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1) Alfie
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspective of both the girl, Nia, and her pet turtle, Alfie, and describes what happens when he disappears on the eve of her seventh birthday to find her a special present.
3) Freewater
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
4) Feathers
Author
Language
English
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Description
When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
9) Yo, Jo!
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Jomar greets his neighbors using slang, but his grandfather wants to hear some more traditional words
10) Partly cloudy
Author
Language
English
Description
In desperate need of clear skies as she starts a new school, Madalyn has days filled with clouds that lead to serious storms until she learns the power of community and family after disaster strikes.
11) Looking like me
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Language
English
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Description
Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner
13) Remember us
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in"--
14) Leaving Lymon
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Language
English
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
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Language
English
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Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
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