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Amina's voice
Par Hena Khan. 2017
Dream things true: a novel
Par Marie F Marquardt. 2015
Evan, a soccer star and the nephew of a conservative Southern Senator, has never wanted for much -- except a…
functional family. Alma has lived in Georgia since she was two-years-old, excels in school, and has a large, warm Mexican family. Never mind their differences, the two fall in love, and they fall hard. But when ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) begins raids on their town, Alma knows that she needs to tell Evan her secret. But how to tell her country-club boyfriend that she's an undocumented immigrant? For senior high readers. 2015.Bayou magic
Par Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2015
Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be "the one," the only…
sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy. Grades 4-7. 2015.How Lamar's bad prank won a Bubba-sized trophy
Par Crystal Allen. 2011
When thirteen-year-old, bowling-obsessed Lamar Washington finds out that his idol is coming to town, he finds himself involved in some…
unsavory activities as he tries to change his image to impress people. Junior High. 2011.All the right stuff
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2012
The summer after his absentee father is killed in a random shooting, Paul volunteers at a Harlem soup kitchen where…
he listens to lessons about "the social contract" from an elderly African American man, and mentors a seventeen-year-old unwed mother who wants to make it to college on a basketball scholarship. Senior High. 2012.Dope sick
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2009
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after…
a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices. Junior and Senior High. 2009.Fifteen lanes
Par S. J Laidlaw. 2016
Noor has lived all of her fourteen years in the fifteen lanes of Mumbai's red light district. Born into a…
brothel, she is destined for the same fate as her mother: a desperate life trapped in the city's sex trade. She must act soon to have any chance of escaping this grim future. Across the sprawling city, fifteen-year-old Grace enjoys a life of privilege. Her father, the CEO of one of India's largest international banks, has brought his family to Mumbai where they live in unparalleled luxury. But Grace's seemingly perfect life is shattered when she becomes a victim of a cruel online attack. When their paths intersect, Noor and Grace will be changed forever. Can two girls living in vastly different worlds find a common path? Winner of the 2017 White Pine Fiction Award. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Down in the Piney Woods
Par Ethel Footman Smothers. 1991
Ten-year-old Annie Rye; Brother, going on eight; and Elouise, the baby, live with their parents on a farm in Georgia…
where Daddy is a sharecropper. Annie Rye likes things the way they are, so she is not happy when she learns her three half-sisters are coming to live with them. Things get even worse when a white family also comes to live on the land. But life changes for everyone when Daddy rescues a white child. Grades 5-8. 1991.Brass ankle blues (Griot audio)
Par Rachel M Harper. 2007
Nellie, whose black skin and blonde hair have always made her feel like an outsider, feels more out of place…
than when she was younger. Her parents are working on a divorce. She's stuck in a car on a road trip with her dark-skinned dad and her white, sassy cousin Jess. Things couldn't be worse - then the Volvo catches fire. As Nellie struggles to come to terms with her parents' separation, she is finally able to define herself in her own terms, finding both friendship and love in places least expected. Junior and Senior High. 2007.Crossing the wire
Par Will Hobbs. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United…
States to support his family in central Mexico. Grades 5-8. 2006.Buried onions
Par Gary Soto. 2001
When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living…
in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California. Junior and Senior High. 2001.Comfort herself
Par Geraldine Kaye. 1984
When 11 year old Comfort's mother dies, she is sent to her English grandparents in Kent. They find it hard…
to accept her ways, and she yearns to live with her father in Ghana. When she gets there she finds life is not as idyllic as she expects; where does she belong? For grades 5-8. 1984.Binky and the bamboo brush
Par Adelle LaRouche. 1981
Brooklyn doesn't rhyme
Par Joan W Blos. 1994
Rosey Sachs is a first-generation American in the early 1900s. She and her sixth-grade class have to write stories about…
their families, intended to strengthen their pride and respect for one another. This collection of Rosey's stories tells about her family and friends in a diverse Brooklyn neighbourhood. Grades 4-7. 1994.Beyond Mayfield
Par Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. 1999
In this sequel to "Mayfield Crossing" Meg joins her neighbours in celebrating Lucky Wood's return from the navy in 1961.…
When Lucky enlists in the civil rights movement, Mayfield residents realize they are relatively untouched by the outside world. Grades 4-7. 1999.Beverly Hills Maasai
Par Eric Walters. 2010
Nebala, a Maasai warrior, leaves Kenya and, with two fellow Maasai, flies to LA to compete in a marathon. They…
want to win money to dig a well for their village. Reunited with their friend Alexandria, now their guide to strange, new surroundings, the trio are confronted with life in fast-paced, extravagant Beverly Hills, and a day full of drama and surprise at the race. Sequel to "Alexandria of Africa" (DC33955). For senior high readers. 2010.America
Par E. R Frank. 2003
Amazing Grace
Par Mary Hoffman. 2000
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers…
that she can do anything she sets her mind to do. K-3. 2000.Angel square
Par Brian Doyle. 1984
Young Tommy, also known as "The Shadow", is seeing Angel Square through new eyes. Someone who hates Jews has assaulted…
the father of Tommy's best friend. The Shadow will not rest until he exposes the villain. Grades 4-7. 1984.Amistad: a long road to freedom
Par Walter Dean Myers. 1998
A brief history of slavery in the United States begins this account of a group of Africans who seized control…
of the ship that brought them to this country in 1839. Describes their lives prior to capture in their homeland, their hopes of returning to Africa, and the struggle that took them to the Supreme Court. Grades 5-8. c1998.