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"As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood...
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Bloomsbury
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Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
6) Get out
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A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.
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Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with...
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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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"George Scott peered at the nearby Union fortress. Something miraculous was taking place! Three enslaved men had entered but had not been cast out. To Scott, the fortress must be a sanctuary. A place where the three would be safe from capture and harm--never to return to the Confederate South. But exactly why were they granted refuge? Scott left the woods where he had been hiding and joined others in line to enter the fortress. Once inside, his knowledge...
12) Barack Obama
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Barack Obama is famous for his meteoric rise to the presidency of the most powerful country in the world--the United States. This is the story of how he realized his dreams--a story of success, resilience, and perseverance that enabled him to become one of the most admired leaders the world has ever seen.
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Beginner Books, a division of Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Meet Lily, a seven-year-old girl who lives with her parents, grandparents, and two brothers on their horse farm in the country. Lily has a Welsh pony that she adores, and in this charming Beginner Book, we see how Lily and her family work together to care for the pony throughout the changing seasons of the year. With vibrant illustrations, this is the kind of story that young riders—or kids who dream of riding—will want to read over and over!
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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263 pages ; 21 cm
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"Shy ten-year-old Cadence grapples with an overprotective father, a mother who's skipped town to pursue stardom, and what to do when a recording of her amazing voice leaks before she's ready to share it with the world"--
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Socrates Fortlow novels volume 3
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Basic Civitas Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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269 p. ; 22 cm.
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After serving nearly three decades in prison for his deadly crimes, Socrates returns to the streets of South Central L.A. to connect with old friends and encourage new ones to join him in his campaign to get to the heart of gang violence in the hopes of making a difference and saving the lives of others.
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Ryan Hart novels volume 1
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2020.
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The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
18) Lola gets a cat
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Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 5
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More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
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A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
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