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In 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political intrigue in both human and Fae worlds.
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
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Magic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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An uplifting and empowering illustrated anthology of joyful contributions from 52 contemporary Black voices, including chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley, scientist Dr. Raven the Science Maven, and award-winning author Patrice Lawrence.
5) Hangman
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English
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"A shockingly original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond"--
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2022.
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English
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"A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full members. Thanks to the leadership of a chief...
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McSweeney's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Award-winning viral curator and poet Natasha Marin follows-up her acclaimed Black Imagination with a brilliant new collection of sharply-rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than two dozen Black voices. What does it sound like when you claim yourself? When do you feel most at home in yourself? What is your relationship to Africa, real or imagined? Black Powerful examines Black Americans' relationship with Africa and intersperses their reflections...
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ArtMattan Productions
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Français
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In today's Ecuador, the black population, the descendants of enslaved Africans, continue to experience strong racial and social discrimination. Yet people in the community still strive to value their specific culture and transmit the rebellious memory of their ancestors who fought for freedom. The Esmeraldas Beach sets out to expose the invisibility of Afro-Ecuadorians and rectify the narrative of the country's history with the film's central...
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"This joyful, inspiring and powerful love letter to hair wrapping ties together past and present as it recognizes and demonstrates how knowledge is passed through generations"-- Provided by publisher.
12) Blood like fate
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Blood like magic volume 2
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English
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While struggling with her new role as Matriarch, Voya has a vision of a terrifying, deadly future, and with a newfound sense of purpose, she vows to do whatever it takes to bring her shattered community together and prevent the destruction of them all.
Voya Thomas is struggling with her new role as Matriarch, and her family doesn't believe that she has what it takes to lead them. She can't let go of her feeling for Luc, who believes that Voya killed...
13) Black joy
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Love, literature, friendship, music, carnival, travel, dance, work, nature, food- Black Joy can be found in so many places. Edited by award-winning journalist Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and up-and-coming talent Timi Sotire, this empowering essay collection by twenty-nine inspirational and urgent voices celebrates the everyday joy of being Black British."--
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Akim Aliu--also known as "Dreamer"--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching...
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Door of no return volume 1
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English
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"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century."--
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"5,000 years of literature, lyrics, poems, passages, phrases, and proverbs from voices around the world"--Jacket
From the time of ancient Egypt, through American slavery, the civil rights era and up to the present day, this book collects quotes and thoughts from through the African diaspora. It showcases the thoughts of not only writers and artists, but of politicians, athletes, and others whose words have been significant in their time or beyond,...
18) You matter to me
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English
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"Biscuit the dog is adopted from the shelter and loves his new home and his new human family. The dad, especially, takes good care of Biscuit and is the person who walks him the most. But Biscuit soon realizes that not everyone shares his feelings about his human. His human is Black, and some people in the neighborhood are scared by that. Some people hold their purses closer, or tighten their grip on their children's hands. With honest, age-appropriate...
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
20) Woke up no light
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Woke up no light is a Black girl's saunter turned to a woman's defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting. Moving in sections from "girlhood" to "neighborhood" to "falsehood" to, finally, "womanhood," these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp...
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