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    Chrystal D. Giles

    Chrystal D. Giles is a champion for diversity in children’s literature. She is also the author of Take Back the Block and Not An Easy Win, which have received multiple starred reviews and made multiple year end and state award lists. Chrystal lives outside Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and son and is currently working on her next middle-grade novel.
    We Are Joy
    We Are Joy
    Chrystal D. Giles , Kitt Thomas
    9780593647738
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 2026
    Random House Books for Young Readers
    9 x 10
    Listen to the Girls
    Listen to the Girls
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593651711
    $17.99 US
    Hardcover
    May 05, 2026
    Random House Books for Young Readers
    5-1/2 x 8-1/4
    Not an Easy Win
    Not an Easy Win
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593175248
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2024
    Yearling
    5-3/16 x 7-5/8
    Take Back the Block
    Take Back the Block
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593175200
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 05, 2022
    Yearling
    5-3/16 x 7-5/8

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    Thu Jul 23
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    20809 2nd Avenue
    Petersburg, VA 23803
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    Books

    We Are Joy
    We Are Joy
    Chrystal D. Giles, Kitt Thomas
    9780593647738
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 2026
    Random House Books for Young Readers
    9 x 10
    Listen to the Girls
    Listen to the Girls
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593651711
    $17.99 US
    Hardcover
    May 05, 2026
    Random House Books for Young Readers
    5-1/2 x 8-1/4
    Not an Easy Win
    Not an Easy Win
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593175248
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2024
    Yearling
    5-3/16 x 7-5/8
    Take Back the Block
    Take Back the Block
    Chrystal D. Giles
    9780593175200
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 05, 2022
    Yearling
    5-3/16 x 7-5/8

    Events

    Sat May 23 | 11:00 AM
    PARK ROAD BOOKS
    4139 PARK RD
    CHARLOTTE, NC 28209-2229
    Google Map

    Thu Jun 04 | 05:00 PM
    Chapel Hill Public Library - Meeting Room A
    100 Library Drive
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514
    Google Map

    Sat Jun 06 | 10:00 AM
    BOOKMARKS
    634 W 4TH ST 110
    WINSTON SALEM, NC 27101-2730
    Google Map

    Thu Jul 23
    Neuqua Valley High School
    2360 95th Street
    Naperville, IL 
    Google Map

    Sat Sep 12
    VSU Multipurpose Center
    20809 2nd Avenue
    Petersburg, VA 23803
    Google Map

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