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Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
2) Two Rivers
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T. Greenwood's new novel is a powerful, haunting tale of enduring love, destructive secrets, and opportunities that arrive in disguise . . .
In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife, Betsy, twelve years earlier, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the local railroad and raising his daughter, Shelly, the best way he knows how. Still wracked with sorrow over the...
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Praised as "exuberantly engaging" by the Los Angeles Times and a "beautiful, beautiful piece of writing" by the Houston Post, acclaimed artist Ntozake Shange brings to life the story of a young girl's awakening amidst her country's seismic growing pains. Set in St. Louis in 1957, the year of the Little Rock Nine, Shange's story reveals the prismatic effect of racism on an American child and her family. Seamlessly woven into this masterful portrait...
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Lincoln Rhyme mysteries volume 6
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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2020.
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English
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2022-2023 OBOB 9th-12th Grade
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
If I Ever Get Out of Here: Further Reading
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
If I Ever Get Out of Here: Further Reading
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Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
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Wednesday Books
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2017.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Elliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn't going to do this summer - things like mock trial camp at UCLA and the Air Force summer program in Colorado Springs. But what she is going to do is pack up her determination, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and go to summer camp. Specifically, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College, the only college with a...
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2023 Edgar Nominees and Winners
2023 Stoker Awards Final Ballot
Staff Picks--Black History Month 2024 Edition
2023 Stoker Awards Final Ballot
Staff Picks--Black History Month 2024 Edition
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RECOMMENDED BY GILLIAN FLYNN ON THE TODAY SHOW • A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .
“I read this thriller that is Get Out meets The Vanishing Half in one night.”—BuzzFeed
“Extraordinary . . . A terrifying tale of fears and hatreds generated by racism and...
“I read this thriller that is Get Out meets The Vanishing Half in one night.”—BuzzFeed
“Extraordinary . . . A terrifying tale of fears and hatreds generated by racism and...
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Flyy girls novels volume 2
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Penguin Workshop
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[2020]
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English
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Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect older brother to live up to. But when he unexpectedly dies,...
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Flyy girls novels volume 3
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Penguin Workshop
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[2021]
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English
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Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. There are only three things that matter to Noelle Lee: her family, school, and the cello. She doesn't care if people see her as selfish or mean because she knows she has her priorities in order. That's why when...
11) On the come up
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Sixteen-year-old Bri hopes to become a great rapper, and after her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, must decide whether to sell out or face eviction with her widowed mother.
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Flyy girls novels volume 1
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Penguin Workshop
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[2020]
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English
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Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she's been kicked out of every school that would take her, and this is her last chance: Harlem's Augusta Savage School of the Arts. If this doesn't work, Lux...
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DC Comics
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[2023]
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English
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Navigating your first year of college is hard just imagine having to navigate newfound superpowers at the same time! Mari's first year of college is full of exciting new things she's just reconnected with her extended family, moved to New York City, and is ready to step into her power. And with the ancestral totem her family passed down, her "power" is about to mean a whole lot more! Turns out this family heirloom also can give you the powers of...
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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So 'magical powers' are actually a thing?! And Mari is next up to wield them. Spinning out of the Webtoons episodes continues the tale of Mari-as she navigates starting college in New York City. While Mari battles staying awake in class and feral subway rats, dark plans emerge from the corners of the vast metropolis. Girls who look just like her start going missing and Mari can't shake the feeling that she's next. As for the totem?
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DC Comics
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[2024]
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English
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Navigating your first year of college is hard-just imagine having to navigate newfound superpowers at the same time! Mari's first year of college is full of exciting new things-she's just reconnected with her extended family, moved to New York City, and is ready to step into her power. And with the ancestral totem her family passed down, her "power" is about to mean a whole lot more! Turns out this family heirloom also can give you the powers of...
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