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Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family's trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass-only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries...
3) Hair love
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It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from Academy-Award winning director and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison. Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion,...
9) Hush
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Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.
10) Tops and bottoms
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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the governor of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name from the city: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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15) Show way
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
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[2005]
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The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter.
16) Langston Hughes
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A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
17) Freewater
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After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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Delacorte Press
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[2021]
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After witnessing a couple kiss Yvette thinks of how their romance will end in heartbreak, then while taking dance lessons she starts to fall for an adventurous boy, and she starts to question all she thought she knew about love.