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The long ride
by Marina Tamar Budhos
In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school
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The stars and the blackness between them
by Junauda Petrus
Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness
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Kingdom of souls
by Rena Barron
Disappointing her family of powerful witch doctors because of her lack of abilities, Arrah makes the difficult choice to sacrifice years of her life for scraps of magic to uncover why children are going missing throughout the city. 30,000 first printing. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
A girl and her best friend confront difficult choices in the face of a home city in denial when they meet a being who exposes the community’s willful disbelief about the existence of monsters. A first young adult novel by the award-winning authors of Freshwater. Simultaneous eBook
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The revolution of Birdie Randolph
by Brandy Colbert
Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention
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Dear Haiti, love Alaine
by Maika Moulite
Told in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails and diary entries, a debut novel by sister authors follows the experiences of a Haitian American teen who is sent to work in a Haitian nonprofit, where she learns about local culture and her family heritage. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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With the fire on high
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. 75, first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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On the come up
by Angie Thomas
A follow-up to the award-winning The Hate U Give finds an ambitious young rapper pouring her frustrations into a first song only to find herself at the center of a viral controversy that forces her to become the menace that her public reputation has portrayed her to be. 500,000 first printing. Simultaneous Large Print and eBook
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Pointe
by Brandy Colbert
Four years after Theo's best friend, Donovan, disappeared at age 13, he is found and brought home, and Theo puts her health at risk as she decides whether to tell the truth about the abductor, knowing that her revelation could end her lifelong dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer.
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Panic
by Sharon M. Draper
Lured by a handsome stranger and false promises of a movie role, Diamond is kidnapped and subjected to horrors beyond her imagining, while her family and friends endure a torturous vigil of worry while waiting for news. By the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Copper Sun.
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Boy 21
by Matthew Quick
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African-American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common despite their apparent differences.
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The first part last
by Angela Johnson
When his girlfriend Nia announces that she is pregnant, sixteen-year-old Bobby, a typical urban New York City teenager, must cast aside his life of partying to visit obstetricians and social workers, who try to convince them to give their baby up for adoption, until tragedy strikes.
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The diviners
by Libba Bray
The award-winning author of Beauty Queens presents an evocative mystery in New York City of the Roaring 20s, where Evie O'Neill immerses herself in the world of glamorous Ziegfield girls and speakeasies before helping her uncle, a folklore museum curator, solve a rash of occult-based murders. 150,000 first printing.
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Bleeding violet
by Dia Reeves
Struggling with a mental illness that compels her to break into her estranged mother's home in Texas, Hanna discovers that her mother's community is haunted by demons, a situation that culminates in her mother's possession and Hanna's romance with demon-killer Mortmaine. 30,000 first printing.
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When I was the greatest
by Jason Reynolds
Avoiding the violence that has given his neighborhood a bad name, urban youth Ali spends busy days attending school, boxing and helping his family while looking out for a troublesome friend and a Tourette's-afflicted brother only to be brutally targeted in the aftermath of a misunderstanding. A first novel.
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Slay
by Brittney Morris
Hiding her identity as the developer of an elite online role-playing game, a talented teen, one of the only black students in her school, is targeted with violent racism when an in-game dispute escalates into a player’s murder. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Tears of a tiger
by Sharon M. Draper
Three boys struggle to come to terms with the death of a friend in a drunk-driving auto accident in which all four were involved, in a story told through newspaper stories, diary entries, school announcements, telephone conversations, and classroom assignments.
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Like no other
by Una LaMarche
Living on opposite sides of their Brooklyn neighborhood, strict Hasidic Devorah and fun-loving nerd Jaxon forge an unexpected connection when they become trapped in an elevator during a hurricane, after which they pursue a secret romance. Simultaneous eBook.
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Pinned
by Sharon Flake
Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks
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Transcendence
by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu
Experiencing a profound vision about a centuries-old beheading while visiting the Tower of London, Cole Ryan is assisted by the mysterious Griffon Hall, with whom she discovers a shared relationship to an elite group that can remember past lives. By the author of Dirty Little Secrets.
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Who put this song on?
by Morgan Parker
"17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored"
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Darius & Twig
by Walter Dean Myers
Struggling to find his way in a Harlem neighborhood marked by cruel bullies and the absence of adults, where his only allies are his athletic best friend and his peregrine falcon alter ego, Darius pursues limited goals while his talented friend resolves to set his own standards for success. By the Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of Monster. 40,000 first printing.
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Kendra
by Coe Booth
High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her grandmother
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Copper sun
by Sharon M. Draper
Having watched her village torched, witnessed her family killed, and been kidnapped by slave traders, Amari arrives on Mr. Derby's Carolina plantation afraid and confused, yet with time and hard work, she learns the language, befriends another slave, and struggles to attain her one true goal: to be a free person once again.
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Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith
Dreaming of being a pilot her whole life, Ida Mae Jones sees her chance during World War II, but she cannot be accepted into the WASP because she is black, forcing Ida Mae to choose between her racial heritage and chasing her dream.
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When the black girl sings
by Bil Wright
Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, particularly when her parents separate, but after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice.
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. Itcould also endanger her life"
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Tyrell
by Coe Booth
While living in a homeless shelter with his disconnected mother and little brother, Tyrell has to come to terms with the life he has been given and a father in prison, thus seeking to improve his situation, Tyrell believes that money is the answer and starts to consider illegal pursuits to get it.
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The skin I'm in
by Sharon Flake
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like
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