theycallmewendy

I'm a children's librarian, and many of my middle-school students have been assigned books from the Bluford series for summer reading. As far as I can tell, these books have been out of print for 20 years and are not available from Ingram or anywhere else - has this changed? Unfortunately, I don't have the freedom to order used books from Amazon.com vendors or anything, so I'm looking for a reputable source of new books who might have a new printing of these. Otherwise I'll have to conclude whoever makes up the school summer reading lists is out of touch with everything since 1975 . . .

What's the correct quote from the book "The Color Purple"? I've tried to google it and am coming up with several variations on "God gets real pissed off if you pass the color purple somewhere and don't appreciate it," but I'd like to know the one from the book (and if you can give me a page number for your version, that'd be great too!).

Sprite from a soda fountain sometimes (but not always) tastes different than the Sprite from a can or bottle - more "plastic-y," I guess. I sent an inquiry to Coca-Cola, but I just got lots of apologies for my "unsatisfactory Coca-Cola experience," apologies that they try hard for quality control, and a coupon for a free 12-pack of Coke. Which I appreciate, but I wish someone would have actually read my question :-) So I pose it to you, Virtual World - anyone know?