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  • Heaven

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    Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant young adult novel of deception, self-discovery, and knowing what to do when truth is at hand.

    You never know what’s gonna come

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    • Author: Johnson, Angela
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: January 05 2010
    • ISBN10: 144240342X
    • Language: English
  • Ella Persistió Coretta Scott King / She Persisted: Coretta Scott King

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    Inspirado en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persisti? de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega ahora esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron[more below]

    • Series: Ella Persistio
    • Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: October 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 1644736381
    • Language: Spanish
  • Stars and Sparks on Stage

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    The Clubhouse kids compete for a big prize–and make some creative moves–in this repackaged and talent-filled tale from bestselling author Sharon Draper.

    Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico are sure th

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    • Series: Clubhouse Mysteries #6
    • Author: Draper, Sharon M.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: September 04 2012
    • ISBN10: 1442454571
    • Language: English
  • Hands Up!

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    This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl’s everyday life–hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five–before culminating in a moment of resist[more below]

    • Author: McDaniel, Breanna J.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: January 22 2019
    • ISBN10: 0525552316
    • Language: English
  • Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

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    2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on

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    • Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: January 08 2013
    • ISBN10: 0547906048
    • Language: English
  • Timid: A Graphic Novel

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    A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voice.

    Cecil Hall and his family have just moved from Florida to Massachusetts, near Boston. Cecil is anx… [more below]

    • Author: Todd, Jonathan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: April 02 2024
    • ISBN10: 1338305700
    • Language: English
  • Homeboyz

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    Alan Lawrence Sitomer writes a compelling story of piecing together a life after a devastating loss–when the threat of violence lurks at every step.
    When Teddy Anderson’s little sister Tina is gunned… [more below]

    • Author: Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: September 02 2008
    • ISBN10: 142310031X
    • Language: English
  • Arlo and the Great Big Cover-Up

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    Beautiful Illustrations Simple Story A Lesson on Repentance and Grace

    Arlo knows better than to get out of bed during rest time. And he definitely isn’t allowed to draw on the wall. But Arlo does it

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    • Series: Tgc Kids
    • Author: Childs Howard, Betsy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: June 02 2020
    • ISBN10: 1433568527
    • Language: English
  • King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin

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    A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.

    There was something special about Scott Joplin…
    This quiet kid coul

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    • Author: Costanza, Stephen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: September 14 2021
    • ISBN10: 1534410368
    • Language: English
  • Princess Hair

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    Princesses with curls wear pearls. Princesses with head wraps take long naps. And princesses with teeny-weeny Afros wear teeny-weeny bows.

    Celebrate different hair shapes, textures, and styles in thi

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    • Author: Miller, Sharee
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 31 2017
    • ISBN10: 0316562610
    • Language: English
  • Skateboard Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two

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    Richard can’t wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a friend’s birthday party at the skate park, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. He really meant to finish his assign

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    • Series: Carver Chronicles #2
    • Author: English, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: December 01 2015
    • ISBN10: 0544582268
    • Language: English
  • Stella by Starlight

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    Sharon M. Draper presents “storytelling at its finest” (School Library Journal, starred review) in this New York Times bestselling Depression-era novel about a young girl who must learn to be brave in[more below]

    • Author: Draper, Sharon M.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 06 2015
    • ISBN10: 1442494972
    • Language: English
  • Miami Jackson Makes the Play

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    AT LAST IT’S summer. Miami is more than ready for two weeks of baseball camp. No homework. No annoying sister. Best of all, no Destinee Tate. But Miami can’t escape Destinee. Turns out his best friend… [more below]

    • Series: Stepping Stone Book(tm)
    • Author: McKissack, Patricia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: December 28 2004
    • ISBN10: 0307265056
    • Language: English
  • Octopus Stew

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    What do you do when an octopus captures Grandma? Put on your superhero cape and rescue her! This clever picture book tells two stories in one, from award-winning Afro-Latino artist Eric Velasquez.

    The

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    • Author: Velasquez, Eric
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: September 17 2019
    • ISBN10: 082343754X
    • Language: English
  • Baking Buddies

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    J.C. is craving cupcakes and so is Pop-Pop! But when baby Maya won’t go down for her nap, J.C. and Pop-Pop have to get creative. Can they handle baking and babysitting at the same time?

    • Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
    • Author: Salabie, Shiane
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 1484681002
    • Language: English
  • Circus

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    Dante Micheaux’s superb poetic aptitude is wedded to an eually superb poetic amplitude. Intimate soliloquy, lyric address, and linguistic allegory merge with resonating voices and personae. This poem

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    • Author: Micheaux, Dante
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 60
    • Publish Date: August 15 2018
    • ISBN10: 1945023201
    • Language: English
  • W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868-1963

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    The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume

    William Edward Burghardt Du Bois–the premier arch

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    • Author: Lewis, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 912
    • Publish Date: August 04 2009
    • ISBN10: 0805088059
    • Language: English
  • Drama High: Keep It Movin’

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    A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

    South Bay High’s Jayd Jackson finally has her own ride, but that sure doesn’t mean her troubles are over. . .

    These days, Jayd just can’t seem to g

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    • Series: Drama High #8
    • Author: Divine, L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 222
    • Publish Date: June 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 0758231075
    • Language: English
  • Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts

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    Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry

    Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry is a twenty-first-century paean to the sterling love songs humming throughout four hundred years of black Ame

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    • Author: Finney, Nikky
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 264
    • Publish Date: April 15 2020
    • ISBN10: 0810142015
    • Language: English
  • Leaving Gee’s Bend

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    SIBA Book Award Finalist Alabama Library Association Children’s Book of the Year

    Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn’t mean she can’t put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sew

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    • Author: Latham, Irene
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: March 01 2017
    • ISBN10: 1588383326
    • Language: English
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