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c1999., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Call No: 920 DATNOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the lives and careers of ten influential science fiction and fantasy writers.
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By Khan, Hena[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Blue Fiction KHAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Fic Reynolds Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: FIC SHABAZZ Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
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c1995., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers of English
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Greenwillow Books Call No: FIC KELLY Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After Apple Yengko is voted third-ugliest girl in Chapel Spring Middle School, her life threatens to spiral out of control. Her refuge is in Beatles music--if only she could afford it, she would buy a guitar and learn to play every one of their songs. However, when she does this, her mother fears she is becoming too American. Two new friends show Apple the value of standing out from a crowd.
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[2021]., Viking Call No: 811.6 Gor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Contains a collection of poems by former National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, discussing issues of racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, identity, and national and personal history.
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p1991., Primary, Simon & Schuster Call No: Easy MARTIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. The 2nd side has a visit with the authors on how they wrote this book, with music by John Archambault.
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1994., Oxford University Press Call No: Literature FIC ANDREWS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Includes the most widely read novels and short stories of the Harlem Renaissance.
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By Harjo, Joyc2012., W. W. Norton Call No: NL B HAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2014., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: FIC ALEXANDER Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Josh Bell has a talent for composing raps, and he and his twin brother Jordan are kings of the basketball court. But when the twins' close relationship begins to unravel under the strain of changes in their lives, the brothers start to realize life isn't always about winning.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: GR 741.5 ALEXANDER Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. 'Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood--he's got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it's all on the line. See the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile's dynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change.
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c2007., Juvenile, Philomel Books Call No: 028.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only
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By Chong, Kevin2023., Atria Books Call No: HISTORICAL F CHO Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he's a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two. At least, that's what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write. The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and can't help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he's spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and Benny's?
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c2004., Indiana University Press Call No: SC EBO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A comprehensive anthology of short fiction written by African-American authors during the Harlem Renaissance.
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-- Extraordinary Mark Twain2010., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.
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-- Mark Twain (according to Susy)2010., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Gold Fiction KERLEY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.
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-- Mark Twain (according to Susy)2010., Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Ker Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.
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c2007., Juvenile, Aladdin Paperbacks/Simon & Schuster Children's Pub Call No: FIC MUL Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperba Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Fablehaven Volume: bk. 1Summary Note: When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.