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Wings of ebony 2Lockington, Mariama
Summary: While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOCSellers, Bakari
Summary: "When you meet someone for the first time, they might ask, "Who are your people?" and "Where are you from?" In these pages is a timeless celebration of the individuals and experiences that help shape young children into the most remarkable and unique beings that they can be"--Jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SELJohnson, Leah
Summary: Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JOHBolden, Tonya
Summary: Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated, high-society woman in Washington, D.C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BOLBrantley-Newton, Vanessa
Summary: A little girl struggling to find her place within her family is shown how special she is through a set of nesting dolls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRAWeissman, Elissa Brent
Summary: Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents when she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WEICollier, Nicole D.
Summary: Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLElle, J.
Summary: Half god and half human, Rue has made a vow to restore the magic that the Chancellor and the Grays have stolen from the Ghizoni and take back their land; she has more fully embraced her identity among the people of Yiyo Peak, but she is also from East Rowin Houston, and girls from East Row do not give in to oppressors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELLMarroquin, M. L.
Summary: "This little girl knows her hair is great just as it is. When people ask, "Why is your hair so BIG?" she answers, "Why isn't yours?" Her hair is soft, it protects her, it's both gentle and fierce. While some might worry about how it's different and try tocontain it, she gives it the freedom to be so extraordinary it almost has a life of its own"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARCurry, Parker
Summary: When Parker visits the museum with her mom and friend she is captivated by the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, a picture that inspires self-assurance and hope within herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CURParker, Morgan
Summary: Morgan can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really" black. She's spent most of her summer crying in bed; it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat, and Morgan sees life as a never-ending hamster wheel of agony. She knows why she's in therapy. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019