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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: REALISTIC F BLA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Sports Fic Rhodes Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Donte is the darker-skinned brother of Trey, which in his racist, mostly-white school has earned him the nickname Black Brother. When the captain of the school fencing team successfully frames him for something he didn't do, Donte is arrested and suspended from school. Joining a local youth center, Donte meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones and begins training to defeat his school bully and find courage to confront the racist system that got him arrested.
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[2017]., Primary, Bolden, an Agate imprint Call No: Easy BARNES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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[2017]., Primary, Bolden, an Agate imprint Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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[2015]., Primary, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: EllRay Jakes Volume: 8Summary Note: Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
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2017., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: E Cor Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can't help but root for"--Amazon.com.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F CAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--
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[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone Press Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
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Pre-adolescent Call No: Gold Fiction MADDOX Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: JUV001000 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.
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2024., Juvenile, Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books Call No: REALISTIC F GIL Edition: First Yearling Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting, he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
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2021., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F ZOB Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. "The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born." Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it. With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Cinco Puntos Press Call No: SPORTS FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Marion High, an inner-city school in Indianapolis, has never had a state championship. It's D-Bow's Senior Year, his A-Game is ready, big-time colleges are taking notice, and he's dreaming big. What's rattling D-Bow is the cocky white guy, Daryl. He wants D-Bow's job at point. It's time for D-Bow to man up. He needs to be the team leader, and he needs to bring that A-Game"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: JUV013030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Sports Fiction FIC ALE Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: SPORTS FIC ALE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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By Craft, Jerry[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Quill Tree Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN CRA Edition: First Edition. Genre: Graphic novels, Graphic novels, Graphic novels, Graphic novels Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights. But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected--and hilarious--turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost as tricky as navigating the same friendships, fears, and differences that they struggle with at home. Will Jordan and his friends embrace being exposed to a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Or will they all end up feeling like the "new kid"?"--Amazon.com.
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[2014]., Adolescent, Cinco Puntos Press Call No: Sports Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Derrick "D-Bow" Bowman thought sophomore year would be easier, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball, the jump shot he worked on all summer is not working, and his father has a heart attack, forcing Derrick to accept that basketball cannot be his only priority.
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[2014]., Cinco Puntos Press Call No: SPORTS FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: D-Bow's high school hoops.Summary Note: Derrick "D-Bow" Bowman thought sophomore year would be easier, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball, the jump shot he worked on all summer is not working, and his father has a heart attack, forcing Derrick to accept that basketball cannot be his only priority.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: TEEN FIC MAL Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.
