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1) A mercy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--
Author
Series
Fresh Princess volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"This is Destiny, but everyone calls her Fresh Princess. She's got style. She's got flair. In all things fresh and princessy, she's got it licked! That is, until she moves to a brand-new neighborhood, where nothing looks quite the same as it did at her old house. And to make matters worse, she thinks everyone is a better double Dutch jumper than she is. This move is NOT fresh at all. But Destiny ALWAYS has a plan. She'll stop at nothing to find the...
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Series
Karma's World volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Karma and her daddy love to make music together! Karma sets up the rhyme and daddy finishes it. Together, they're the perfect team! But when it's time for Karma to write her daddy a rap for his birthday all on her own, she can't quite make it perfect...Told with heart and humor, Karma soon realizes that she never has to do anything alone as long as she has daddy by her side"--
7) Gabrielle
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Gabrielle--she's a Black Muppet who lives on Sesame Street and is a close friend of Elmo's. This adorable photographic board book is perfect for toddlers! Learn all about Gabrielle in a Sesame Street board book illustrated with bold, bright photographs. As babies and toddlers pore over the many colorful, sturdy pages, they will delight in seeing Gabrielle playing with her friends including Elmo, Abby, Ji-Young, and her cousin Tamir. Look for...
Author
Series
God don't novels volume 2
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Annette Goode, who has recently reconciled with the father she never knew, finds solace with her childhood sweetheart after a dark secret from her past destroys her engagement and a troubled friend unexpectedly comes back into her life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Unbossed, a hopeful and riveting inquiry into the lives of eight young Black women who are agitating for change and imagining a better world. Offering practical lessons in leadership, resilience, empathy, and tenacity from a group of young leaders of color who are often neglected, Unbossed includes profiles of Jaychele Nicole Schenck, Ssanyu Lukoma, Tyah-Amoy Roberts, Grace Callwood, Hannah Lucas, Amara Ifeji, Stephanie Younger, and Kynnedy Smith....
10) God don't play
Author
Series
God don't novels volume 3
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes the story of two lifelong friends, their secrets and lies, and the new challenge that may divide them once and for all. . . With a lovely home and family, Annette Goode finally has it all. Heaven knows she paid her dues--from an abusive childhood to a rocky start as an adult. Annette's friend Rhoda knows too, for Rhoda has been both her savior and her greatest fear. Their relationship has survived...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Incorporated
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Today’s my first ice skating class. I’ll fly through the air, land on one foot, and spin so fast you can’t see me! Claire can’t wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She’s going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait—pretty soon she’ll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire’s very first skate lesson, it’s not everything Claire was dreaming it...
12) The sacrifice
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A brutal act of racial violence against a fourteen-year-old girl shocks and galvanizes a racially torn New Jersey community, which becomes a maelstrom of strong personalities, police responses, media hype, and secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Her BFF may be going to another school, but Gabby is determined to make sixth grade the best year ever! She's even ready to stand up to confident and intimidating Aaliyah Reade-Johnson if she makes fun of Gabby for her stutter. What she isn't ready for is Sixth Grade Initiation--a series of pranks the older kids play on the sixth graders. Gabby could stop the tradition if she wins the school election...but Aaliyah is running, too, which means Gabby's...
14) Natural me
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"I love my hair, I love my nose. I love myself from head to toes. I act with kindness and with love, and this is what I’m most proud of . . . Inspired by her hit song “Natural Girl” and featuring charming watercolor illustrations, this joyful picture book from award-winning musician MzVee and debut illustrator Lisbeth Checo is an ode to young girls on their journey to self-empowerment, sisterhood, and embracing their natural selves....
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"A love letter to and for Black girls everywhere, Black Girl Rising alchemizes the sorrow and strength of the past into the brilliant gold of the future, sweeping young readers of all backgrounds into a lyrical exploration of what it means to be Black, female, and glorious"--
16) Disgruntled
Author
Publisher
Picador, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who's ever felt the shame of being alive Kenya Curtis is only eight years old, but she knows that she's different, even if she can't put her finger on how or why. It's not because she's Black--most of the other students in the fourth-grade class at her West Philadelphia elementary school are too. Maybe it's because she celebrates Kwanzaa, or because she's forbidden from reciting the...
17) A mercy
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.
18) Red shoes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
Author
Series
God don't novels volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights-era Ohio to bring to life the first steps of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the track. . . Annette Goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret. Frightened and ashamed, Annette withdraws into a world of books and food. But the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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A new edition of the classic memoir describes growing up poor and black in the rural South during the turbulent pre-civil rights era and of her firsthand participation on the front lines of the battle for racial equality. Reprint.
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