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61) Vinyl moon
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"A teen girl reeling from the scars of a past relationship finds healing and hope in the words of strong Black writers and the new community she builds in Brooklyn, New York"--
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Benjamin January mysteries volume 11
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When a Turkish man is accused of murdering his two concubines in nineteenth-century New Orleans, Benjamin January must investigate in order to vindicate the outsider.
64) I can do it too!
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Publisher
Handprint Books
Pub. Date
c2003
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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Supported by her family, an African American girl is self confident about what she can do and in turn supports a younger family member.
65) Freedom Summer
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
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[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
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In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
66) Irene's wish
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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32 p. ;
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"From award-winning author Jerdine Nolen comes a tale of a little girl who wishes for her father to be home more, but she never expects her wish to come true the way it does"--
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 5
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Dial Books
Pub. Date
c1990
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290 p. ; 22 cm.
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Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
70) Homemade love
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Disney, Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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A girl who is Girlpie to her mama and Honey Bun Chocolate Dewdrop to her daddy savors the warmth and love of her family.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life--success--until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy-traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one of selling...
74) Not an easy win
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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245 pages ; 22 cm
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Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
75) Light it up
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
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Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.
77) Thunder Rose
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Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.
78) Serena says
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Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
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"After her best friend, JC, has a kidney transplant, Serena feels that they are falling out of touch, especially as JC makes a new best friend in the hospital"--
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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