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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elmore Green likes being an only child, so when his parents bring a new small person, his baby brother, into the house he is not pleased and does his best to keep the new small person out of his life.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black boys to learn about the accomplishments of famous men in Black history and then forge their own paths. The last two pages provide information on the accomplishments of the eight men mentioned in the book.
5) Black boys
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Black Boys illuminates the full humanity of Black men and boys in America. An intimate, inter-generational exploration, Black Boys strives for insight to black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
J.D. the Kid Barber has already won a barber battle and appeared on local TV. Now he's the youngest barber to be invited to the Beauty Brothers Hair Expo in Atlanta!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rodney is that kid who just can't sit still. He's inside, but he wants to be outside. Outside is where Rodney always wants to be. Between school and home, there is a park. He knows all about that park. It's that triangle-shaped place with the yellow grass and two benches where grown-ups sit around all day. Besides, his momma said to stay away from that park. When Rodney finally gets a chance to go to a real park, with plenty of room to run and climb...
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Andres discovers a haunted bike park, he calls best friend Desmond, a ghost investigator.
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing,...
13) Being Clem
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago.
1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles...
Author
Series
Pax Samson volume 1
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Pax Samson, a brown-skinned child with telekinetic powers, decides between his chef aspirations and the family business, which is that of being superheroes. Pax is known in his family for being a great cook, and supplying copious amounts of Dragon Noodle Soup for family cookouts. But the planet of Soltellus knows him as "the offspring of the great hero of the Tri-City revolution."
Author
Publisher
KWiL Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Part 1 tells Jonah's story, including his adoption from Ethiopia, and his challenges in school. Part 2 is a celebration of crochet, defining the fiber art, introducing readers to Jonah's crochet friends, and offering instructions on how to make an identity-inspired dishcloth.
Author
Series
Futureland volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Cam Walker, the 12-year-old son of the creators of a traveling theme park called Futureland, must stop an unknown enemy from stealing his parent's cutting-edge technology and using it for sinister purposes.
18) Black boy joy
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever heard of Gravity? No, not gravity, the centrifugal force pulling us to the Earth. I'm talking about Gravity--the greatest ball player to ever lace up a pair of sneakers."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley,...
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