Alexander, Kwame
Summary: Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to. A novel in verse with all the impact and rhythm readers have come to expect from...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions. 11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets ... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC ALEShabazz, IIyasah
Summary: "In Charlestown State Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares while surviving life in a place unfit for humans, Malcolm drifts through his days, picking fights with fellow inmates and avoiding his family. But when he's introduced to the prison library, Malcolm realizes that the key to his freedom was within him all along. Now his dreams are not just...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SHABarron, Rena
Summary: Twelve-year-old Maya's search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BARMorrow, Bethany C.
Summary: "Teen influencer Naema Bradshaw has it all: she's famous, stylish, gorgeous--and she's an Eloko, a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore. Everyone loves her--until she's cast as the villain who exposed a Siren to the whole world. Dragged by the media, and canceled by her fans, she feels that no one understands her side: not her boyfriend, not her friends, not even her fellow...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC MORAlston, B. B.
Summary: After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2022
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Summary: "Before he was a household name, young Cassius Clay learned history and card tricks from his grandfather, hid report cards from his parents, and biked around Louisville with his pals. But when his bike is stolen, Cassius decides there's something else he wants: to be able to fend off bullies by becoming a boxer. Cassius also has a best friend, Lucky, who sticks by him whether his fists are...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: Jack and Annie aren't great baseball players...yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps to a special ballgame in Brooklyn, New York. The magic tree house whisks them back to 1947! When they arrive, Jack and Annie find out that they will be batboys in the game, not ballplayers. What exactly does Morgan want them...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas LLC] 2022