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How much is "nothing" worth? Is it worth four 50-pesewa coins from Ghana? Jude received the coins as a child. Now an adult, he has made it to Singapore as a candidate for a prestigious PhD. He fervently believes academia can save him from his past growing up in Africa, a past of poverty and pain. But far from saving him, his new life seems to be leading him deeper and deeper into conflict. Across the world in Chile, Noemi struggles with depression and loss, and finds redemption through healing other people. Despite her newfound power and purpose, she lives on the edge of and invisible ...

A murderer returns to Africa, seeking atonement for killing an innocent. Now that Carlos has emptied out his life, his past torments him. He can't go forward until he goes back - to Ghana - to own up to crimes he committed as a young man. A woman escapes poverty in Africa, but is trapped in a life supporting those she left behind. Liz left Ghana and is now a successful career woman in the USA. Freed from the daily oppression of scarcity, she remains under the vice-grip power of her hoarding mother and needy siblings. Their lives cross...

Irving can't function socially, so he spies on people and posts the results on the Internet, where he has a cult-like following. Normally careful to preserve his anonymity, he breaks his own rules when he falls in love with pretty plus-sized Veronica, a naughty-bingo caller. Then she disappears. Should Irving pursue, even as Veronica delves deeper into international drug couriering? When it turns out she's packing something different than dope in her suitcase, and needs Irving's help to close the deal, he's drawn to play an active role in her underworld.

A trans taco waitress. A man painted in silver. A Haitian priest. An old lady who dances. What's their connection in the streets of Mexico City?

A Black woman, an Asian man, and a White, older woman collide on a hiking trail. A comedic tug-of-war ensues, between conflicting cultures and cravings. Genie searches for a deeper experience in life than her CEO-track career can provide - but is hung up by her dependence on metaphysics. Max yearns for an adventurous life in the Peace Corps, but he can't envision leaving his Vietnamese immigrant parents behind. Amy wants her dead husband back.

It’s Seattle, the 1970s. Vincent is a white student from the neighborhood, while Troy is one of a few African American students bussed in as part of a desegregation program. Vincent quickly admires Troy and befriends him. They share childhood moments such as kickball games, discussions of first crushes, and after-school fishing trips - before their racist environment separates them.

For fourth grade, Pete and Baraka decided to homeschool...except they didn't stay home. Thirteen months later, father and son completed their circumnavigation of the globe. Along the way they learned many great lessons about the world, themselves, and each other. Join them as they set out from home in Puerto Rico and voyage through Florida, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, London, Denmark, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, India, the Philippines, China, Japan, and Nortwest America. Photos included! Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards "Adventure never gets old!"-Toni Burton "Engaging, funny, ...

Where do we want to go? That's what Nia and I asked ourselves as she worked her way through elementary school. We tacked a big laminated map of the world up in our front room, and kept dry erase markers and a footstool handy. Over the years we went through many iterations. And then we went out and did it. Of course our plans kept on changing, as did we. Join us as we set out from our home in Colorado and voyage to Forida, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Easter Island, Hawaii, Iceland, Paris, Rome, New Zealand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangkok, and Ghana. Photos included!