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Series
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"The year is 1781 and George Washington is commanding thousands of troops in Yorktown, Virginia, on the brink of the most important battle of the war. You are James Armistead, a brave and literate enslaved person in Virginia. Marquis de Lafayette, one of Washington s key officers, approaches you with the most critical choice of your life: do you join the Revolutionary army as a top secret spy or find freedom on your own terms? As a spy for the revolution,...
83) Squad goals
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Twelve-year-old Magic Pointdexter comes from a long line of cheerleaders, but to follow in their footsteps, Magic must survive summer camp Planet Pom Poms, audition for a spot on the HoneyBee cheer squad, and steer clear of swoon-worthy Dallas Chase.
84) Freedom Summer
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
85) Dave at night
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Formats
Description
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders. But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived"--
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
Description
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2005
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Description
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.
89) Meet Miss Fancy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A ten-year-old African American boy wants to welcome the circus elephant named Miss Fancy to her new home in a nearby park, but he is disappointed to see a sign 'No Colored Allowed'.
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In 1963 in the Bronx, New York, eighth-graders Fiona and Yolanda help one another face hard decisions at home despite family and social opposition to their interracial friendship, but Fiona is on her own when popular classmates start paying attention to her and give her a glimpse of both a different way of life and a new kind of hatefulness.
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Formats
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Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away. Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. In his gentle yet...
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) Book 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Author
Series
Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) Book 1
Publisher
Freeform Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land. But she soon finds that behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets. When the queen asks Camellia to risk her own...
Author
Series
Hoopster trilogy Book 3
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Description
Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol Book 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
After Andres discovers a haunted bike park, he calls best friend Desmond, a ghost investigator.
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol Book 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Desmond and Andres battle beach bullies who also happen to be creepy monsters"--
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers Book 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--
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