Morrison narrates for three hours and lays out before us the complex lives and backgrounds of four generations of black family life in the south. Central is the character Milkman--an unfortunate nickname owed to his lengthy nursing...
African Americans
- Author:Morrison, ToniSummary:
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
To be a member of the Big Girls Book Club, there's just one requirement: be a size 14--at least. Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny are six voluptuous, feisty girlfriends who love a good book almost as much as they enjoy a good...
- Author:Poole, Daaimah S.Summary:
Nikki's life was a wreck--three years wasted with a deadbeat boyfriend, and then a huge fight with her best friend Tia. Now, with a promotion at work and a loving new man--who respects her--life is finally going as planned. Until one...
- Author:Krass, PeterSummary:
From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti slavery activist.
- Author:Morrow, Bethany C.Summary:
Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women , by national bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow. North Carolina, 1863 . As the...
- Author:J., AnnaSummary:
You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles under the weight of her mother's cocaine addiction. She learns from a very young age that family doesn't offer...
- Author:Hart, ReginaSummary:
Professional basketball's Brooklyn Monarchs' PR rep Troy Marshall is having a tough time keeping the behavior of the team captain and a troublemaking co-owner in check--a job made even harder when he goes head-to-head with beautiful...
- Author:Beatty, PaulSummary:
Ferguson Sewell, aka DJ Darky, is a jazz enthusiast who does porno film scores to make money. Claiming to have a phonographic memory, Sewell is obsessed with the Schwa--a brilliant musician who supposedly disappeared into Cold War...
- Author:Morris, BrittneySummary:
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019! "Gripping and timely." - People "The YA debut we're most excited for this year." - Entertainment Weekly "A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind...
- Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
- Author:Abdurraqib, HanifSummary:
A young Aretha Franklin captivates her community with the song "Respect" during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, in this striking biography that will embolden today's young listeners to sing their own truth. When...
- Author:McGlothin, VictorSummary:
As Chandelle and Marvin Hutchins deal with growing financial and emotional pressures in their marriage, Cousin Dior comes to visit. Beautiful but irresponsible, Dior loves excitement and will use anyone--even Chandelle and Marvin--to...
- Author:Reed, DwayneSummary:
This humorous and heartwarming sequel to Simon B. Rhymin' Desperate to save Maria's beloved debate team, the crew start a petition to grab the attention of the local community and show they deserve to have the same...
- Author:Pinkney, Andrea DavisSummary:
In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.
- Author:Wicker, MarcusSummary:
"Tough talk for tough times. Silencer is both lyrical and merciless-Wicker's mind hums in overdrive, but with the calm and clarity of a marksman. You have to read these poems." -Tim Seibles, author of One Turn Around the Sun and...
- Author:Hunt, La JillSummary:
Paige Michaels seems to have the perfect family. But she's beginning to feel like her man is just using her--and he might have another woman. Maybe it's time to finally let go. If Paige hadn't played house back in college and gotten...
- Author:Picoult, JodiSummary:
In "Shine", the master storyteller and New York Times best-selling author of Leaving Time and My Sister's Keeper introduces listeners to the unforgettable Ruth Brooks. Today is Ruth's first day of third grade at...
- Author:Davis, BridgettSummary:
After her mother leaves home, Rae Dodson, only a child, must care for her grief-stricken father. Rae is forced to grow up quickly in a time of change, seeking to understand the actions of the adults who surround her.
- Author:Pinkney, Andrea DavisSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to...
- Author:Cline-Ransome, LesaSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give...