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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Families Juvenile fiction Magic Fiction Magic Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories New Orleans (La.) Fiction New Orleans (La.) Juvenile fiction Noirs américains Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Plot-your-own storiesHerlong, M.H.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Li'l T and his family face great losses caused by Hurricane Katrina, including leaving Buddy, their very special, three-legged dog, behind when they must evacuate.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HEROsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2009
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Summary: When flood waters from broken levees submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Envi Issues Uhlberg 2011Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC PHIArmand, Glenda
Summary: During the Great Migration in 1930's Louisiana, eight-year-old Jenny tries to understand why a man named Jim Crow is making trouble for her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARMRochon, Farrah
Summary: Sometimes, life in the Big Easy is tough. No one knows that better than Tiana, though she also believes that hard work can go a long way. But when the notorious Dr. Facilier backs her into a corner, she has no other choice but to accept an offer that will alter the course of her life in an instant. Soon Tiana finds herself in a new reality where all her deepest desires are realized--she finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2022
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series RochonCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROCMbalia, Kwame
Summary: The Strong family is having a reunion in New Orleans, and twelve-year-old Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin Terrance when several things happen at once: he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magiccellphone--her name is Seraphine, and she seems to know everything about Tristan and the god Anansi (currently inhabiting the cellphone), and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MBABenton-Walker, Terry J.
Summary: Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked--she will never be Queen. Unless, of course,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen, Tor Publishing Group 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC BENDempsey, Kristy.
Summary: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Dempsey 2014Nir, Sarah Maslin
Summary: "Cheryl loves horses. She's been studying thoroughbreds at her family's horse racing stables since she was old enough to ride on the shoulders of her father, a famous horse trainer. Cheryl wants to be a jockey. One problem -- she is a girl, and there has never been a Black female jockey in history! Jetolara is a young thoroughbred finding his place in the herd. When Cheryl literally falls onto...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC NIRSmith, Elliott
Summary: During the turbulent 1960s, the reader's plot choices determine their role in the historic fight for equal rights.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SMIEmill, Jumata
Summary: Two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EMIColeman, Evelyn
Summary: Eleven-year-old Cécile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat. Includes facts about the 1850s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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Summary: It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are trying to survive;but when she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him--and just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OLDDuncan, Alice Faye
Summary: "Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUNMoses, Rucker
Summary: Returning to Brooklyn, where his magician-father disappeared years before, twelve-year-old Kingston learns that magic is real and that if he enters the Realm, he might get his father back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOSRhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
Summary: Eleven-year-old Bo is used to it being just her and her mom in their cozy New York apartment, but when her mom gets married, Bo must adjust to her new sisters and a music-minded blended family that is much larger, louder, and more complex than she ever imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RHUGiovanni, Nikki
Summary: In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them. This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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Summary: In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLACurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio/Listening Library 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CURYoungblood, Leslie C.
Summary: When eleven-year-old Georgie and her sister Peaches relocate to Bogalusa, Louisiana with their mother to help their Great Aunt Vie, Georgie becomes involved in the search for the truth about her new friend Markie's mother.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021