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Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Description
Fourteen-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.
42) My first Kwanzaa
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.
43) Yo, Jo!
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jomar greets his neighbors using slang, but his grandfather wants to hear some more traditional words.
45) Black buck
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A "satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime: a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
Author
Language
English
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Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Celebrates the feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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English
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"In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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Description
Kimberla Lawson Roby tells the story of Tanya Black, an honest, faithful, independent woman who is struggling to come to terms with her failing marriage. The Black household is swiftly deteriorating. Frustrated and angry at her prosperous preacher husband's obvious infidelities, Tanya cannot believe the man she once loved has been replaced by this pathological liar obsessed with material wealth. But Tanya loves their daughter Alicia and is reluctant...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Black History Month - Tweens
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Black History Month - Tweens
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
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Description
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
53) Rain rising
Author
Series
Rain novels (Comrie) volume 1
Language
English
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Black History Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.
Author
Series
This poison heart volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Teenaged Briseis, who possesses a supernatural power over plants, even poisonous ones, inherits a dilapidated estate in rural New York and must protect herself and her family from centuries-old secrets that threaten their lives.
Author
Series
Zoe Washington stories volume 1
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Lone Star List 2022 (Gr. 6-8)
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Lone Star List 2022 (Gr. 6-8)
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Description
"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
57) Homemade love
Author
Language
English
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Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
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Description
A girl who is Girlpie to her mama and Honey Bun Chocolate Dewdrop to her daddy savors the warmth and love of her family.
59) Jamaica's find
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.
60) Hair story
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Language
English
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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.
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