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1) A mercy
Author
Language
English
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.
3) Julius
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maya's grandfather brings her a pig from Alaska and the two of them learn about fun and sharing together.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of black, eleven-year old Pecola Breedlove. She prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blonde, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom, Pecola's life changes in painful, devastating ways.
11) Perfect Peace
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and...
14) The moon ring
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
One hot night, Maxine goes on a wild adventure thanks to the magic of the blue moon.
15) Sarah rising
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the Minneapolis uprising after the killing of George Floyd, this story follows a little Black girl attending a protest with her father and realizing that she has the power to protect what and whom she loves. Includes author's note.
18) Mary can!
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The multi-awarding-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon presents this entertaining and empowering story in which young Mary, told there are many things she cannot do, isn't about to let anyone tell her she cannot sing.
19) No disrespect
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 361 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An honest look at growing up as an African American female in the inner city offers an account of the tense relationship that exists between African American women and men, the black church, guns and drugs, and black nationalism.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Keyana's latest big idea is to have backyard movie soiree for all her relatives! When her twin cousins' fighting knocks over the projector movie night seems heading for disaster-- until Keyana comes up with an even better idea.
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