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1) Monster
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
281 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout.
Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may...
2) The Grift: the Downward spiral of Black Republicans from the party of Lincoln to the cult of Trump
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, Black Republicans were revolutionaries. Today, many see them as traitors, selling their souls for power. In 2021, Black conservatives are the greatest grift. Journalist and radio host Clay Cane examines how the Republican party evolved into a safe space for racists and how Black Republicans attempt to gain power by aligning themselves with white supremacy. Black Republicans consistently make viral news, whether it's Senator Tim...
3) Ghost Roast
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
For as long as she can remember, Chelsea has tried everything she can think of to distance herself from her father's work as a "paranormal removal expert," a hard task when he's advertising proudly all over New Orleans! This year, she's all grown up and finally friends with the popular crowd at her fancy high school. Things are looking up--until a night on the town backfires spectacularly, landing her in hot water at home.
Her punishment? Working...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
528 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
5) We Could Fly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a mother and daughter watch a bird take flight, the young girl feels a trembling in her arms and a lightness in her feet. Her mama shares that once, long ago, their ancestors could actually fly. Every night they would slip away and soar through the skies, searching for safety, looking for the promised land.
Mama feels in her bones that her daughter is meant to follow those old ways, like her grandmother before her. So Mama grabs hold of her hand,...
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race, is the story of Black self-definition in...
10) School trip
Author
Series
New kid volume 3
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jordan, Drew, Liam, and the rest of their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are finally heading out on their long-awaited school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous city of lights.
When their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected--and hilarious--turn. But trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
231 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maya J. Jenkins is bursting with questions: will she get the MVP award at this year's soccer banquet? Who will win the big Grill-Off between Daddy and Uncle J? When will she pass the swim test and get a green bracelet?
For answers and a dose of good luck, twelve-year-old Maya turns to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with the small slips of wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies.
But can the fortunes answer her deep-down questions?...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.