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1) Passing
Author
Language
English
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Description
Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past. Clare s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family s happiness.
2) Belle
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Named for her beauty, Belle Dubois is as sweet as can be. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she is always given the best--until her world is turned upside down. When she is away in her second year of college, she receives a call informing her that her parents have been murdered. She soon finds out that they were broke, and subsequently, so is she. With no home and nowhere to go, Belle is whisked under the wing of a woman named Aria, better known...
3) Beloved
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English
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After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved." Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things begin to happen. Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel, a dazzling achievement, and the most spellbinding reading experience of the...
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Series
Unconditional novels volume 1
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Kimera Davis finds comfort in dating married men. It's easier that way. Her needs are taken care of and she doesn't have to give more of herself than she wants to. No messy feelings involved. But when the man she's seeing poses an unexpected question, Kimera quickly realizes that she's not the only woman pulled in by his charm. Their new arrangement doesn't require much from Kimera, but she soon discovers that someone else is pulling the strings....
Author
Series
Prada plan volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Disaya Morgan, a character first introduced in "Girls from Da Hood 4," returns in this gritty tale of a money-hungry woman who finds her life spinning out of control.
8) The help
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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Description
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For seventeen-year-old Delaney Ragein McGuff, life hasn't been easy. Both of her parents are strung out on drugs, so Delaney, the oldest of five siblings, skips straight over her childhood and focuses on being there for her sisters and brothers. At work one day, she meets Onijae Love, and she's instantly attracted to the older man. Onijae, a well-known businessman, is twenty-four and one of the handsomest men living in the state of Texas. With a...
10) The street
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Reprint of a 1946 novel, based upon the true story of Lutie Johnson, a young African-American woman who struggled to live and raise her son in the midst of the poverty and violence of Harlem in the late 1940s.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the three Black St. John sisters, it prompts questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty's affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty's journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could-and between a cheating fiancé and fallout from a controversial...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old self across Bea's twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over...
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Series
If it ain't about the money volume 1
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Penny and Isis get caught up in Secret's scheme to rob the wealthy by skimming their bank accounts, a new love drives Isis to leave the drama and life of crime behind her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While Candis Turner struggles to keep her career afloat, she also struggles to keep her heart in one piece, having placed it in the hands of one man too many. Almost giving up on love, Candis makes a deal with God to find her a great man, and her prayers may be answered when she meets Sean Michael Beardon, a consultant trying to save her business.
15) Kindred
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned across the years to save him. After this first summons, Dana is drawn back, again and again, to the plantation to protect Rufus and ensure that he will grow to manhood and father...
16) Full figured 16
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two beloved characters from Carl Weber's most popular novels, Sonya Duncan and CoCo Brown, are brought to life by a mother-daughter team in a two tales about understanding what it means to be a part of the family business.
17) Jack Girlz
Author
Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Sophie, Diamond, and Angel find themselves with their backs against the wall and owing an extremely dangerous man. Short on funds, limited options, and a severe debt hanging over their heads forces the trio to take "getting to the bag" to a new level. While dripping mad sex appeal laced with money schemes, these ruthless vixens hatch a bulletproof plan, and before long--Jack Girlz is born. Hitting licks becomes their new sport as the...
18) R.I.C.O
Author
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
At the tender age of twenty, Vanessa "Sunny" McCord is shocked to learn that her father, Darnell McCord, wants to groom her to take over his drug empire. In his mind, his time has run its course, and he wants to graciously ride off into the sunset. Sunny reluctantly accepts the offer, and in no time, her lust for power grows. Instead of being horrified by the street life, Sunny's thirst for the good life smothers her feelings of compassion and human...
19) Houston
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Donna and Kim Boon moved to Houston, Texas with their aunt Lisa when they were orphaned at ten years old. Lisa raised the girls as her own, showering them with everything a young woman could want. The girls have grown up into beautiful and privileged Houstonites and are two of the most eligible bachelorettes in the city, with more suitors than they know how to handle. Life seems perfect, but when Aunt Lisa is gunned down in cold blood, the girls discover...
Author
Series
Real hoodwives of Detroit volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Picking up where "The Real Hoodwives of Detroit 1" left off, Nikki, Gucci and Chloe, letting their pistols do the talking, are out for blood as lies are told and relationships are tested.
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