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Betty Before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she meets icons in the civil rights movement and begins volunteering for an organization that supports black-owned businesses.
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Ellie, Engineer
by Jackson Pearce
When Ellie, who loves to invent and build things, decides to build a doghouse as a gift, she needs to get past the boys-against-the-girls neighborhood feud to ask for help and be able to pull off her biggest project yet.
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| Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate ConnollyBorn with the power to weave shadows into her own creations, Emmeline is feared by everyone except for her shadow-companion, Dar. After Lady Aisling claims she can "cure" Emmeline's abilities, Dar suggests a risky survival ploy that tests their friendship. |
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Supergifted
by Gordon Korman
After years of attending a school for gifted children, Noah finds himself at a normal school where he immediately ends up on the wrong side of a cheerleading captain and a jock. When a freak incident occurs, Noah suddenly goes from nerd to "Super Kid," and it starts to go to his head.
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The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle
by Leslie Connor
As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies, create an underground haven for themselves, but when Calvin goes missing Mason finds himself in trouble.
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| Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonAuthor Jacqueline Woodson's autobiography in verse describes how young Jackie found her voice as a writer and how her family's moves (from Ohio to South Carolina to New York) shaped her experience growing up African American during the Civil Rights Movement.
Award Buzz: A 2015 Sibert honor book |
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| Ghost by Jason ReynoldsCastle "Ghost" Cranshaw, a guy with a troubled past and a temper as quick as his feet, gains a sense of belonging when he joins the local track team, but Ghost isn't sure he can live up to the coach's rule about avoiding "altercations" at school.
Award Buzz: A 2016 National Book Award Finalist |
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| The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz; illuminated by Hatem AlyThree unlikely friends -- a monastic missionary, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound -- flee persecution in medieval France and face enemies ranging from a farting dragon to King Louis IX.
Award Buzz: A 2017 Newbery Medal winner |
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Juana & Lucas
by Juana Medina
A spunky young girl from Columbia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
Award Buzz: A 2017 Pura Belpré Award winner
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Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, 12-year-old Annabelle confronts a bullying newcomer, and she must defend a traumatized but gentle World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully's disappearance.
Award Buzz: A 2017 Newbery Medal winner
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