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1) We could fly
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Aurora Hills - Recently Returned
JP GIDDE
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JP GIDDE
1 available
Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books - NEW
JP GIDDE
1 available
JP GIDDE
1 available
Columbia Pike - Kids Picture Books - NEW
JP GIDDE
1 available
JP GIDDE
1 available
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"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which...
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"Rhea's neighborhood is fading away-the mom-and-pop shops of her childhood forced out to make space for an artisanal kombucha brewery here, a hot yoga studio there. And everywhere, the feeling that this place is no longer meant for her. Because while their little corner of South L.A. isn't perfect, to Rhea and her two best friends, it's something even more important-it's home. And it's worth protecting. But as more white people flock to their latest...
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"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...
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"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"--
Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother-the perfect matriarch...
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"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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Central - Teen Fiction - NEW
YF HAMMO
1 available
YF HAMMO
1 available
Aurora Hills - Teen Fiction
YF HAMMO
1 available
YF HAMMO
1 available
Westover - Teen Fiction
YF HAMMO
1 available
YF HAMMO
1 available
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery's mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she's turned away, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in two. While...
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Central - Kids Nonfiction
J 973.0496 WEATH
1 available
J 973.0496 WEATH
1 available
Aurora Hills - Kids Nonfiction
J 973.0496 WEATH
1 available
J 973.0496 WEATH
1 available
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The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow.
8) Freewater
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF LUQMA
3 available
JF LUQMA
3 available
Cherrydale - Kids Fiction
JF LUQMA
1 available
JF LUQMA
1 available
Columbia Pike - Kids Fiction
JF LUQMA
1 available
JF LUQMA
1 available
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Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail....
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP TARPL
2 available
JP TARPL
2 available
Columbia Pike - Kids Picture Books
JP TARPL
1 available
JP TARPL
1 available
Glencarlyn - Kids Picture Books
JP TARPL
1 available
JP TARPL
1 available
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"The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by bestselling author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt -- the team behind CreativeSoul Photography -- each page of The Me I Choose To Be is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children. "--
10) Me (Moth)
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Central - Teen Science Fiction
Y/SF MCBRI
1 available
Y/SF MCBRI
1 available
Westover - Teen Science Fiction
Y/SF MCBRI
1 available
Y/SF MCBRI
1 available
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Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...
12) Legendborn
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Legendborn volume 1
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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"--
After her mother dies in an accident, Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape-- until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on...
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"Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Aretha sang with a soaring voice that spanned more than three octaves. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there was even more to...
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF WOODS
1 available
JF WOODS
1 available
Shirlington - Kids Fiction
JF WOODS
1 available
JF WOODS
1 available
Westover - Kids Fiction
JF WOODS
1 available
JF WOODS
1 available
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ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.--
15) New Kid
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New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
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Central - Kids Graphic Novels
J/GRAPH CRAFT
4 available
J/GRAPH CRAFT
4 available
Central - Recently Returned
J/GRAPH CRAFT
1 available
J/GRAPH CRAFT
1 available
Aurora Hills - Kids Graphic Novels
J/GRAPH CRAFT
1 available
J/GRAPH CRAFT
1 available
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Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature!
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing
...16) The undefeated
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Aurora Hills - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
Cherrydale - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
Columbia Pike - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
J 811 ALEXA
1 available
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"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
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"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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Courthouse - Kids Picture Books
JP BAUER
1 available
JP BAUER
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Shirlington - Kids Picture Books
JP BAUER
1 available
JP BAUER
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Explores the formation of the universe.
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A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.
Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, rose to fame in the hearts of her people at the pinnacle of apartheid-a brutal system of segregation similar to American Jim Crow laws. Mama Africa, as they called her, raised her voice to help combat these injustices at jazz clubs in Johannesburg; in exile, at a rally beside...
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.