Kids

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One crazy summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

eBOOK
Kids

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

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Harbor me

Jacqueline Woodson

eBOOK
Kids

"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--

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New kid

Jerry Craft

eBOOK
Kids, Graphic Novels

After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.

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Black brother, black brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

eAUDIO
Kids

Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

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Ghost boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes

eBOOK
Kids

"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--

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Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Mildred D. Taylor

eBOOK
Kids

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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A good kind of trouble

Lisa Moore Ramée

eBOOK
Kids

After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.

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A high five for Glenn Burke

Phil Bildner

jFICTION/Bildner Phil
Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Kids

After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.

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King and the dragonflies

Kacen Callender

jFICTION Callende Kacen
Fiction, Mystery, LGBTQ+, Kids

"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--

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Pride : celebrating diversity & community

Robin Stevenson

j306.76 Stevenson
LGBTQ+, Kids, Nonfiction

"This work of nonfiction for middle readers examines what -- and why -- gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters celebrate on Pride Day every June"--Title page verso.

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