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1) Unfadeable

Author

Broaddus, Maurice

Language

English

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Staff Favorites of 2022

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"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--

2) Take back the block

Author

Giles, Chrystal D

Language

English

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"Sixth-grader Wes Henderson sets out to save the Oaks, the neighborhood where he's lived his whole life, from being sold to a real estate developer"--

3) There goes the neighborhood

Author

Adia, Jade

Language

English

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Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew, Rhea and her friends use social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off developers. They even use firecrackers to create the illusion...

4) Pride

Author

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

Series

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

Language

English

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K&T - Black Joy - Fiction

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"Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street,...

5) Like home

Author

Onomé, Louisa

Language

English

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Black History Month
Black History Month - Teens
Black History Month 2022
Black History Month 2022: Teens

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Chinelo is all about her neighborhood Ginger East, but when her friend Kate's parent's store is vandalized and the vandal still at large, Nelo and her beloved Ginger East are shaken to their core.