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J NOVEL JOHNSON
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J NOVEL JOHNSON
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J NOVEL JOHNSON
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J NOVEL JOHNSON
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J CD NOVEL JOHNSON
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J CD NOVEL JOHNSON
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J PLAYAWAY JOHNSON
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J PLAYAWAY JOHNSON
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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J NOVEL MAGOON
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J NOVEL MAGOON
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Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town, but his dad likes the family to stay close to home. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx is sixteen and oozes cool. He's been lots of different places. Styx promises Caleb and Bobby Gene that together, they can pull off the Great Escalator...
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Tristan Strong volume 1
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J NOVEL MBALIA TRISTAN 1
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J NOVEL MBALIA TRISTAN 1
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J NOVEL MBALIA TRISTAN 1
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J NOVEL MBALIA TRISTAN 1
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"Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend Eddie when they were in a bus accident together. But on his first night at his grandparents' farm, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. When Tristan chases after, he finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL MOORE
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J NOVEL MOORE
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL MOORE
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J CD NOVEL MOORE
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J LARGE TYPE MOORE
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J LARGE TYPE MOORE
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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J NOVEL RAMEE
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J NOVEL RAMEE
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are, and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister,...
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J NOVEL SHABAZZ
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J NOVEL SHABAZZ
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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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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 2
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J NOVEL TAYLOR
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J NOVEL TAYLOR
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J NOVEL TAYLOR
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J NOVEL TAYLOR
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J LARGE TYPE TAYLOR
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J LARGE TYPE TAYLOR
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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J NOVEL WILLIAMS
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J NOVEL WILLIAMS
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"There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant--even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month, eviction is a regular occurrence. What's not...
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J NOVEL WOODSON
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J NOVEL WOODSON
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J CD NOVEL WOODSON
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J CD NOVEL WOODSON
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...
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Stuntboy volume 1
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J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS STUNTBOY 1
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J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS STUNTBOY 1
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J NOVEL REYNOLDS STUNTBOY 1
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J NOVEL REYNOLDS STUNTBOY 1
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Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.
11) King of the ice
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Miles Lewis volume 1
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EARLY CHAPTER LYONS MILES 1
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EARLY CHAPTER LYONS MILES 1
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"When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong."--
12) Fast pitch
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J NOVEL STONE
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J NOVEL STONE
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"Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. Strike two: Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack...
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J NOVEL WILSON
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J NOVEL WILSON
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Determined to find a new best friend in Brynn, who's smart, kind, and beautiful, eleven-year-old Macy turns one small lie into a whole new life to win her over until everything falls apart.
14) Wildseed witch
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Wildseed witch volume 1
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J NOVEL DUMAS
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J NOVEL DUMAS
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"While the other girls have always known they were destined to be witches, Hasani is a Wildseed---a stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on. 'Wildseed' may be an insult that the other girls throw at her, but Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. And Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and thrive that can never be taught in a classroom"--
15) The Marvellers
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Marvellerverse volume 1
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J NOVEL CLAYTON CONJUREVERSE 1
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J NOVEL CLAYTON CONJUREVERSE 1
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"Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy--some Marvellers mistrust her magic. Eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher, Masterji Thakur, and fellow misfits Brigit and Jason. When a dangerous criminal escapes prison, supposedly...
16) Simon B. Rhymin'
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Simon B. Rhymin' volume 1
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J NOVEL REED SIMON 1
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J NOVEL REED SIMON 1
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Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
17) Black boy joy
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J NOVEL BLACK
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J NOVEL BLACK
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From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
18) Not an easy win
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J NOVEL GILES
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J NOVEL GILES
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
MID-KID TRENDING
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MID-KID TRENDING
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Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.