Eleven-year-old Valena lives both in the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history.
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Author: Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:The kids in class call Natalie "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Though weak, she also wants to be independent. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish and wants to be her friend...
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Author: Feldman, SuzanneSummary:Cassie, self-educated and brown skinned, works in a laundry in rural Mississippi. Judith, illiterate and white, dreams of life as a big-city radio star. These teenage girls are half sisters, and...
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Author: Doctorow, CorySummary:A man known as Hubert, Etc. finds he has no place in society except among the dregs of disaffected youth who party all night and heap scorn on those taking the morning commute. Falling in with...
Genre: Dystopian fiction, Science fiction