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82) Lucky beans
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During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.
83) What lane?
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Series
Cameron Battle volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages
Description
When Cameron and his best friends are magically transported through the pages of an ancestral book to the fabled West African country Chidani, they find a kingdom in extreme danger and have to find a way to save the Igbo people.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.
86) Kicks
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Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
This is a love letter to sneakers. But not just any sneakers. Only the flyest, floatiest, you-est kicks you can get--the ones that let you soar! This colorful, rhythmic adventure has something to offer anyone who prizes a great pair of shoes and any reader who loves to play with words.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Ty's big imagination takes him and Momma on a trip to the North Pole. Everything is wonderful! A Christmas tree sparkles, a snowman waves, and a polar bear sings. Will Ty's wish to see Santa come true?
90) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
91) Cécile's gift
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Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Description
Cécile Rey, spending the summer volunteering with her friend Marie-Grace Gardner at a nearby orphanage, forms a special bond with a young girl named Perrine and decides to try and raise money for the children by helping in a huge benefit.
92) Wood could
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
An imaginative girl spies a piece of wood and tries to get it to play with her, but the piece of wood would rather be napping.
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Upon arriving at the prestigious Wooddale University, seventeen-year-old Savannah Howard comes face-to-face with microaggressions and outright racism--but if she stands up for justice, will she endanger her future?
94) Indigo and Ida
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Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Indigo, an eighth-grade investigative reporter, is torn between fighting a racist school policy and keeping her friends--until she discovers a series of letters written by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells.
96) Promise boys
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Pub. Date
2023.
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The prestigious Urban Promise Prep school might look pristine on the outside, but deadly secrets lurk within. When the principal ends up murdered on school premises and the cops come sniffing around, a trio of students―J.B., Ramón, and Trey―emerge as the prime suspects. They had the means, they had the motive . . . and they may have had the murder weapon. But with all three maintaining their innocence, they must band together to track down the...
98) Freedom for Addy
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
The story of Addy Walker, a young girl who escapes a Southern plantation and flees slavery with her mother during the Civil War.
99) Campfire stories
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Desmond, Andres, and their ghost-friend Zax take turns trying to tell the scariest story of all while gathered around the campfire on a camping trip.
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