"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century."--

Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.

"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--

Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex...

Samuel and his younger brother, Joshua, are free black boys living in an orphanage during the Civil War, but when Samuel takes the blame for his brother's prank, he is sent South, given a new name, and sold into slavery--and somehow he must survive both captivity and the war, to find his way back to his brother.

At the height of South Africas anti-apartheid struggle, a boy must face life decisions that test what he believesand call for no turning back. South Africa, 1976. Joshua lives with his mother in the maids room, in the backyard of their wealthy white employers house in the city by the sea. He doesnt quite understand the events going on around him. But when he rescues a stranger and riots begin to sweep the country, Joshua has to face the world beneaththe...