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Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health.
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How I Discovered Poetry
by Marilyn Nelson
The National Book Award, Newbery Honor, and multiple Coretta Scott King Honor-winning poet reflects on her childhood in the 1950s and her development as an artist and young woman through 50 illuminating poems that consider such influences as the Civil Rights Movement, the "Red Scare" atomic bomb era, and the Feminist Movement.
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How It Went Down
by Kekla Magoon
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
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Firebird
by Misty Copeland
A debut picture book by an American Ballet Theatre soloist follows the experiences of an insecure young girl whom the author encourages to believe in herself and achieve her dreams through hard work and dedication.
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Little Melba and her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown
A biography of African-American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician, who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century.
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Josephine : the Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell
This picture book combines exuberant verse and stirring illustrations to introduce readers to the life of the passionate performer and civil rights activist, tracing her journey from the slums of St. Louis to the world's most famous stages.
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