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1) Charmed life
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Series
Wildseed witch volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
English
Description
Now back at Riverbend Middle, social media loving tween Hasani tries to prove her former friend, and fellow witch, LaToya, is responsible for the recent chaos at school.
2) Home
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Language
English
Description
"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves a stunning portrait of a family immersed in deceit . . .and the women whose happiness depends on the secrets they keep. . .
After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life...
After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life...
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Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine.
Ryan Hart can be and do anything. Her name means "king", that she is a leader, and she is determined to keep growing into the name her parents gave her. She is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, sister, and friend. But...
Ryan Hart can be and do anything. Her name means "king", that she is a leader, and she is determined to keep growing into the name her parents gave her. She is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, sister, and friend. But...
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English
Description
Grau's Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, about the racial prejudice and long-buried secrets that threaten to destroy a distinguished Southern family The Howland dynasty began after the War of 1812, when a young Tennessee solider fighting for Andrew Jackson settled in Alabama. Over the next century, the Howlands accumulated a fortune, fought for Secession, helped rebuild the South, and established themselves as one of the most respected families...
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English
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"Keenan Norris is simply one of the most talented young writers around." – Victor LaValle
Copeland Cane V, the child who fell outta Colored People Time and into America, is a fugitive…
He is also just a regular teenager coming up in a terrifying world. A slightly eccentric, flip-phone loving kid with analog tendencies and a sideline hustling sneakers, the boundaries of Copeland's life are demarcated from the jump by urban toxicity,...
7) Hustle hard
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Series
If it ain't about the money volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Three friends who escaped the streets. Now they're cashing in on a brilliant hustle and living their million-dollar dreams. But it may cost them their friendship-and their lives.
For Isis, Secret, and Penny, the good times just keep getting better. As "managers" of Miami's hottest custom car shop, they're moving vast kilos of product faster than their scammer boss, Kirk, can pimp out rides-and living la vida luxurious. So they've got things under...
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Ashland Books@Noon October 2018 Picks
Book List for SOU Education Courses
Nontraditional and Unique Poetry
Time's 100 Best YA Titles of All Time
Book List for SOU Education Courses
Nontraditional and Unique Poetry
Time's 100 Best YA Titles of All Time
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Language
English
Description
Ptolemy Grey is a 91-year-old man, suffering from dementia and living as a recluse in his Los Angeles apartment. Then Robyn Small, a 17-year-old family friend, appears and helps clean up his apartment and straighten out his life. A reinvigorated Ptolemy volunteers for an experimental medical program that restores his mind, and he uses his last days--shortened now by the medical experiment--to delve into the mystery of the recent drive-by shooting...
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English
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2023 Stoker Awards Final Ballot
2023 Youth Media Awards
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
2023 Youth Media Awards
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
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When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
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English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of House of Eve—a 2023 Reese's Book Club Pick!
*A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor*
Called "wholly engrossing" by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this "fully immersive" (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter...
*A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor*
Called "wholly engrossing" by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this "fully immersive" (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter...
14) The Davenports
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Series
The Davenports (Krystal Marquis) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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Series
Family business volume 5
Language
English
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Description
New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, betrayal and racism in the next addition to the wildly popular Family Business series.
From the time he was a boy in Georgia, LC Duncan, patriarch and leader of the Duncan clan, has battled racism. Even now that he and his family are truly successful, the racism can still be in-your-face. Maybe it's the political climate or perhaps...
Author
Series
Influence (Carl Weber) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
From the bestselling author of The Family Business crime series comes the next installment in his provocative legal thriller series about the Hudson family, owners of a powerful law firm in Harlem.
Singing sensation Savannah Kirby has won thirteen Grammys and married the man of her dreams in superstar rapper/ actor Kyle Kirby. Together they are of one of the most dynamic and powerful couples in entertainment-until Kyle is found murdered and Savannah...
17) Concrete rose
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Series
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English
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2022 Youth Media Awards
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
SO MLK Day--Further Reading for Teens
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
SO MLK Day--Further Reading for Teens
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Publisher Annotation: International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.
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English
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“American history comes to vivid, engaging life in this tale of two interconnected families (one white, one black) that spans from the 1950s to Barack Obama’s first year as president. . . . The complex, beautifully drawn characters are unique and indelible.”—Entertainment Weekly
“An astoundingly audacious debut.”—O: The Oprah Magazine • “A gorgeous generational...
“An astoundingly audacious debut.”—O: The Oprah Magazine • “A gorgeous generational...
19) Bayou magic
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English
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Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
20) Black buck
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English
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"An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren is content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team. Darren, the only Black person in the company, reimagines himself as 'Buck,' a ruthless salesman unrecognizable to his friends and family....
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