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Nightcrawling / Leila Mottley.

Summary:
"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has now more than doubled-and to keep the 9-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. What begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger one night soon becomes the job Kiara never wanted but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department. Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593318935
  • ISBN: 0593318935
  • Physical Description: 271 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
'Oprah's book club 2022"--Front cover.
Subject: African Americans > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Witnesses > Fiction.
Scandals > Fiction.
Police > California > Oakland > Fiction.
Oakland (Calif.) > Fiction.
Genre: Urban fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 53 of 53 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 53 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION MOTTLEY (Text) 50687011783878 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MOTTLEY (Text) 50686016178613 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F MOT (Text) 37268003145786 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F MOT (Text) 33240004956911 Display Available -
Bangor Public Library F MOT (Text) 75011000379377 New Fiction Books Available -
Boyertown Community Library MOT (Text) 33249025676200 Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Mot (Text) 85131001848754 CACM Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION MOTTLEY (Text) 50688010819713 Adult Fiction Available -
Collinsville Community Library Adults MOT Fiction (Text) 34259000553471 Adult Area Available -
Dalton Community Library FICTION MOTTLEY (Text) 50689090007849 Browsing Available -


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