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1) Sounder
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A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
2) Freewater
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2022 Anderson's Bookshop Mock Newbery
2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
2023 Award Winners
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
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"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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Black History Month
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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement. When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The...
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Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty -- and fun -- in their routine and the world around them.
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
Black History Month - Youth
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Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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English
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
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Black History Month - Youth
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
9) Feathers
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When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
10) Bud, not Buddy
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Black History Month
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
14) Scorpions
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After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.
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Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
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Korean
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In Mississippi during the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Logans are one of the few black families who own their own land. Nine year old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders -- white men who terrorize her people.
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"Entra en el hilarante mundo de Kenny y su familia, los extraños Watson de Flint, Michigan. Están su mamá y su papá, su hermanita Joetta y su hermano Byron, que tiene trece años y ya es 'oficialmente un delincuente juvenil'. Cuando mamá y papá deciden que es hora de hacerle una visita a la abuela, papá trae a casa un asombroso Ultra-Glide y los Watson emprenden un viaje increíble. Se encaminan al Sur, a Alabama, hacia uno de los momentos...
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