Kekla Magoon
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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2021 National Book Award Longlists, Finalists, & WINNERS
2022 Youth Media Awards
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
2022 Youth Media Awards
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Description
Publisher Annotation: With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers—as militant revolutionaries and as human rights advocates working to defend and protect their community.
2) Light it up
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Language
English
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Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.
Author
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Fifteen-year-old Kermit Sanders knows grief and its all-encompassing shadows. After losing his beloved older sister in a tragic car accident, nothing quite punctures through the feelings of loss. Everywhere Kermit goes, he is reminded of her. But then Kermit finds a mysterious invitation in his locker, signed anonymously with "-1." He has no idea what he's in for, but he shows up to find out. Dubbed the "Minus-One Club," a group...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Ren?e Watson. Black is?three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is?Nic Stone?s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is?two girls kissing in Justina Ireland?s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy...