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Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEA

Watson, Renée

Summary: "Middle school is just around the corner for Ryan Hart, which means it's time to start thinking about the future--and not just how to prank her brother, Ray! During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for the future, for her generation. She wonders who she wants to be and what kind of person her family hopes she becomes. Drawing on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAT

Wang, Andrea

Summary: "A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WAN

Khan, Hena

Summary: When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2024

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Avachat, Arushi

Summary: As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AVA

Mancillas, Mónica

Summary: After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the "queen of salsa."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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Hussain, Anika

Summary: Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUS

Swanson, Matthew

Summary: After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SWA

Marciano, Johnny

Summary: Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant ... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend. Following a humiliating, defeated effort to conquer Earth, Klawde has had it with this this dismal planet. And anyway, what's the point in conquering such an insignificant corner of the galaxy, when there's an entire universe...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020

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