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• When Haru Was Here

  Thao, Dustin

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  From Gale Books and Authors: "Nineteen-year-old aspiring filmmaker Eric Ly is struggling with the loss of his best friend and crush, Daniel. As his parents are disengaged from his life and his sister is dropping out of college to go on tour with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forgotten Sisters

  a Novel

  Pelayo, Cynthia

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  This book is an enthralling, haunted tour of Chicago. It also lists a few other books it calls "the Chicago greats," including The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Native Son by Richard Wright, Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams, and Chicago: City…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sanchez, Erika L.

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  This book, aside from being a brilliant coming-of-age story, is an ode both to the beauty of Chicago and a description of the frustrations of living in Chicago. Visit the Art Institute, admire the Chicago skyline, and experience a Chicago winter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  This is the story of a Latina girl growing up in Chicago. As the author writes in the introduction, "I no longer make Chicago my home, but Chicago makes its home in me. I have Chicago stories I have yet to write. So long as those stories kick inside…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal

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  From Gale Books and Authors: "This YA historical fiction series is set at the beginning of the twentieth century and chronicles the loves and lives of the members of an affluent Chicago-based family, the Davenports. Based on the real-life Patterson…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Native Son

  Wright, Richard, 1908-1960

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  From Gale Literature: "Richard Wright's Native Son is widely regarded as one of the greatest social protest novels ever written and an important milestone in the history of American literature. It was one of the first novels to expose the harsh…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chicago

  Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-2017 May 27

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  From Bibliocommons: "On the last day of summer, a young college grad moved to Chicago and rented a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lived there, during which he meets gangsters,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chasing Vermeer

  Balliett, Blue, 1955-

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  This story starts out "On a warm October night in Chicago..." This story also takes readers to the Art Institute of Chicago.

• Make Me a City

  a Novel

  Carr, Jonathan, 1957-

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  From Bibliocommons: "A propulsive debut of visionary scale, Make Me a City embroiders fact with fiction to tell the story of Chicago's 19th century, tracing its rise from frontier settlement to industrial colossus. The tale begins with a game of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jungle

  Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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  From Gale Literature: "Sinclair was a leading "muckraker," a group of early twentieth-century American journalists and writers who sought to initiate reforms by exposing social and political excesses and abuses, and The Jungle is one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twenty Years at Hull-House

  With Autobiographical Notes

  Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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  This book is a work of nonfiction. From Bibliocommons: "The pioneering social worker tells the story of her life, relating her experiences and observations about the settlement house she founded."

• Chicago Noir

  the Classics

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  This book includes work by a few of the authors referenced in Forgotten Sisters, including Nelson Algren.

• A Raisin in the Sun

  Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965

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  From Bibliocommons: "The groundbreaking drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling black working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago."

• The Devil in the White City

  Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

  Larson, Erik, 1954-

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  This book was recommended by award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo.

• The Shining Girls

  Beukes, Lauren

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  This book was recommended by award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo.

• Chicago - Frank Sinatra

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• Chicago The Musical (New Broadway Cast Recording (1997))

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  You can listen to the Chicago musical soundtrack on Freegal!