Smith, Nikki Shannon
Summary: Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SMIPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: An account of the life of Bass Reeves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUSchwabach, Karen
Summary: In 1848, eleven-year-old Bridie runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, where she meets a free black girl named Rose and gets caught up in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's plans for a women's rights convention. Includes historical notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHLatham, Jennifer
Summary: "When Rowan finds a skeleton on her family's property, investigating the brutal, century-old murder leads to painful discoveries about the past. Alternating chapters tell the story of William, another teen grappling with the racial firestorm leading up to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, providing some clues to the mystery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LATDraper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Summary: When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DRACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Draper 2015Latham, 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
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Latham 2020Keats, Ezra Jack
Summary: The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: JE Set Spanish Keats 1962McBride, James
Summary: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC MCBSayre, April Pulley.
Summary: As a brother and sister head for the market for birthday party supplies, they sing a song describing the city sights, sounds, and smells they pass along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SAYJenkins, Beverly
Summary: A redemption-seeking recovering alcoholic and foster-child mentor seeks forgiveness from the woman he betrayed, while a store owner and his high school sweetheart consider a second chance at love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION JENCopeland, Misty.
Summary: American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Copeland 2014Giovanni, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ ALONG GIOMcBride, James
Summary: "In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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Summary: Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DRABaldwin, James
Summary: Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood. This new edition includes a foreword by Baldwin's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BALJenkins, Beverly
Summary: "In a heartwarming novel about what really makes a family, the residents of Henry Adams face seemingly insurmountable obstacles and will discover that family comes in many forms, especially during the most trying of times"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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Summary: Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city, but when the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DUNWalker, Tricia Elam
Summary: "Real-life cousins pay gorgeous homage to the street they grew up on and the loving community that made their childhood special"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALLarson, Kirby
Summary: In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARLatham, 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".
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LATMoses, Shelia P.
Summary: Rufus Jackson Jones is from Birmingham, the place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the most segregated place in the country. A place that in 1963 is full of civil rights activists including Dr. King. The adults are trying to get more attention to their cause--to show that separate is not equal. Rufus's dad works at the local steel factory, and his mom is a cook at the mill. If they participate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOSSmith, Joy L.
Summary: Before the "accident" Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMIMcCarthy, Susan Carol.
Summary: In 1951, the brutal murder of nineteen-year-old Marvin Cully transforms the town of Mayflower, Florida, into a battleground as violence erupts across the state and the NAACP joins in the efforts to uncover the killers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCDumond-Desir, Samanka
Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023