Alert

10 copies, 18 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2016.	Riverhead Books	278 pages ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out 10 copies, 18 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

3 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2016	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

eBook
Show Edition

7 copies, 50 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2016	OverDrive	Penguin Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 7 copies, 50 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

Description

"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd...

2) The nickel boys: a novel

Author

Whitehead, Colson

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Appears on these lists

30 copies, 31 people are on the wait list.

Plaza - Adult New Fiction

F WHITE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	First edition.	Doubleday	213 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 30 copies, 31 people are on the wait list. Plaza - Adult New Fiction F WHITE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

Adapted from Books 2018
Black Lives Matter: Stories From Black Directors

As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood...

3) The hate U give

Publisher

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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DVD
Show Edition

6 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.

Central - Adult DVD has 2

DVD DRAMA HATEU

Cherrydale - Adult DVD

DVD DRAMA HATEU

Glencarlyn - Adult DVD

DVD DRAMA HATEU

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	Widescreen ed.	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment	1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available 6 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult DVD has 2 DVD DRAMA HATEU Cherrydale - Adult DVD DVD DRAMA HATEU Glencarlyn - Adult DVD DVD DRAMA HATEU Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

Black Lives Matter: Teen Stories

Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.

4) I wanna be where you are

Author

Forest, Kristina

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Appears on list

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Central - Teen Fiction

YF FORES

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2019.	First edition.	Roaring Brook Press	266 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Central - Teen Fiction YF FORES	More Info Place Hold

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Macmillan Audio	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

Description

When Chloe Pierce's mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition. But Chloe hits her first speed bump when her annoying neighbor Eli insists upon hitching a ride, threatening to tell Chloe's mom if she leaves him and his smelly dog, Geezer, behind. So now Chloe's chasing her ballet dreams down the east coast-two unwanted (but kinda cute) passengers...

5) A matter of trust

Author

Schraff, Anne E

Series

Bluford series volume 2

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Central - Teen Fiction

YF BLUFO

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2007]	Scholastic	126 pages ; 18 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Fiction YF BLUFO	More Info Place Hold

Description

Amid jealousy and competition, Darcy fights for her relationship with Hakeem Randall and struggles with her fears over her own family's future.

6) Get ready for war

Author

Simone, Ni-Ni

Series

Hollywood High volume .2

Publisher

Dafina Kteen Books/Kensington Publishing

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Central - Teen Fiction

YF SIMON

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2013]	Dafina Kteen Books/Kensington Publishing	423 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Fiction YF SIMON	More Info Place Hold

Description

"The pampered princesses of Hollywood High have everything their parents' mega-celebrity can buy-- but when they take aim at each other, the last girl standing will have everything to lose"--P. [4] of cover.

7) Finding Yvonne

Author

Colbert, Brandy

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Central - Teen Fiction

YF COLBE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	First edition.	Little, Brown and Company	276 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Fiction YF COLBE	More Info Place Hold

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2018	OverDrive	Hachette Audio	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

eBook
Show Edition

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2018	OverDrive	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Description

Raised by a workaholic father who is a restauranteur, Yvonne, eighteen, faces difficult choices about love, her training as a violinist, college, and career as high school graduation draws near. Yvonne's violin keeps her company, especially after her mother walked out on their family. With graduation just around the corner, she's beginning to question if she's good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. Full of doubt about her future,...

8) A love hate thing

Author

Grandison, Whitney D

Publisher

Inkyard Press

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Central - Teen New Fiction

YF GRAND

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2020]	Inkyard Press	454 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Teen New Fiction YF GRAND	More Info Place Hold

Description

"When Tyson Trice finds himself tossed into the wealthy coastal community of Pacific Hills, he's ready for the questions, the stares and the feeling of not belonging. Not that he cares. After recovering from being shot and surviving the rough streets of Lindenwood, he doesn't care about anyone or anything, much less how the rest of his life will play out. Golden girl Nandy Smith has spent most of her life building the pristine image that it takes...

9) Clockers

Author

Price, Richard

Publisher

Picador

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Appears on list

Returned Early

Shirlington - Adult Detective

D PRICE

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1992]	Picador	611 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Detective D PRICE	More Info Place Hold

Description

Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Black Lives Matter: Teen Stories
Pandemic Picks

In the dark depths of a New Jersey city, a burnt-out homicide detective obsessed with justice chases a street-smart teenaged "clocker" through the streets of hell.

10) Tyler Johnson was here

Author

Coles, Jay

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

Language

English

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Central - Teen Fiction

YF COLES

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
©2018.	First edition.	Little, Brown and Company	299 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Fiction YF COLES	More Info Place Hold

Description

Featured List of Authors for Black History Month 2019

"When Marvin Johnson's twin brother, Tyler, is shot and killed by a police officer, Marvin must fight injustice to learn the true meaning of freedom"--

11) Spin

Author

Giles, L. R

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Appears on list

Westover - Teen Fiction

YF GILES

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2019.	First edition.	Scholastic Press	387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Available Westover - Teen Fiction YF GILES	More Info Place Hold

Description

Black Lives Matter: Teen Stories
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body. The police have few leads, and when the trail quickly turns cold, the authorities don't seem to be pushing too hard to investigate further. But nobody...

12) Who put this song on?

Author

Parker, Morgan

Language

English

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Formats

Book, eAudiobook

1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.

Central - Teen Fiction

YF PARKE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	First edition.	Delacorte Press	325 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Central - Teen Fiction YF PARKE	More Info Place Hold

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Description

"17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored"-- Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she's in therapy. She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really"...

13) The Black God's Drums

Author

Clark, P. Djèlí

Publisher

Tom Doherty Associates

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Appears on list

Alex Award

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	First edition.	Tom Doherty Associates	111 pages ; 21 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

"Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Her sights are set on securing passage aboard Captain Ann-Marie's smuggler airship Midnight Robber, earning the captain's trust using a secret about a kidnapped Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls the Black God's Drums. But Creeper keeps another secret close to her heart-- Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, who speaks inside her head and grants...

14) Hell to pay: a novel

Author

Pelecanos, George P

Series

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn mysteries volume 4

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Central - Adult Detective

D PELEC

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2002.	Little, Brown	344 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Detective D PELEC	More Info Place Hold

Description

Hired to find a fourteen-year-old girl who has run away from home and started working as a prostitute, Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are forced to confront a dangerous adversary in pimp Worldwide Wilson.

15) Little boy lost

Author

Trafford, J. D

Publisher

Thomas & Mercer

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Central - Adult Detective

D TRAFF

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2017]	Thomas & Mercer	303 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Detective D TRAFF	More Info Place Hold

Description

"Attorney Justin Glass's practice, housed in a shabby office on the north side of Saint Louis, isn't doing so well that he can afford to work for free. But when eight-year-old Tanisha Walker offers him a jar full of change to find her missing brother, he doesn't have the heart to turn her away. Justin had hoped to find the boy alive and well. But all that was found of Devon Walker was his brutally murdered body--and the bodies of twelve other African...

16) The place you're supposed to laugh

Author

Rossmann, Jenn Stroud

Publisher

7.13 Books

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Central - Adult Fiction

F ROSSM

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	First paperback edition.	7.13 Books	321 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction F ROSSM	More Info Place Hold

Description