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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
2) Black buck
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Language
English
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Fiction by Black Authors
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"For fans of Sorry to Bother You and Wolf of Wall Street: a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime-a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
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English
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"Daniel Sullivan, a young American professor reeling from a failed marriage and a brutal custody battle, is on holiday in Ireland when he falls in love with Claudette, a world famous sexual icon and actress who fled fame for a reclusive life in a rural village. Together, they make an idyllic life in the country, raising two more children in blissful seclusion until a secret from Daniel's past threatens to destroy their meticulously constructed and...
4) Speak
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
5) Money hungry
Author
Series
Raspberry Hill novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Urban Books bestsellers Treasure Hernandez and Marcus Weber bring readers a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all. Do they have what it takes to survive on the streets?"--
"There’s a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Urban Books bestsellers Treasure Hernandez and Marcus Weber bring...
Author
Series
Curtis Black novels volume 14
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The new novel in Kimberla Lawson Roby's beloved New York Times bestselling Curtis Black series. Raven Black is bouncing back after her very public divorce from Dillon. He's done everything he can to discredit her, but she's learned from her mistakes and him. In fact, she's become her ex-husband in more ways than one and is slowly but surely leading those connected to her down a terrible path of destruction. Playing with the lives of innocent people...
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Leaving behind Power, the boy she's come to love, Tanya "Beauty" Long makes a name for herself in New York City's fashion industry, while Power becomes trapped in a world of drugs, women, and money where he makes a shocking discovery that brings Tanya back to him.
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Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard/Vintage Books, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
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Here is the newly discovered novel by Iceberg Slim, the creator and undisputed master of African-American "street literature," a man who profoundly influenced hip hop and rap culture and probably has sold more books than any other black American author of the twentieth century (not that he saw the royalties from those sales). In many ways Iceberg Slim's most mature fictional work,Shetani's Sister relates, in taut, evocative vernacular torn straight...
Author
Series
Wifey volume 8
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this sizzling, high-octane new series, the national bestselling author and urban lit superstar brings back the unforgettable Kira from her gritty bestselling Wifey novels. Now, from drug king pin’s wife to streetwise widow and back again, along with all the danger and sexy action in between, Kira’s back on the come up. And the stakes, the deceptions, and the body count are rising… With Kira’s drug kingpin fiancé and sexy protector, Dylan,...
Author
Series
Family business volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the world of Duncans. By day they are upstanding citizens running one of New York's most respected car dealerships; but by night, they're criminals who control most of the East Coast drug traffic. No matter whether they're on their day or night jobs, one thing is true about the Duncan's: there is never a dull moment to be found. Baby momma drama has taken over the Duncan clan as a mad scramble ensues to find out who has fathered the Duncan...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, Nevada Duncan must attend the world’s most elite school for the children of underworld figures where he learns the importance of friendship as an enemy who wants what Nevada has lurks in the shadows.
Author
Series
Family business volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence® bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, money, power, and respect in the next edition of the popular Family Business series. Five years ago, Orlando Duncan created the perfect drug in HEAT. It made the Duncans more than two hundred and fifty million dollars and was on its way to making them billionaires. However, they abruptly stopped manufacturing the drug when it was proven...
Author
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Simone "Simmy" James never had it easy. When her father's drug operation, one of the biggest on the East Coast, was dismantled, Simone lost both of her parents to the system--her father to a life sentence, and her mother to a 25-year sentence. Gone were the days of luxury cars, high-end clothes, and jewelry that Simmy had grown accustomed to. Forced to live in overcrowded conditions in her grandmother's house, Simmy has to learn how to make money...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Meelah Summers meets Bostyn, it is as if the broken pieces of her heart fit together perfectly with the broken pieces of his. Meelah felt empty growing up without her mother, being raised by a father who was never there. Meeting Bostyn couldn't have come at a better time. The only problem is Meelah's father is a well-known drug distributor, and Bostyn's adoptive father is the head of the Anne Arundel County Police Department-the same police department...
16) Guilty Gucci
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The Red Bottom Bandits may be the world's most fashion-forward gang of masked outlaws. They're the talk of D.C. for their daring robberies and fly gear. And their latest caper is penned by Ashley Antoinette (of Ashley & Quavis) at her sultry, streetwise best. When the innocent, naive Gucci recognizes ringleader Sunny Raegan during a holdup, that's her "in" with the Bandits. Knowing she's got a lot more beauty than brains, Gucci sees the gang as...
17) Trouble in Rio
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Rio Duncan is one of the youngest children of the Duncan clan. With no solid position in the family business like his other siblings, he has been feeling out of place and decides to disappear. Rio leaves his Duncan identity behind and goes on a search for friends and family who can relate to him. His destination is Baltimore, and he is sure to find what he is looking for in the city with a community like no other. There, he also finds unexpected trouble....
18) Full figured 14
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
&;No Strings Attached&; by La Jill Hunt: When they were children, people couldn&;t tell identical twins Brooke and Brittany apart. Now that they're grown, the beautiful, plus-sized divas still look alike, but they are very different. Brooke is a free spirit who lives life on her own terms and does things her way. Brittany, on the other hand, is cautious and plays by the rules. Despite their differences, the sisters are each other's yin and yang&;until...
19) The boss
Author
Series
Justice hustlers volume 2
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A former sex worker, Tyesha Couvillier, the new director of the Lower East Side Womens Health Clinic, takes on the Ukranian mob and corrupt strip club bosses to give exploited women a chance at justice, and when her past and high-drama family return, she must decide just how far she is willing to go to protect the ones she loves and carry on the fight.
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