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81) Uptown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
82) Tyrell
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
83) Amazing Grace
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
84) The Veil
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Language
English
Description
Misha Holloway was born with a special gift. She has the ability to see the past, the present, and the future. When she enters the ministry, her gift becomes more apparent, and fearful church members don't understand. She is cast out of the church and begins a journey of self-discovery to find out who she is as a minister and a woman.
Bernard Taylor is a man with a personal struggle. On the outside, he is one of the biggest gospel artists in the...
85) Peace of Me
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Language
English
Description
Celia Alexander assumed she had faced the ultimate test of faith when her husband, Khalil, went to prison, and she's still trying to get her life back to normal in spite of her inability to forgive him. When she discovers that her husband is somehow connected to the disappearance of a young girl in Detroit, Celia soon discovers evil has no boundaries. She revitalizes a search that may be more than she can handle. Khalil Alexander may be incarcerated,...
86) If It Isn't Love
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Language
English
Description
"Discovering she has only six months to live, Jean Stapleton-Blige tries to repair the relationships with her children, who want nothing to do with her, and her minister husband, who has spent their marriage seducing other women."--
Author
Language
English
Description
Shante Patrick, Deandrea Fuller, and Misha Taylor lead very different lifestyles, but they have one thing in common: each woman is married to a successful pastor.
Shante is an internationally known conference speaker and bestselling author who just received the shock of her life. Deandrea is an aggressive psychologist with two doctoral degrees who is struggling to keep her family together with her husband's busy schedule. Misha is a soft-spoken teacher...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
91) Dave at night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
92) P.S. Be eleven
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn, where they adapt to new feelings of independence while managing changes large and small, from Pa's new girlfriend to a very different Uncle Darnell's return from Vietnam.
94) Latter Rain
Author
Series
Rain novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Hustling wasn't easy, but Isaac did his best. He ruled the underworld like a predator - a self made CEO of the streets. But one woman dared to show him a better way. Her way changed all the rules. Now, all Isaac wants is to live for God and win back his baby's mama, Nina Lewis. But when the past catches up with Isaac, and tragedy creeps in his back door - all bets are off. Can a hustler change his ways or will tragedy cause Isaac to turn back to...
96) Toning the sweep
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
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Series
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English
Description
Helen wasn't just born the devious vixen of New Day Temple of Faith. There has to be something rooted deep within her to make her feed off of the pain she inflicts on other people. Perhaps it is her own pain that she has suppressed for so many years. It's an unimaginable pain that creates an internal prison in which her mind is the only captive.
Whatever the cause, once the demons within her break free, those around her better beware.
Helen feels...
Author
Language
English
Description
Locksie grew up in the church-against her will-thanks to her holier than thou mother. But now that she's all grown up, she's her own woman, and church is the last thing on her mind. Her live-in boyfriend, Dawson, is the first. Locksie has shared a wonderful three years with Dawson without half the drama that she hears about from the clients in the salon she manages. But lately, Locksie is beginning to feel as though something is missing from her near...
99) Redemption Lake
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Language
English
Description
"During a weeklong exclusive marriage retreat, three couples seek spiritual intervention and guidance. Secrets have been exposed, and all has hit the fan. Journey with these couples as they travel on the road to mending and rebuilding their torn relationships. Lives will forever be changed, and some souls will be redeemed. But can these couples really forgive and forget?."--
Author
Series
Now you wanna come back volume 1
Language
English
Description
Letting go is not always easy, and in some cases, it can be close to impossible, like it is for Leila. She's always been stuck on her husband and never thought her love for him would dissipate. Even throughout the constant pain and suffering, she has hope that he'll come back to her. But Devon's cold heart and abandonment has left room for her to be rescued by another man. Rayshon Johnson-not the perfect man, but a better man-comes along and rolls...
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