.

Year Received: 2007

Previous Check Out: Never

Runner Up for Oldest & Never Checked out Book

Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, including a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.

Year Received: 2008

Previous Check Out: Never

Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.

Year Received: 2013

Previous Check Out: Never

"A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father..."--Provided by publisher.

Year Received: 2017

Previous Check Out: Never