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1) Unfadeable
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
"Bella "Unfadeable" Fades is a graffiti artist known for tagging walls and bridges in her Indianapolis neighborhood, the Land. When she discovers that people in high places are trying to defund the Land, she needs to put her trust in her neighbors, and bring her community together." --
2) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
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Language
English
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2022-2023 Bluebonnet Award Nominees
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton—if only she can wrap her...
5) Fast pitch
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past-and fast-before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever"--
6) Remember us
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English
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"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in"--
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Language
English
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2022-2023 Bluebonnet Award Nominees
Books for Reluctant Readers (Intermediate/Middle School)
Keller ISD Battle of the Books 2022 - 2023 (ELEMENTARY)
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023
Books for Reluctant Readers (Intermediate/Middle School)
Keller ISD Battle of the Books 2022 - 2023 (ELEMENTARY)
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023
Description
"Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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#ownvoices - Black Books for Kids
Black History Month - Picture Books
Read in Color Picture Books
Space Storytime
Black History Month - Picture Books
Read in Color Picture Books
Space Storytime
Description
When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
10) School trip
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights. But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected-and hilarious-turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being...
11) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
13) Sulwe
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
14) Ghost boys
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English
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"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"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will, from powerhouse rising star author Tami Charles and esteemed, award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier.
16) Harbor me
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Language
English
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"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"--
17) Twins
Author
Series
Twins volume 1
Language
English
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#ownvoices - Black Books for Kids
2022-2023 Bluebonnet Award Nominees
African American Authors
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2022-2023 Bluebonnet Award Nominees
African American Authors
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"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
18) Finding Langston
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
19) Clean getaway
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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#ownvoices - Black Books for Kids
10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
Black History Month - Middle Grade
10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
Black History Month - Middle Grade
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"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Ryan Hart and her family are back in another installment of stories about a Black girl finding her way and her voice as she grows through change and challenges. In this book, Ryan finds herself waiting on lots of things -- like for her new sister to be born healthy, for her new recipes to turn out right, for that summer camp trip to go better than she fears! And of course Ryan is facing these new challenges and new experiences in her classic style...
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