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:Genre: Romance fiction
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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: Watson, RenéeSummary:
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine. Ryan...
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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: 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: 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: Brown-Wood, JaNaySummary:
Grandma's tiny house stays small as her family grows and this time as they all gather she wonders will everyone fit inside? A fantastic feast unfolds as family and friends and neighbors...
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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: 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: Luqman-Dawson, AminaSummary:
After an entire young life of enslavement, twelve-year-old Homer escapes Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, leaving his beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for...
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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:
Sixteen-year-old old Kaelyn challenges her fears, finds a second chance at love, and fights to keep her family and friends safe as a deadly new virus devastates her island community.
Genre: Young adult fiction, Science fiction