Cherise the Niece

Cherise the Niece
Author: J. K. Benton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2008-05-27
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1101483954

Edward Gorey meets The Bunny Suicides in a murderously funny tale from the creator of It’s Happy Bunny From the creator of the hugely successful It’s Happy Bunny franchise comes a little piece of work named Cherise, who may be, it turns out, a not-so-nice niece. In the tradition of Edward Gorey’s The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Jim Benton’s first adult picture book, with hilarious rhymes and illustrations, is a darkly comic masterpiece of the macabre. “She was orphaned quite young In a mysterious way, Her parents just up and vanished one day.” The bloody footprints leading out of Cherise’s bedroom are the first clue that perhaps the little darling with the bow in her hair is not an angel. As Cherise is shuttled from one aunt’s home to another, her aunts vanish, meeting inventive and hysterical ends. With a killer punch line on its final page, Jim Benton’s Cherise the Niece will leave readers laughing.

Young-Minded Hustler

Young-Minded Hustler
Author: Tysha
Publisher: Urban Books
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622860950

When the police kill her husband in the presence of their young son, Shy McGee becomes a single mother trying to raise boys to men. Her 17-year-old son, Prince, channels his anger into an effort to become king of the streets. Seeing her son try to step up and take his father's place, Shy has his back. Cherise is Shy's best friend, but she doesn't like what she's seeing lately. Cherise has taught her son, Raequan, only one life lesson: how to run hustles. Now Cherise and Raequan are tired of watching the McGee family prosper while they remain at a standstill. Prince and his identical twin brother, Jayden, are attacked, and the wrong brother takes the bullet. Like an angry mother bear, Shy fights to find out who masterminded the incident. When she discovers the truth, there is no question about how far she's willing to go to protect her young-minded hustler.

Sierra and Star

Sierra and Star
Author: Cherise Arthur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2021
Genre: Girls
ISBN:

A young girl Sierra loves riding ponies. She and her 8th birthday gift--a beautiful red pony Star win blue ribbon in a beginner rider contest.

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby
Author: Cherise Wolas
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250081440

Longlisted for 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award Longlisted for 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Kirkus Reviews’s Best Fiction of 2017 Kirkus Reviews’s Best Debut Novels of 2017 Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels: 2017 The New York Times Book Review’s Editors’ Choice Indie Next Pick for September 2017 Kirkus Reviews’s 13 Fiction Debuts & Breakthroughs That Live Up to the Hype Bustle’s 9 Fall Book Debuts By Women You’re Going To Want To Read Immediately Nantucket Magazine’s 7 for September 2017 Kirkus Reviews’s 9 Excellent Reads for Labor Day Weekend Entertainment Weekly’s Thirteen Books to Read in August San Diego Magazine’s Your Book Shelf: 5 Books to Read in August “[A] stunning debut...reminds me of my most favorite authors: J.D. Salinger, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, Joan Didion.” —A.M. Homes I viewed the consumptive nature of love as a threat to serious women. But the wonderful man I just married believes as I do—work is paramount, absolutely no children—and now love seems to me quite marvelous. These words are spoken to a rapturous audience by Joan Ashby, a brilliant and intense literary sensation acclaimed for her explosively dark and singular stories. When Joan finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, she is stunned by Martin’s delight, his instant betrayal of their pact. She makes a fateful, selfless decision then, to embrace her unintentional family. Challenged by raising two precocious sons, it is decades before she finally completes her masterpiece novel. Poised to reclaim the spotlight, to resume the intended life she gave up for love, a betrayal of Shakespearean proportion forces her to question every choice she has made. Epic, propulsive, incredibly ambitious, and dazzlingly written, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby is a story about sacrifice and motherhood, the burdens of expectation and genius. Cherise Wolas’s gorgeous debut introduces an indelible heroine candid about her struggles and unapologetic in her ambition.

The Legend of Buddy Bush

The Legend of Buddy Bush
Author: Shelia P. Moses
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534451455

Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Shelia P. Moses’s National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Honoree, The Legend of Buddy Bush, with this new edition of a classic novel that’s more relevant than ever. The day Uncle Goodwin “Buddy” Bush came from Harlem all the way back home to Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina, is the day Pattie Mae Sheals’s life changes forever. Pattie Mae adores and admires Uncle Buddy—he’s tall and handsome and he doesn’t believe in the country stuff most people believe in, like ghosts and stepping off the sidewalk to let white folks pass. But when Buddy is arrested for a crime against a white woman that he didn’t commit, Pattie Mae and her family are suddenly set to journeying on the long, hard road that leads from loss and rage to forgiveness and pride.

Try, Ari, Try!

Try, Ari, Try!
Author: Tracia J. Agard
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2017-08-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1681813351

Try, Ari, Try! is all about perseverance. It is a simple tale about an ant trying to move a crumb. When Ari the Ant sees the crumb, he decides to take it home to his family. But the crumb proves far more difficult to move than he first thought. Ari tries different ways to move it, and fails each time. He becomes frustrated. Just when Ari is thinking about quitting, he gets a brilliant idea of how to move the crumb. He is finally successful and takes it home. The moral of the story? If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!

Attack Of The Stuff

Attack Of The Stuff
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2020-05-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1545806772

In what is described as “an 8 year old’s fever dream,” New York Times bestselling author introduces us to Bill Waddler. Bill is a duck who dreams of being smothered by farting snakes. He also has a special gift. He is able to hear appliances complain. Imagine what toilets would complain about. Bill doesn’t need to imagine. While working as a cash-only hay seller (that doesn’t accept credit cards) , Bill doesn’t know that he, and a very confused orange juice sales clerk, are about to save the world. If you could hear this book complain, it would be saying “where have you been all my life?”

The Testament of Gideon Mack

The Testament of Gideon Mack
Author: James Robertson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101650486

A critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into a deep ravine called the Black Jaws, he is presumed dead. Three days later, however, he emerges bruised but alive-and insistent that his rescuer was Satan himself. Against the background of an incredulous world, Mack's disturbing odyssey and the tortuous life that led to it create a mesmerizing meditation on faith, mortality, and the power of the unknown.

It's Me. A Graphic Novel (Catwad #1)

It's Me. A Graphic Novel (Catwad #1)
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338566032

An all-new series from New York Times bestselling author, Jim Benton! From New York Times bestselling author Jim Benton, meet Catwad! He's blue, he's a bit of a grouch, and his best friend is a dim-witted cat named Blurmp who can see the bright side of anything. From pizza and computers, to love and happiness, this crabby tabby has a funny take on just about everything, and he's not afraid to share it. This collection of short comic stories will make even the grumpiest of grouches crack up and is not to be missed!

The Goddess Life

The Goddess Life
Author: Cherise Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2018
Genre: Goddess religion
ISBN: 9781977087430