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Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 2
Language
English
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"Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself"--
Author
Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"--
Author
Series
The Davenports (Krystal Marquis) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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Series
Keystone Stables volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Skye and Morgan have their hands full trying to share friendship and God's love with Tanya, a new foster child in the Chambers' household, who is a veteran shoplifter and a runaway but who shows surprising devotion to a mare and her foal.
6) Hair love
Author
Language
English
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Description
Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her--and her hair--happy.
Author
Publisher
IngramSpark
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Asher has always had long hair but notices that the only other students with long hair in his class are girls. He loves his hair so much and would never cut it, but is starting to wonder if boys should have long hair? Read to find out how Asher's family helps him feel happy, strong, and brave to wear long hair!"--
9) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
10) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
11) Love radio
Author
Language
English
Description
Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Mia Macarooney is delighted to learn she is from a family of superheroes, but her acceptance into the Program for In Training Superheroes requires she take a placement exam.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
16) Fly
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Africa asks her friends to teach her to double-dutch so she can enter a double-dutch competition, but none of her friends know how.
17) Ophie's ghosts
Author
Language
English
Description
Discovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father's life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.
18) Hair story
Author
Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.
19) Leaving Lymon
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
20) Nigeria Jones
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Language
English
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"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"--|cProvided by publisher.
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