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In Amity by Nathan Harris (The Sweetness of Water), it's 1866, just after the Civil War, and siblings Coleman and June are technically emancipated.

- KRISTYN KUSEK LEWIS

Gripping Journey

But June has been forced to go to Mexico with their former enslaver, Mr. Harper, while Coleman is in New Orleans, working for the Harper family and praying for his sister's return. When a letter from Mr. Harper arrives summoning Coleman to join them, the novel takes readers on a riveting voyage through the desert, as Coleman and June struggle to find each other and, ultimately, their freedom.

Friends Till the End

The Wilderness, the highly anticipated second novel by National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy (