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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: REALISTIC F CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2022., Adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: MYSTERY F GOO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects she's grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau knows she has to clear her sister's name by finding the only witness to the murder; Katia's no-good boyfriend, Jordan, who has gone missing. If she doesn't find him and tell the world what really happened, Katia's death will be ignored, like the deaths of so many other Black women who are wrongfully killed. With the help of her friend, Sonnet, Beau sets up a Twitter account to gather anonymous tips. But the more that Beau finds out about her sister's death, the more danger she finds herself in. And with a new relationship developing with her childhood friend, Champion, and the struggle to keep her family together, Beau is soon in way over her head. How much is she willing to risk to clear her sister's name and make sure she's not forgotten?"--From the publisher's web site.
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2022., Adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC GOO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After her sister is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau finds herself in way over her head while searching for a witness--and the truth--and must decide how much she is willing to risk to clear her sister's name.
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c1994, Avon Call No: 813 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of an African-American woman growing up on the south side of Chicago during the turbulent 1960s as she tests the limits of racism.
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2023., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: HISTORICAL FIC MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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2023., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: HISTORICAL FIC MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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-- Everywhere you do not belong2020., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: REALISTIC F BUM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A darkly funny and heartfelt debut novel about what it means to grow up young and black on the south side of Chicago when it feels like your choices are slim to none"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After his mother's death in 1946, eleven-year-old Langston and his father leave behind their quiet life in Alabama and move to Chicago. Struggling to fit in and missing his mother, Langston finds refuge at the local library where, unlike his library in Alabama, blacks are just as welcome as whites to use. There he discovers the poetry of Langston Hughes and a secret--he was named after this very poet whose work his mother loved.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: Historical fiction FIC CLINE-RANSOME Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: HISTORICAL F CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: Historical fiction FIC MAGOON Edition: 1st Aladdin hardcov Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
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Ã2012., Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: Historical FIC Magoon Edition: First Aladdin paperback edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
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Ã2012., Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: HISTORICAL FIC MAG Edition: 1st Aladdin pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: FIC RHODES Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventh-grader Jerome is mistakenly shot by a white police officer, and as a ghost, observes the turmoil in his community as a result of his death. He then meets the ghost of Emmett Till who helps Jerome understand how systemic racism led to his death.
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Ã2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: 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.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Seventh-grader Jerome is mistakenly shot by a white police officer, and as a ghost, observes the turmoil in his community as a result of his death. He then meets the ghost of Emmett Till who helps Jerome understand how systemic racism led to his death, but also understand how far the effects of his death really go by introducing him to the grieving daughter of the police officer who struggles with her father's actions.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Fic Rhodes Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: FIC RHODES Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
