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1) Promise boys
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
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Back to School - Young Adult
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
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Description
J.B., Ramón, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arersted.
Author
Series
Rain novels (Comrie) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above. The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even...
3) Paradise
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away,...
5) The artivist
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.
8) Cornrows
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
As Mama and Great-Grammaw skillfully weave and braid their children's hair into the intricate cornrow patterns of Africa, they retell fascinating tales of ancestral life in Africa and praise contemporary African American activists.
9) Love radio
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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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
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"June Papers is a twenty-eight-year-old MFA grad with a felony record, "the classic young, Black and gifted American misfit." He's also a substitute teacher. He's also homeless. With dreams of becoming a writer, June endures a host of trials and dilemmas as he reluctantly realizes mentoring and teaching might actually be a path forward for him"--
11) The reckoning
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice"--
12) Track star
Author
Series
Miles Lewis volume 4
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Determined to be a top runner at his school's annual Fun Run, Miles creates a health regimen to boost his endurance, but on the big day, he notices a friend struggling to keep going, forcing Miles to decide what winning really means to him.
13) I can help!
Author
Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In three rhyming stories, Princess Truly helps her friend pack for her moving day, cleans up the park with her pug, Sir Noodles, and helps a farmer get his tractor keys back from a crow.
14) Showtime!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Ty loves playing the instruments, but something's missing--his friends! With the help of his vivid imagination, Ty and his friends are onstage in a band making great music together!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, andthe founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"A lyrical and proud picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--
17) Muffin wars
Author
Series
Jaden Toussaint the greatest volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
In this installment, "our hero must face his greatest fear: another 5-year-old who's as amazing as he is. Has Jaden Toussaint finally met his match? Will life as we know it end as a result? Will anyone ever eat his Super Sneaky 7 Fruit Fruit Salad muffins?"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After losing her child and seeing the world as an increasingly dangerous place, a young Black woman from Boston decides to construct a separate society at an abandoned restaurant in Western Massachusetts. She locates a benefactor and soon it all begins to take shape, but it doesn't take long for problems to develop"--
19) Salt the water
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Description
A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid. Told in verse format.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 5
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Amidst the search for a peaceful resolution, Jax and his friends find themselves facing an imminent war as the witches gear up for battle against the formidable Scourge, threatening to drain all magic from both realms.
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