Oshiro, Mark
Summary: Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals their own school. New rules. Random locker...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OSHBryant, Elise (Elise M.)
Summary: While on a post-graduation Mediterranean cruise with her family, Lenore Bennett meets a hopeless romantic with a ten-year plan who helps her find something she's been looking for--love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRYGoffney, Joya
Summary: As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOFJackson, Tiffany D
Summary: When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JACPhilippe, Ben
Summary: Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PHIBryant, Elise (Elise M.)
Summary: "Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow--which is how she ends up singing in her friends' punk band as a favor, even though she'd prefer to hide at the merch table. Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRYCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRYAllen, Charlene Y.
Summary: "From debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from the lens of restorative justice. Perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Maureen Johnson. In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALLColes, Jay
Summary: When Marvin's brother, Tyler, is found dead, an online video shows he was killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC COLElle, J.
Summary: Half-god, half-human Rue is snatched from her Houston home to Ghazan, a secret land of gods, by her estranged father, then must face an evil determined to steal everything from her.-- When her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for Rue and her sister Tasha changes forever. Taken from her neighborhood by the father she never knew, Rue is forced to leave her little sister behind, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2021
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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 ELLAbike-Iyimide, Faridah,.
Summary: At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on track toward valedictorian and bright college futures, but this prank quickly turns into a very dangerous game and they are at more than one...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ABIJackson, Tiffany D.
Summary: "Allegedly. She didn't say much in the first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? She wouldn't say. Mary survived six years in baby jail before being dumped in a group...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JACOnomé, Louisa
Summary: Summer Uzoma's parents went on the run after they were accused of committing a crime, leaving her behind. She has been alternating stays with her friends' families, and secretly visits her old home. But she's fine: she has her skateboard and her bus pass. She just has to turn eighteen in a few weeks and then she'll truly be free. Then a nosy social worker arranges for Summer to be living with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ONOForest, Kristina
Summary: While on a school trip to the Poconos Mountains (in the middle of a storm) high school seniors, Zyla Matthews and Kai Johnson, run away together leaving their friends and family confused. As far as everyone knows, Zyla and Kai have been broken up for months. And honestly? Their break up hadn't surprised anyone. Zyla and Kai met while working together at an amusement park the previous summer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORSanchez, Alex
Summary: Jake Hyde yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown in New Mexico for a college on the coast. While his family and friends encourage him to stay, he must deal with his secrets of being gay and some strange new blue markings on his skin giving him a glow when he touches water.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SANPrice, Richard
Summary: In the dark depths of a New Jersey city, a burnt-out homicide detective obsessed with justice chases a street-smart teenaged "clocker" through the streets of hell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PRIEmezi, Akwaeke
Summary: "After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus but her friends aren't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EMEGriffiths, Rachel Eliza
Summary: "New England, 1957. The Kindred sisters-Ezra and Cinthy-grew up with an abundance of love. Love from their parents, who let them believe that the stories they tell on stars can come true. Love from their neighbors, the Junketts, the only other Black family in town, whose home is filled with spice-rubbed ribs and ground-shaking hugs. And love for their adopted hometown of Salt Point, a beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIBenton-Walker, Terry J.
Summary: Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau--the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family--are mourning their father and caring for their sick...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen, Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BENJackson-Brown, Angela
Summary: "Opal Pruitt is just about to turn 18 in the oppressively hot summer of 1936. She works hard at her job, takes care of her beloved Granny, and dreams about boys with her cousin Lucille. The young black teenager's journey to adulthood will be forged in fire, though, as the Ku Klux Klan attacks her Colored Town neighborhood and she endures a vicious beating at the hands of an unknown white...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JACWasson, Brian
Summary: "Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He keeps his prices reasonable, his inventory fresh, and himself out of the drama. But when a heartbroken Sterling Glistern, Kal's longtime crush, barges into the storage closet where he keeps his candy supply, a new source of income unexpectedly presents itself: relationship therapist. He only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WASBennett, Brit
Summary: "A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BENThomas, LaLa
Summary: Erykah was looking forward to junior year at East Prep High-- until she gets pregnant. Having a baby at sixteen was definitely not part of the plan. Kelly's plan was to dominate junior year grade-wise and on the basketball court, so she can get an athletic scholarship. She intends to be a good auntie, and help Erykah through the pregnancy. Along the way they'll learn some harsh realities about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOPink, Randi
Summary: Randi Pink's The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street." "Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PINReynolds, Jason
Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015