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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It's hatching season and Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"First days aren't easy for a girl with a name like Ashanti. It feels like no one can pronounce it correctly! But with some encouragement from her mom, Ashanti spells her name and learns just how special it is"--Provided by publisher
8) Amara's farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
There are many plants on Amara's farm. Today is the day she looks for her pumpkins.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Joy dreams of writing music for the movies, but first she has to survive her family's move into a small apartment when her father loses his job.
11) Sweet Fire
Author
Publisher
FreedomSong Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
13) Ruby Lee & Me
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2016].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher in 1969, two girls--one black, one white--confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship.
14) Hurricane child
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
15) Together we ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22cm
Language
English
Description
In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.
Author
Series
Maya and the Rising Dark volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this highly anticipated sequel, Maya and the godlings must return to the sinister world of The Dark to retrieve the one thing keeping the veil between the worlds from crumbling: her father's soul. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Willa of the Wood.
Author
Publisher
Melanin Origins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming story, a young girl named Penelope struggles with embracing the things that make her different from other girls, until a special experience helps her appreciate the unique gifts and talents that make her one of a kind.
20) Big
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
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