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• Starting From Seneca Falls

  Schwabach, Karen,

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  In 1848, eleven-year-old Bridie runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, where she meets a free black girl named Rose and gets caught up in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's plans for a women's rights convention. Includes historical notes.

• Ways to Make Sunshine

  Watson, Renée,

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  Acclaimed author Renée Watson writes her own version of Ramona Quimby, one starring a Black girl and her family, in this start to a charming new series.

• Jake the Fake Keeps It Real

  Robinson, Craig, 1971-

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  Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. And his art? It's better suited for Pictionary than Picasso. Which is a real problem because Jake just faked his way into the Music and Art Academy for the gifted and talented (and Jake is pretty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mango Delight

  Hyman, Fracaswell

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  When seventh-grader Mango Delight Fuller accidentally breaks her BFF Brooklyn's new cell phone, her life falls apart. She loses her friends and her spot on the track team, and even costs her father his job as a chef. But Brooklyn's planned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Black Girls in Town

  Colbert, Brandy,

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  Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past.

• From the Desk of Zoe Washington

  Marks, Janae,

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  From debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating mystery full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right—even in the face of great opposition. A perfect book for fans of Front…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clean Getaway

  Stone, Nic

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  Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with this New York Times bestseller and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding Langston

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa

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  When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and at school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

  Mbalia, Kwame

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  Winner of a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.

• The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane

  Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971-

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  Azaleah can't wait for her class field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., especially when her teacher announces the chance to earn extra credit. But when Azaleah gets home, she quickly realizes extra credit isn't as easy as she thought.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It All Comes Down to This

  English, Karen,

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  It’s 1965, Los Angeles. All twelve-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, and hang out with her friend Jennifer. But she’s the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Season of Styx Malone

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx promises Caleb and Bobby Gene that together, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragons in a Bag

  Elliott, Zetta

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  In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.

• Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero!

  West, Kara,

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  Eight-year-old Mia Macarooney is delighted to learn she is from a family of superheroes, but her acceptance into the Program for In Training Superheroes requires she take a placement exam.

• Love Like Sky

  Youngblood, Leslie C.

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  Eleven-year-old Georgie is still adjusting to leaving Atlanta for a small town, having a stepfather, and being unable to get close to her stepsister when her six-year-old sister, Peaches, suddenly becomes very ill.

• Some Places More Than Others

  Watson, Renée,

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  All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City--Harlem, to be exact. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Life as An Ice Cream Sandwich

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

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  Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tight

  Maldonado, Torrey,

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  Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up. And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him with ideas of fun that are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For Black Girls Like Me

  Lockington, Mariama

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  In this lyrical coming-of-age story about family, sisterhood, music, race, and identity, Mariama J. Lockington draws on some of the emotional truths from her own experiences growing up with an adoptive white family. For Black Girls Like Me is for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame

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  In this Newbery Medal'winning middle grade novel in verse, twelve-year-old twins and basketball stars Josh and Jordan Bell must learn to deal with problems on and off the court as they navigate homework, first crushes, family and, of course,…Read moreRead more of this annotation