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1) Ghost boys
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Language
English
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After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
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Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Language
English
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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.
5) Fake ID
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An African-American teen in the Witness Protection Program moves to a new town and finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead"--
6) Flygirl
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Language
English
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During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
9) Dear Martin
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Language
English
Description
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
10) Out of darkness
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English
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"1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Naomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and...
13) Love like sky
Author
Series
Love like sky volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Georgie is still adjusting to leaving Atlanta for a small town, having a stepfather, and being unable to get close to her stepsister when her six-year-old sister, Peaches, suddenly becomes very illustrations.
14) Dough boys
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.
15) On the come up
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Language
English
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When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.
17) Legendborn
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Series
Legendborn volume 1
Language
English
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Black Voices | YA PEQ
MCL - Coretta Scott King Awards - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
NPM - YA Black Voices
MCL - Coretta Scott King Awards - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
NPM - YA Black Voices
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"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--
Author
Series
Song below water volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Best friends, Tavia and Effie, struggle to hide their supernatural identities in a society that discriminates against people with their abilities.
19) Sun keep rising
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At risk of losing her home, teen mom B'onca forges a risky plan to help pay the bills that, if she makes one wrong move, could cost her and her family everything.
20) Zyla & Kai
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The story of how a cynic and a hopeless romantic become friends, fall in love, and break up unfolds from their different perspectives.
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