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Author: Jemisin, N. K.Summary:Genre: Fantasy fiction
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Author: Goldberg Sloan, HollySummary:
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone...
Genre: Humorous fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Wilkerson Sexton, MargaretSummary:
A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives--set against the backdrop of gentrifying...
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Author: Glaser, Karina Yan.Summary:
Return to Harlem's "wildly entertaining" family in this funny, heartwarming sequel. When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Chase-Riboud, BarbaraSummary:
Hannah Elias is one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900's, but an unsolved murder reveals her real identity and thousands accuse her of stealing her fortune from whites....
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Dickey, Eric JeromeSummary:
When Jordan Greene moves to Manhattan, he learns to keep up with the fast pace of a Wall Street job, a stylish apartment, and a sexy girlfriend. But when he meets Kimberly Charvers, his pulse...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Daley-Clarke, DonnaSummary:
Daley-Clarke entwines the street-smart stories of one black family facing racism and loss in 1970s London. With his father in jail, his mother passed on, and his comic book idols outgrown, lazy-...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: James, MarlonSummary:
A failing preacher in 1957 Jamaica is ousted by a fiery newcomer who sends the congregation into a frenzy of spiritual awakening--and violence.
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Alexander, TameraSummary:
Elizabeth travels to 1875 Colorado to take pictures she hopes will make her the D.C. Chronicle's new photojournalist. But when her life is threatened, a buckskin-clad Southerner named Daniel takes...
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Author: Baptiste, TraceySummary:
Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Cannon, JanellSummary:
Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Picture books -
Author: Jackson, NaomiSummary:
Two sisters are suddenly sent from their home in Brooklyn to Barbados to live with their grandmother, in this stunning debut novel This lyrical novel of community, betrayal, and love centers on an...
Genre: Bildungsromans, Domestic fiction -
Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Slater, DashkaSummary:
This riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment tells the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland,...
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Author: Addison, CorbanSummary:
A young American lawyer and a Zambian police officer work together to uncover the identiy of a young Zambian girl who has been brutally assaulted and find out the person who is behind the crime....
Genre: Legal fiction (Literature)