Chambers, Essie
Summary: In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHAZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZOBTintera, Amy
Summary: Clara is ready to fight back against her abusive father, against the only life she's ever known, and most of all, against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. When an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting squad, she jumps at the chance. Training with her teammates, Clara realizes what fighting monsters really means: sore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TINShumaker, Heather
Summary: "Siblings Meg and Will must uncover the haunted history of their Aunt's quaint town in order to save their younger sister, Ariel, from a ghost intent on keeping her as a friend"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Shumaker 2019McWilliams, Kelly
Summary: Biracial twin sisters--one who presents as black and the other as white--are determined to put the ghosts of the past to rest and to uncover the truth behind their parents' murders in the Jim Crow South.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCWDeming, Sarah
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEMArango, Andrea Beatriz
Summary: Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ARABoulley, Angeline
Summary: A groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who goes undercover to root out the crime and corruption threatening her community.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BOUElliott, Kate
Summary: When a scheming lord tears Jess's family apart, she must rely on her unlikely friendship with Kal, a high-ranking Patron boy, and her skill at Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory, to protect her Commoner mother and mixed-race sisters and save her father's reputation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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Summary: "Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji-Japanese grandpa-to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE IWAGibney, Shannon
Summary: Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GIBAtta, Dean
Summary: "Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs--and the Black Flamingo is born. Told with raw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ATTFreeman-Haskin, Leah
Summary: "Sienna looks forward to drawing a picture for her school's spring art show, until she ends up with the last two crayons ... By the time Sienna arrives at the art table in her classroom, all the crayons are gone except dark brown and light brown. Now how can she make a special picture for the art show? Andy teases that all she'll be able to draw is mud and dog poop. Her teacher tries to cheer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FREChung, Arree
Summary: Each believing that their hue is the best, the three primary colors live in separate parts of the city until Yellow and Blue meet, fall in love, and decide to mix.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE CHUMeshon, Aaron.
Summary: A little boy's grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan, teach him about baseball and its rich, varying cultural traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MESWinston, Sherri
Summary: When Maggie learns that her father has a second daughter, Callie, she won't let a new family member get in the way of her summer plans with best friend Daija. They are determined to make tons of money braiding hair for kids around the neighborhood.Daija doesn't want Callie to interfere with their new Braid Girls business-- she needs the money to pay for extra ballet lessons so she can earn a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WINMaclear, Kyo
Summary: Soon after a young girl arrives in Japan, she, her grandmother, her aunties, and some cousins celebrate cultural traditions together while visiting a bath house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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Summary: "Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MALTamaki, Mariko
Summary: In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MDLC Studio 2022
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Summary: When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move, and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC YANBaker, Kylie Lee
Summary: In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BAKChung, Arree
Summary: After breaking up, the colors must re-evaluate what it means to be a family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHUBryant, 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 BRYYoon, Nicola
Summary: "The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2015