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1) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school's past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nova, Lovett High School's first black homecoming queen, is murdered the night of her coronation, her best friend, Duchess, finds an unlikely ally in her search for the killer--her prime suspect, Tinsley, the white rival nominee for queen.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 12
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover/paperback edition.
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mia brings her cat, Chaos Macarooney, to PITS Day, and must keep the peace between Chaos and Hugo Fast's cat, Mr. Whiskers, before total chaos breaks out.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 13
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
As part of her new mega-botany class at the Program for In-Training Superheroes, Mia Mayhem has to grow a plant from superseeds all on her own, but when her plant grows out of her control, she must find a way to stop the ensuing chaos.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
411 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are.
11) Salt the water
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they’ve got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. But a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, and Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait...
12) Nesting dolls
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl struggling to find her place within her family is shown how special she is through a set of nesting dolls.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Middle school is just around the corner for Ryan Hart, which means it's time to start thinking about the future--and not just how to prank her brother, Ray! During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for the future, for her generation. She wonders who she wants to be and what kind of person her family hopes she becomes. Drawing on the ambitions of those who came before her and her own...
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