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Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 4
Language
English
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Description
A mischievous eight-year-old boy helps his sister with a bully problem, while facing a bully of his own at school.
62) Joy takes root
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows Joy as she, with the help of her grandmother, learns that plants are friends with many uses and how to put her intentions into the soil to grow a garden of her own.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 6
Language
English
Description
"In this . . . adventure in the. . . series, the Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday. But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change"--Provided by publisher.
66) Hurricane child
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.
68) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
69) My fade is fresh
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.
71) Black and white
Author
Language
English
Description
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Cécile is enjoying her older brother Armand's return from France and her growing friendship with Marie-Grace, with whom she volunteers at an orphanage, until the yellow fever epidemic theatening New Orleans strikes her own household.
77) The land
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 8
Language
English
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Description
After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.
78) Looking like me
Author
Language
English
Description
Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner.
79) The talk
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
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