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21) Ghost boys
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
22) Goggles!
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
25) Back to school
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jamal, who will be in the fifth grade, and his little sister Anisa, who is going into first grade, go shopping for school supplies.
26) Topaz
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Perilous Pursuit
Kate Love is an ambitious reporter on the trail of a swindler who has been preying on elderly blacks. But when her investigation leads her into danger, she is snatched by Dix Wildhorse, a Black Seminole Marshal from Oklahoman's Indian country. Kate has no choice but to flee with the daring knight her father sent to rescue her. Despite the warm simmering fire Dix's bronzed, muscled embrace ignites, she is determined to hold on to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Delphine Denise Debreaux loves everything about the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration, especially riding bikes with her friends in the parade, but this year she is determined to win the prize for best float, with or without them. Includes notes about Mardi Gras and New Orleans.
29) Vivid
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a practice in the small all Black community of Grayson Grove, Michigan she leaves her California home and heads east. The very determined Viveca is one of the few nineteenth century Black women to graduate from the prestigious Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, so she knows all about fighting for her...
Author
Series
Heaven trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lola reads story books to her new baby brother Leo, and even though Mommy and Daddy are busy, they still have time to read to Lola at bedtime.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer before fifth grade, Ryan Hart continues to grow through changes and challenges, such as waiting for a new baby sister to be born, a summer camp trip, and more.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
35) Foul trouble
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Silk Sisterslongtime friends Janelle, Sandra and Vickihave turned their business savvy into a top-tier event agency. In the wealthy enclave of Wintersage, Massachusetts, there's an abundance of lavish parties, society drama and longing hearts to keep them busy. Floral designer Vicki Ahlfors is a shy, hopeless romantic. The dutiful daughter of a banking dynasty, she has always done what was expected of heruntil she falls for her best friend's divorced...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Immediately regretting her decision not to become the new leader of the secretive League of Magicians, Junior Agent Amari is forced to take part in the Great Game to save her brother and determine the future of magician kind.
40) On the come up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
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Description
When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.
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