Jason Reynolds
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Portico Reeves’s superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he’s actually…Stuntboy! But his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building....
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing,...
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Un superh�eroe extraordinario que intenta pasar desapercibido bajo la identidad de Portico Reeves, un chico que vive en la casa m�as grande de la ciudad y a quien de vez en cuando le da la temblorina. Bueno, tal vez los adultos dir�an que vive en un departamento normal, en un edificio com�un y corriente, y que tiene ataques de ansiedad. Lo importante es que esto no evita que Stuntboy cumpla con su papel: ser el superh�eroe de su abuela,...
26) For everyone
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A chapter book adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning."--
Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Adaptado del galardonado y exitoso Stamped: El racismo, el antirracismo y tú, este libro lleva a sus lectores en un viaje ida y vuelta del presente al pasado. Los niños descubrirán de dónde surgieron las ideas sobre racismo, identificarán cómo afectan a Estados Unidos hoy en día y conocerán a quienes han combatido el racismo con antirracismo. A lo largo del camino aprenderán a identificar y erradicar de su vida los pensamientos racistas.
31) Fresh ink
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
Author
Publisher
Two Dollar Radio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others--along with original, previously unreleased essays--Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in doing so proves himself a bellwether for our times."--
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
Publisher
Lookout Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of Black resilience and reclamation. Born of a desire to bring together the voices of those most harshly affected by the intersecting pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, Bigger Than Bravery explores comfort and compromise, challenge and resilience, throughout the Great Pause that became the Great Call. Award-winning author and scholar of the Black archive Valerie Boyd curates this anthology of original essays and poems, alongside...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
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,
...Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....
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