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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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-- 1619 Project2021., Juvenile, Kokila Call No: LS Han Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Frustrated with a class assignment asking students to trace their roots to their ancestral homes, a young black girl explains to her family that she couldn't complete the assignment because she could only trace her family back three generations in the United States. Her grandmother gathers her and other family members around to tell them about their ancestral home on the West African plains, before slavery, and where their people thrived. She also explains how those who were captured for slavery, found ways to survive and carry on through the generations in spite of their terrible hardships and pain.
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-- 1st broom[2022]., Preschool, Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: Easy George Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Publisher Annotation: Little witch is so excited by her new present for Halloween night - a new broom! But learning to fly a broom is harder than you think, especially when you're just a little witch. Will witch and broom learn how to work together to fly up high in the sky? A sweet and silly rhyming story full of gentle Halloween fun! .
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-- How to find what you are not looking for2021., General, Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Historical Fic HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice."--
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[2020]., Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: Class Set FIC SAN Availability:75 of 75 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico, they follow the route of La Bestia, the perilous train system that might deliver them to a better life -- if they are lucky enough to survive the journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their hearts, Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña know there is no turning back, despite the unknown that awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Bushel & Peck Books Call No: LS Sin Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Famous heroes from Black history reassure young Black children that no matter where they are and what they experience, their lives matter.