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After Tupac and D Foster

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After Tupac and D Foster
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Me and Neeka live across the street from each other in Queens in a neighborhood where people know each other and watch out for each other and there is...
 
 
Behind You

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Behind You
Fiction/Non-Fiction
In this powerful, somber sequel to If You Come Softly, Jeremiah is dead, and Ellie is grieving. So are Miah's mom, his friend, Kennedy, and his friend, Carlton. Everyone...
 
 
Between Madison and Palmetto

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Between Madison and Palmetto
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Margaret and Maizon (rhymes with raisin) have been best friends for forever. Now, since Maizon has come back from boarding school, a new friend, Caroline, has entered the picture....
 
 
Coming On Home Soon

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Coming On Home Soon
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
This beautiful picture book is the story of a grandmother, a mother and a young daughter who live in the rural south during World War II. As the...
 
 
Each Kindness

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Each Kindness
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
On a quiet, cold, snowy and muted winter morning the classroom door opens and the principal enters holding the hand of Maya, the new girl. Her "coat was open...
 
 
Feathers

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Feathers
Fiction/Non-Fiction
"Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul," is the line of Emily Dickinson's poetry that sixth-grader Frannie is fascinated by. Frannie is asking a lot...
 
 
Hush

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Hush
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Have you ever wondered what life is like in the witness protection program? Well, after Mr. Green testifies against two fellow police officers, the entire family disappears into this...
 
 
I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This

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I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Young lives can be challenged by incredible struggle and pain. Marie and her father are trying to deal with the pain they share after Mom abandons them. At school...
 
 
If You Come Softly

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If You Come Softly
Fiction/Non-Fiction
She’s Jewish, and he’s African –American, and one day they absolutely collide in the hallway of their school....
 
 
Last Summer With Maizon

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Last Summer With Maizon
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Margaret and Maizon (rhymes with raisin) are best friends. Margaret looks up to Maizon who seems to know everything. She knows how to dance the latest dance...
 
 
Lena

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Lena
Fiction/Non-Fiction
This is the sequel to I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This. The courageous Lena has taken her younger sister, Dion, and escaped from their sexually abusive father....
 
 
Locomotion

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Locomotion
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Lonnie C. Motion hurries to write his poem before Miss Edna's voice, which rings in his ears, can tell him to be quiet and snuff out the "candle" of...
 
 
Miracle's Boys

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Miracle's Boys
Fiction/Non-Fiction
One of my favorite books for young teens. Lafayette is a seventh grader who has lost both parents and now holds onto his two brothers, Ty'ree and Charlie. Ty'ree...
 
 
Peace, Locomotion

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Peace, Locomotion
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Lonnie C. Motion has decided to write a series of letters to his precious younger sister, Lili, to mark the Before Times. When Lonnie turns 21, he and...
 
 
Pecan Pie Baby

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Pecan Pie Baby
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Oh, it's hard for things to change and when you're little one of the hardest can be the arrival of a "ding-dang baby." Right now that baby is...
 
 
Show Way

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Show Way
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
Generations of African American women courageously raised their children and gave them strength, determination, and a sense of their heritage. This is the story of generations of these...
 
 
Sweet, Sweet Memory

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Sweet, Sweet Memory
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"The earth changes, Grandpa said, as he planted this garden. Like us it lives, it grows." Grandpa also says that "a part of it never dies. ...
 
 
The House You Pass On the Way

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The House You Pass On the Way
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Staggerlee has read the letter over and over again. It's from her cousin, Trout, who visited this past summer and the two girls had found a deep connection...
 
 
The Other Side

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The Other Side
Fiction/Non-Fiction
This is an all time favorite!!! Two young girls live side-by-side with a fence in between. One girl is white; the other is black. Each girl has been told...
 
 
We Had A Picnic This Sunday Past

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We Had A Picnic This Sunday Past
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
It's Sunday in the park and one by one the relatives are gathering to have a picnic and share the afternoon together. Grandma brings her biscuits and chicken...
 
 
 
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