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Publisher
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.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Mango Delight volume 2
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Mango is invited to star in Yo, Romeo! in New York City, but must struggle to balance the opportunity of a lifetime with homesickness, insecurity, and staying close to her best friend long-distance.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 5
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Description
More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
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.
9) Meet Cécile
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
109 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
With the help of her white friend Marie-Grace, Cecile, a well-to-do black girl in 1853 New Orleans, plans a secret adventure at a Mardi Gras costume ball.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Socrates Fortlow novels volume 3
Publisher
Basic Civitas Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
269 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
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.
12) Get a hit, Mo!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
"Mo Jackson is excited for his baseball game, but Coach Marie tells him he is batting last and playing right field, again. Will Mo ever get a hit?"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade 'Grandma's Boy' whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 29
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Description
"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--
16) Swing
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
18) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
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Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
19) Triple Cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 30
Description
Detective Alex Crosss and John Sampson are chasing a brilliant murderer called 'The Family Man.' A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence. Cross and Sampson aren’t the only ones investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world’s bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull, calls the Family Man murders...
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