African Americans

  • Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

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    Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father.

    When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family… [more below]

    • Author: Robinson, Sharon
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: October 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 0545052513
    • Language: English
  • Reign and Jahiem: Luvin’ on His New York Swag

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    No matter how many times she promised herself she wouldn’t go there, Reign couldn’t resist Jahiem, her best friend’s brother. Now caught between her friendship and her relationship, Reign is forced to[more below]

    • Author: Brown-Newton, Dorothy
    • Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: September 26 2023
    • ISBN10: 1645565262
    • Language: English
  • Represent!

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    Celebrating powerful voices: Represent! collects the revolutionary digital-first series!

    New voices present relevant, topical visions of social change and personal histories, some true-to-life while

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    • Author: Cooper, Christian
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: February 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1779514190
    • Language: English
  • Playing Their Games

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    In this this page-turning spin-off prequel to the Playing Dirty and Notorious duology, national bestselling author Kiki Swinson burns up the page with calculating characters, ingenious plot twists, an[more below]

    • Series: Playing Dirty
    • Author: Swinson, Kiki
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: September 26 2023
    • ISBN10: 1496734149
    • Language: English
  • Alfie: (The Turtle That Disappeared)

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    Discover the friendship between a girl and her turtle–from both points of view–in Thyra Heder’s Alfie, anaward-winning picture book that celebrates the relationship between a child and a pet.

    An ALA

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    • Author: Heder, Thyra
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: October 03 2017
    • ISBN10: 1419725297
    • Language: English
  • Quotations of Martin Luther King

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    This pocket-sized hardcover book contains nearly one hundred quotations from leading civil rights activist and American Baptist minister, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was a central figure … [more below]

    • Series: Quotations of Great Americans
    • Author: King, Martin
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: October 01 2004
    • ISBN10: 1557099472
    • Language: English
  • My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

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    National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed.

    Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has l

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    • Author: Zoboi, Ibi
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: August 27 2019
    • ISBN10: 0399187359
    • Language: English
  • The Day the Streets Stood Still

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    In this gripping and heart-wrenching story, you will meet Sean. He was raised by a hustling, well-connected mother and was taught early about street survival. When his mother is brutally murdered, Sea… [more below]

    • Author: Coleman, Jaquavis
    • Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: March 29 2016
    • ISBN10: 1622869915
    • Language: English
  • The Sweetest Sound

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    A story of family, faith, and following your heart

    For ten-year-old Cadence Jolly, birthdays are a constant reminder of all that has changed since her mother skipped town with dreams of becoming a si

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    • Author: Winston, Sherri
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: January 02 2018
    • ISBN10: 0316302937
    • Language: English
  • Escape from the Roller Ghoster

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    Desmond and Andres visit a scary roller-ghoster in this eleventh haunted adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series

    The Kersville Amusement Park is always a good time, but it also gives a new

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    • Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #11
    • Author: Miedoso, Andres
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: July 21 2020
    • ISBN10: 1534464913
    • Language: English
  • Captured on the High Seas

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    Over 1 million sold in series

    British warships battle with American privateers in this high sea adventure. Cousins Patrick and Beth have landed on the Royal Louis in the middle of the Revolutionary Wa… [more below]

    • Series: Imagination Station Books #14
    • Author: Hering, Marianne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: May 01 2014
    • ISBN10: 1589977750
    • Language: English
  • The Bubble Gum Blob

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    A little stick of gum leads to a lot of bubble trouble in this fifteenth creepy adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!

    The candy at Kersville Elementary School is usually sweet. But when a

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    • Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #15
    • Author: Miedoso, Andres
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: April 19 2022
    • ISBN10: 1665914068
    • Language: English
  • Little Shaq Takes a Chance

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    For early reader sports fans, this series from superstar Shaquille O’Neal will inspire kids to love reading.

    Like most kids, Little Shaq doesn’t love trying new things, especially if he might not be v

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    • Author: O’Neal, Shaquille
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: April 25 2017
    • ISBN10: 1619638789
    • Language: English
  • Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You

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    With poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life to inspire future generations to stand up

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    • Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: January 11 2022
    • ISBN10: 1547608978
    • Language: English
  • Mama’s Window

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    After his mother dies, Sugar Martin is sent to live with his gruff uncle Free, a crippled loner who makes his living fishing in a swamp in the Mississippi Delta in the early 1900s.

    After his mother di

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    • Author: Rubright, Lynn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 89
    • Publish Date: May 01 2002
    • ISBN10: 1600603351
    • Language: English
  • I Am Ayah: The Way Home

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    “[A] rich and tender story of family, home and love.”Ms. Magazine

    Set amid Sag Harbor’s vibrant African American history, bestselling author Donna Hill weaves a stunningly rich story about finding t

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    • Author: Hill, Donna
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: May 23 2023
    • ISBN10: 1649371462
    • Language: English
  • Lu

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    Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynolds.

    Lu was b

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    • Series: Track #4
    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: October 23 2018
    • ISBN10: 1481450247
    • Language: English
  • EllRay Jakes Stands Tall

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    EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series.

    There’s a new game in town–basketball! Or in Ellray’s case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the t

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    • Series: EllRay Jakes #9
    • Author: Warner, Sally
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: April 12 2016
    • ISBN10: 0147512530
    • Language: English
  • Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable

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    Rediscover this gripping 1965 novel about race in America–set in a rural corner of Mississippi where slavery never ended

    From the Civil Rights Era comes an urgent allegory about the terror and traged

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    • Author: Fair, Ronald L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 125
    • Publish Date: November 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1598537636
    • Language: English
  • Chains

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    From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both [more below]

    • Series: Seeds of America Trilogy
    • Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 21 2008
    • ISBN10: 1416905855
    • Language: English
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