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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"By turns hilarious, candid, and heartbreaking, this powerful book takes the straitjacket off Black history. A refreshing, witty take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America's greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the Runaways and the Rebels, the Badass and Funky, the Activists and the Inmates--from Harriet Tubman, Nina Simone, and Muhammad Ali to B'rer Rabbit, Single Mamas, and Wakandans--but are they...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The war rages and blood rains as DAVID fights for the family beside him and the ones he's trying to keep safe. The blind fury that fuels his rage is contagious, and it has infected everyone involved with this game of survival of the fittest. Killer's will do what they do best when their backs are against the wall, but sometimes, in the name of calculation, mistakes are made that have dire consequences. In this jungle only the top dog survives to...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Dolo is a hitman, who gets hired to do a mission that would normally be a walk in the park, but this time might be different. When the seasoned assassin runs into many unexpected problems executing his plan, it puts his big payday in jeopardy, and it causes him to question the motive of the man who is paying him to do the hit. As time goes on, the tables turn and Dolo becomes the prey. Will he be able to outwit and outrun karma and deception? Or...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The darkest places in the world are the shadows inside of us all, and revenge is nothing more than a black light. Nobody forgets who broke their heart, who fu#ked them over or who took what they loved the most. Because the pain becomes your life force. Cannibalism is about survival, so who eats who first is the main question. Will David and Shaomi find their happily ever after? Can Roland and Tynesha make it work? Are Royal and Tesha meant to be?...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Priya Chakraborty plans a birthday party for her first client, Layla Aunty, personalizing everything from the invitations to the menu in Aunty's favorite color, but as party-time finally arrives, Priya is nervous something will go wrong.
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's been eighteen years since the demise of the notorious Assistant District Attorney, Tyrone Davis, who'd left behind a legacy and an impeccable winning streak that is still talked about. He'd also left behind a daughter, who'd always wanted nothing more than to be a great prosecutor like her father. Now, while Assistant District Attorney Ebony Davis strives to be as great as the man who'd procreated her, she receives a call from someone from her...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the triple D everyone thinks the North side is soft and that the solicits dope boys and jack boys from other hoods are coming to THE LANE and taking over. Maybe in the past but things are about to change. After WHITE TAMMY and LIL CHARLES gets robbed and killed by jack boys from a different hood, SHORT DOGG and others from The Lane get together and form The Mob. The gang's message is simple: all outsiders most vacate their neighborhood. When...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With her newly attained power, Ebony Davis, alongside her indentured henchmen, starts to feel and become more like her notorious late father, Tyrone Davis. However, things go awry when she realizes that she has to let Rick and Bull go, and plans to make Anthony the face of her operations. But, not before Bull and Rick helps her reveal the identity of her mother's killer. In the meantime, Anthony has plans of his own. Therefore, he comes up with a...
9) Crime boss
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"TYRON DAVIS isn't just the Assistant District Attorney, he's a major CRIME BOSS in the city, making him a dangerous man to all who stand in his way in either circle. As he seeks to become the head man in the District Attorney's office, while continuing to conceal his nefarious affairs in the streets, Tyron must move adroitly in order to reach his dual goals. Meanwhile, Tyron's ties to the streets places him in one compromising position after another....
10) I can help!
Author
Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In three rhyming stories, Princess Truly helps her friend pack for her moving day, cleans up the park with her pug, Sir Noodles, and helps a farmer get his tractor keys back from a crow.
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Zinfandel "Zin" Carter is beautiful and tenacious. Her sole mission in life is to become the best criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C. so that she can free her father, Michael Carter, who's in prison for viciously murderinig the man who killed Zin's mother."--Back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Priya is planning a henna night for teenagers. She is excited--but nervous! What do teenagers like?! Priya struggles to come up with a party theme. But once she does, she makes decorations that are out of this world! Will Priya's henna-night party be as awesome as the pangolins it's going to help?
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Greg Gamble believes that he is the J. Edger Hoover of his day. He has amassed a treasure trove of secrets on all the people in power in D.C. He will stop at nothing to use those secrets to get what he needs and wants. What Greg Gamble wants is to keep Michael Carter behind bars and put Sean Branch, David Battle, Quran Bashir, and his brother Jihad in cells next to him while destroying Zinfandel Carter in the process. Zinfandel 'Zin' Carter loves...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Zinfandel Carter wants to avenge the brutal murder of her mother, Patricia, but she's not a killer. She's a criminal defense attorney who happens to love one of the men responsible for her mother's death. Zin understands that she has to use street smarts and guile to bring about justice for her mom. Her every move must be calculated to win and to her, failure is not an option. Quran Bashir is the son of Ameen Bashir and a heartless killer. His brother,...
Author
Series
Party diaries volume 4
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Priya plans a fairy-tale-themed party for her friend's rescue puppy, which will raise money to help African wild dogs--but with five invited dogs the party is likely to be chaotic.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency. All is right with the world... and then Amethystine Stoller, his own personal Helen of Troy, arrives. Her ex-husband is missing. A simple enough case. But even as Easy takes his first step in the investigation he trips. He falls into the memory of things...
17) I am curious!
Author
Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 7
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, Princess Truly visits the science museum with her brother, solves the mystery of her missing snack, and uses her magic curls to take a trip to outer space with her pug, Sir Noodles.
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolence and Malcolm X's "by any means necessary." In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women. The dismissal of "Black violence" as an illegitimate form of resistance...
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