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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
22) One crazy summer
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
23) Zora and me
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When three women find their lives inextricably linked after one terrible mistake, they must work together to make the most of their futures and the challenges before them"--
"When three women find their lives inextricably linked after a terrible mistake, they must work together to make the most of their futures.Alexis Marshall never meant to cause the accident that left Jon-Jon Robinson paralyzed-but though guilt plagues her, her husband hopes to...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby, and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a "tour de force" (O, The Oprah Magazine)...
A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a "tour de force" (O, The Oprah Magazine)...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
28) Harlem shuffle
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the
29) The crossover
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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