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• Black Girl Unlimited

  the Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

  Brown, Echo

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  Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Savannah

  Bolden, Tonya,

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  Savannah Riddle is lucky. As a daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington D.C., she attends one of the most rigorous public schools in the nation--black or white--and has her pick among the young men in her set. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

  Taylor, Mildred D.,

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  Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Stars Lead to You

  Davis, Ronni,

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  When Ashton breaks Devon's heart at the end of the most romantic summer ever, she thinks her heart will never heal again. But over the course of the following year, Devon finds herself slowly putting the broken pieces back together.

• Girls Like Us

  Pink, Randi,

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  Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they're dealing with unplanned pregnancies.

• Light It Up

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed an unarmed thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jackpot

  Stone, Nic

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  Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• By Any Means Necessary

  Montgomery, Candice,

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  On the day Torrey officially becomes a college freshman, he gets a call that might force him to drop out before he's even made it through orientation: the bee farm his beloved uncle Miles left him after his tragic death is being foreclosed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dream So Dark

  McKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.),

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  In L.L. McKinney's A Dream So Dark , the thrilling sequel to A Blade So Black , Alice goes deeper into a dark version of Wonderland.

• Slay

  Morris, Brittney

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  Ready Player One meets The Hate U Give in this dynamite debut novel that follows a fierce teen game developer as she battles a real-life troll intent on ruining the Black Panther -inspired video game she created and the safe community it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Put This Song On?

  Parker, Morgan,

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  Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she's in therapy. She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

  Petrus, Junauda,

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  Sixteen-year-olds Audre and Mabel are from different parts of the world, but over the course of a single bittersweet year they meet and fall in love. Audre has been sent from her home in Trinidad to Minneapolis after her very religious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monster

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  Myers combines an innovative format, complex moral issues, and an intriguingly sympathetic but flawed protagonist in this cautionary tale of a 16-year-old on trial for felony murder. Steve Harmon is accused of acting as lookout for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On the Come Up

  Thomas, Angie

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  As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Enough

  Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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  A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic

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  Justyce McAllister seemed to have it all-Ivy League aspirations, near the top of his class academically at a top-notch boarding school, captain of the debate team-until he is arrested while helping a friend. Feeling that he was racially…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monday's Not Coming

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable--more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn't turn up for the first day of school, Claudia's worried. How can a teenage girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dread Nation

  Rise Up

  Ireland, Justina,

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  In this alternate-history horror tale, shortly after Jane McKeene was born, the dead rose and attacked the living, effectively ending the Civil War. A reunified army fought the shambling hordes until Congress passed the Negro and Native…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tyler Johnson Was Here

  Coles, Jay

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  When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a shooting, followed by a police raid. The next day, Tyler has gone missing, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After the Shot Drops

  Ribay, Randy,

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  Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace,…Read moreRead more of this annotation