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Platt, Christine A.

Summary: For Black History Month, Ana & Andrew join a research group at the Community Center. They learn many interesting things about Martin Luther King Jr.! Later, with the help of some other children, they make one of Martin's famous dreams come true.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021

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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

Glaser, Karina Yan

Summary: One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLA

Polacco, Patricia

Summary: Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POL

Curry, Parker

Summary: "Parker writes letters to her friend Gia while she travels across the U.S. and visits states such as Georgia and New Mexico"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CUR

Shabazz, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SHA

Morrow, 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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC MOR

Youngblood, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD YOU

Bingham, Winsome

Summary: Granny teaches her young grandson how to cook the family meal, in this celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table. Includes recipe for baked macaroni and cheese.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BIN

West, Kara

Summary: Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WES

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Summary: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Stone, Nic

Summary: "Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce -- the protagonist of Dear Martin -- Quan's story...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: PA FIC STO

Woodson, Jacqueline

Summary: "When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WOO

Redd, Nancy Amanda

Summary: As family members braid, brush, twirl, roll, and tighten their hair before bedtime, putting on kerchiefs, wave caps, and other protective items, the little sister cannot find her bonnet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RED

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RED

Strong, Karen

Summary: Twelve-year-old Sarah is finally in charge. At last, she can spend her summer months reading her favorite science books and bossing around her younger brother, Ellis, instead of being worked to the bone by their overly strict grandmother, Mrs. Greene. But when their cousin, Janie arrives for a visit, Sarah's plans are completely squashed. Janie has a knack for getting into trouble and asks...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STR

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

Summary: Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears, Nigeria's world is upended. She...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOB

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ZOB

McDaniel, Breanna J.

Summary: "A young girl lifts her hands up in a series of everyday moments before finally raising her hands in resistance at a protest march"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCD

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCD

Meadows, Michelle

Summary: "A young Black equestrian and her pony enjoy the changing seasons of the year on a family horse farm"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books, a division of Random House 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MEA

Coles, Michelle

Summary: Despondent sixteen-year-old Malcolm finds new strength and courage as he is transported between his family's modern-day Mississippi farm and the life of his ancestor Cedric Johnson, a congressional aide in post-Civil War America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc. 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Marquis, Krystal

Summary: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Armand, Glenda

Summary: As Frances helps her grandmother with New Year's Day dinner, Grandma teachers her the origins of the different dishes and soul food they prepare together. Includes a recipe for Fay's Fabulous Pralines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARM

Giles, Lamar

Summary: Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its residents into Money-Zombies.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GIL

Latham, Irene

Summary: 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."

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Latham 2020

Browne, Mahogany L.

Summary: "A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain. When Darius told Angel he loved her, she believed him. But five weeks after the incident, Angel finds herself in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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