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1) Home
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book • This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult.
At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused...
At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused...
6) Legendborn
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--
10) The hate u give
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English
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Black Lives Matter
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Teen Summer Challenge: Books by Authors of Color
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Teen Summer Challenge: Books by Authors of Color
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
13) Concrete rose
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Language
English
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Black Lives Matter
Celebrate Black Voices
Darien's Favorite YA 2021
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Celebrate Black Voices
Darien's Favorite YA 2021
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Description
"A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning 'The Hate U Give'"--
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English
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"[A] suspense-filled page-turner." -Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Sympathizer
"A touching portrait of two families bound together by a split-second decision." -Attica Locke, Edgar-Award winning author of Bluebird, Bluebird
A Best Book of the Year
Wall Street Journal / Chicago Tribune / Buzzfeed / South Florida Sun-Sentinel / Book Riot / LitHub / BOLO Books
A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles,...
15) Freewater
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Black History for Children
Children's Historical Fiction
Summer Reading Challenge 2024: Read A Book With A Green Cover
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
Children's Historical Fiction
Summer Reading Challenge 2024: Read A Book With A Green Cover
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
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.
18) The crossover
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English
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
19) Feast for 10
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Language
English
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Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal.
20) Dear Martin
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English
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Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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