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Central - Teen Fiction
YF REYNO
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YF REYNO
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Westover - Teen Fiction
YF REYNO
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YF REYNO
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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Moss Jeffries is many things-considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd. But sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else-someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn't become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night. And most of all, he wishes he didn't feel so stuck. Moss can't even escape at school-he and his friends are subject...
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Aurora Hills - Kids Fiction
JF RHODE
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JF RHODE
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Westover - Kids Fiction
JF RHODE
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JF RHODE
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Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP JOY
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JP JOY
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Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP JOY
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JP JOY
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"A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on"--
5) Blended
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Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she's Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she's Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now...
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Central - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 LATHA
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J 811 LATHA
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Columbia Pike - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 LATHA
1 available
J 811 LATHA
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Shirlington - Kids Nonfiction
J 811 LATHA
1 available
J 811 LATHA
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Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
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Westover - Teen Graphic Novels
Y/GRAPH 305.8 HARRI
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Y/GRAPH 305.8 HARRI
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"Johnathan Harris is fifteen, and lives in Long Beach, California, where he loves playing soccer with his friends, and listening to their favorite rapper, Snoop Dogg, a Long Beach native. His mom, dad, and three brothers are tight, but one of the most influential family members for Johnathan is his Uncle Russell, a convict in prison, serving fifteen years to life . . . Uncle Russell taught Johnathan from a very young age to see people from the perspective...
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One of the most pressing issues of the last few years has been the rise of activism and other efforts that aim to combat discrimination and racial inequality. This book provides an overview of the problem as well as a starting point for young readers mitigating the effects of racial intolerance on their own lives and will enable them to deal with the often overwhelming stress of being an ethnic minority, whatever their background. With an approach...
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP WOODS
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JP WOODS
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Aurora Hills - Recently Returned
JP WOODS
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JP WOODS
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Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books
JP WOODS
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JP WOODS
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Glencarlyn - Kids Read-A-Long - Fiction
J/RA JP WOODS
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J/RA JP WOODS
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Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
10) Dear Martin
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Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP MILLE
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JP MILLE
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Aurora Hills - Kids Picture Books
JP MILLE
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JP MILLE
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Shirlington - Kids Picture Books
JP MILLE
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JP MILLE
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Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up. Includes author's note.
12) Ghost boys
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF RHODE
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JF RHODE
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Central - Recently Returned
JF RHODE
1 available
JF RHODE
1 available
Glencarlyn - Kids Fiction
JF RHODE
1 available
JF RHODE
1 available
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"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister,...
14) Hands up!
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Columbia Pike - Kids Picture Books
JP MCDAN
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JP MCDAN
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Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP MCDAN
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JP MCDAN
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A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in...
15) The hate u give
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Central - Teen Fiction
YF THOMA
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YF THOMA
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Central - Teen Fiction
YF THOMA 2022
4 available
YF THOMA 2022
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Aurora Hills - Teen Fiction
YF THOMA 2022
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YF THOMA 2022
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Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy...
16) Hey black child
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"A lyrical, empowering poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals"--
17) How it went down
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When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
18) I am enough
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP BYERS
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JP BYERS
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Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP BYERS
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JP BYERS
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This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another-from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo -- from Amazon.
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After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP JOHNS
2 available
JP JOHNS
2 available
Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books
JP JOHNS
1 available
JP JOHNS
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Columbia Pike - Kids Picture Books
JP JOHNS
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JP JOHNS
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A handy book about intersectionality that depicts the nuances of identity and embraces difference as a source of community.