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1) Riot baby
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
""Riot Baby bursts at the seams of story with so much fire, passion and power that in the end it turns what we call a narrative into something different altogether."-Marlon James Rooted in foundational loss and the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is both a global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"A diverse cast of narrators provides glimpses of a near-future Earth devastated by climate change, nuclear disaster, and disease."-AudioFile Magazine
"Onyebuchi sets fire to the boundary between fiction and reality, and brings a crumbling city and an all too plausible future to vibrant life. Riveting, disturbing, and rendered in masterful detail."—Leigh Bardugo
In his adult novel debut, Hugo, Nebula, Locus,
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Incorporated, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the legend of the Black Panther in this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey! T’Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though — Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T’Challa is the true heir to the throne. But when tragedy strikes, the two brothers must grow up fast!...
4) War girls
Author
Series
War girls volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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In 2172, when much of the world is unlivable, sisters Onyii and Ify dream of escaping war-torn Nigeria and finding a better future together but are, instead, torn apart.
Author
Series
War girls volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies, Ify, now nineteen and a medical administrator, must return to wartorn Nigeria, where she last saw her sister, to investigate why young refugees from that nation are carrying a deadly virus.
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After he eats the sin of a royal, Taj, a talented aki, or sin-eater who consumes the guilt of others, is drawn into a plot to destroy the city and must fight to save the princess he loves and his own life.
"...The beginning of a great saga..." NPR.org. "This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page."Buzzfeed. "...Unforgettable in its darkness,...
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down"--
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This year's selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and bestselling author of the Divergent series Veronica Roth, showcases a crop of authors that are willing to experiment and tantalize readers with new takes on classic themes and by exchanging the ordinary for the avant-garde"--
10) Black Enough
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland,
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