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Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets...When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief-stricken friends on a mission of retribution, kidnapping the descendants of long-ago perpetrators of hate crimes, confronting the targets with their...
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Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Description
"It's 10 days 'til Christmas! A little girl and her family prepare by putting up the tree, wrapping presents, baking delicious treats, and much more. Read along as they count down to Christmas Day!"--
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Series
Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol volume 20
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Desmond and best friend Andres attend the town's birthday celebration with a petting farm, bumper cars, cotton candy machines, and ghosts, but mostly this Kersville Town Clown Extravaganza is full of creepy clowns of all kinds.
4) The walk
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As a little girl accompanies her grandma on a walk to the polling station, members of their community join and the grandmother explains the importance of their journey.
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Harper, and imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Rain must once again find the strength to rise above. The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even Xander, who seems to have forgotten all about her while away at...
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Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
After the overnight mega success of his dad's cookie store, twelve-year-old Ellis Johnson is on top of the world. He’s met celebrities, strangers stop (3z(Bthe Cookie Kid(3y(B on the street, and he’s even headed to NYC to be in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with his dad. Ellis is ready for his star turn, playing harmonica on national television—until his big break turns into the most embarrassing moment of his life. Ellis’s...
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Crushing on transfer student Delia, Darren, the host of the Dillie D in the Place to Be podcast, must make a decision when his anonymous submission for her theme song contest becomes the frontrunner.
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YosemiteMusic
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
280 pages
Description
One glorious week in Yosemite, stage driver George Monroe shared his bench with Ulysses S. Grant. The backstory, told here for the first time, reveals a family's epic journey from the Antebellum South, through the California Gold Rush and on to Yosemite, ending in Southern California at the dawn of the automobile era. The story follows Monroe's rise to the top of his profession, his mother's heroic fight for her family, his father's role in civil...
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"Generations of American history students have grown up believing that slave rebellion was relatively rare, that slaves accepted their lot and became attached to their masters, and that they were ultimately liberated with little or no effort of their own. Centering Black voices and slave narratives, celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly researched look at the lives of enslaved people in the United...
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Black Dog and Leventhal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 30 cm
Description
"Over the past decade, television has seen an explosion of acclaimed and influential debut storytellers including Issa Rae (Insecure), Donald Glover (Atlanta), and Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You). This golden age of Black television would not be possible without the actors, showrunners, and writers that worked for decades to give voice to the Black experience in America. Written by veteran TV reporter Bethonie Butler, Black TV tells the stories...
13) Finch house
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When eleven-year-old Micah's grandfather goes missing, her instincts lead her to the off-limits Finch House, but when a boy named Theo invites her in, Micah realizes she cannot leave and must convince the house to let her go.
14) Nesting dolls
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
A little girl struggling to find her place within her family is shown how special she is through a set of nesting dolls.
15) My week with him
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Kicked out of her house by her heartless mother two months before her graduation, Nikki is determined to flee Texas but finds her plans put on hold when her best friend Malachai begs her to stay with him for the remainder of spring break and her little sister goes missing.
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Series
Ethan Fairmont volume 2
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Ethan Fairmont and his friends attempt intergalactic communication and discover danger lurking close to home"--Provided by publisher.
18) The artivist
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Description
Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change
19) Forever is now
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
When sixteen-year-old Sadie, a Black bisexual recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.
20) Nigeria Jones
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When her mother disappears, Nigeria Jones, the daughter of the leader of a Black liberation group, searches for her, uncovering a shocking truth which leads her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.
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