Sarcastic and bold, Maxine Phillips receives what she thinks is the shock of her life when she learns the father she thought was dead for 18 years is very much alive and living in Oklahoma. When...
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Author: Johnson, VarianSummary: -
Author: Flake, SharonSummary:Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she...
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Author: Williams-Garcia, RitaSummary:Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles' half sister, though the two haven't spoken in years....
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Author: Sitomer, Alan LawrenceSummary:Follows an African-American teenager through four years at her inner-city high school.
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Author: Draper, Sharon M.Summary:
Melody faces her fears to follow her passion in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novel Out of My Mind . Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My...
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Author: Draper, Sharon M.Summary:
A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting! "A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." — School Library Journal (starred review) "Unflinching and realistic." —...
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Author: Grimes, NikkiSummary:A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
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Author: Cherry, Matthew A.Summary:Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to...
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Author: Williams-Garcia, RitaSummary: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...
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Author: Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them....
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Author: Poole, Daaimah S.Summary:
Kendra Michelle Thomas boasts pipes that bring tears to the eyes, but a musical career seems a million miles away when your family life is in tatters. With an absentee father, alcoholic mother,...
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Author: Dickey, Eric JeromeSummary:
Three beautiful young women look for the good life in the bright lights of L.A.
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Author: Crewe, MeganSummary:In the second installment in this dystopian trilogy, the virus has spread beyond Kaelyn's island, and she and her friends must head to the mainland, carrying with them hopes for a cure.
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Author: Davis, Tanita S.Summary:Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving...
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Author: Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering...