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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement. When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The...
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Flint books volume 2
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Walk with Halleigh and Malek as they introduce you to a new struggle in a new city... a place called Flint, Michigan, one of the roughest little cities in America. It's a place where the good die young, loyalty is a rarity, and everybody has a hustle.
In Flint Book 1: Choosing Sides, Malek became affiliated with the North Side's biggest kingpin, and Halleigh was manipulated into the streets by his South Side adversary. North versus South, love versus...
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Flint books volume 6
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The love story with a hood flavor is back, but there is still no happy ending for Halleigh and Malek. Their situation has just taken a turn for the worse. Halleigh has been kidnapped by Malek's adversary, who's holding her for ransom. Malek only has 72 hours to save her, or she will be gone forever. With the help of Scratch, a seasoned junkie with a soft spot for Halleigh, Malek terrorizes the city to get his true love back. Will Halleigh make it...
5) The finale
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Flint books volume 7
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Halleigh and Malek have been through more drama in their young lives than most people will ever see. The young lovers were headed for the good life, thanks to Malek's skills on the basketball court. But fate sent them down a different path, and they were thrown into the streets of Flint, forced to survive by any means necessary.
Drugs and prostitution nearly destroyed Halleigh, but she fought her way back from the brink and finally reunited with...
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Hustling men for their money has always come easy for Tasha. Hailing from New York and raised by a junkie mother, she had to learn early how to use her beauty to her advantage. Tasha thinks she's seen it all on the streets of New York, but when she follows a childhood friend to the little city of Flint, Michigan, she realizes that sometimes the smallest cities breed the grimiest of individuals. When Tasha and her friends link up with Manolo, one of...
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Flint books volume 1
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Welcome to Flint, Michigan, one of the roughest little cities in America, a place where the good die young, loyalty is a rarity, and everybody has a hustle. Malek Johnson's hustle is the basketball court and he's the best Flint's projects has ever produced. He's on his way to the University of Michigan, but not for long, because all the NBA scouts say he's destined for the pros after a year or two of seasoning. He finds love in the super fine girl...
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Flint books volume 3
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While trying to move up in rank on the streets of Flint, Michigan, Malek deals with jealousy on his own team, while Halleigh discovers that those holding her back might be the same ones to help set her free. Original.
9) Resurrection
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Flint books volume 4
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"Malek has risen to the top of the drug empire after Jamaica Joe's murder. His rival, Sweets, has left town, so Malek has things under control on both the South Side and the North Side. Halleigh has escaped from the clutches of Manolo, her pimp, and she and Malek are reunited. For a while, things are running smoothly, and Halleigh and Malek are like well-respected hood royalty. But can things ever be truly smooth? Not in the city of Flint, where life...
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"When we meet August "Gus" Molloy on the opening pages of CHEVY IN THE HOLE he's just overdosed at the Detroit restaurant where he works. Shortly after, he packs it in and returns home to his family for another shot at sobriety. There, he meets and falls quickly in love with Monae Livingston, an urban farmer trying to coax a tenuous rebirth from the damaged land. As Gus and Monae begin dreaming up an oasis together in Flint, the city's water supply...
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Flint books volume 5
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Reunited with Halleigh and expecting a baby, Malek tries to leave the drug trafficking empire he inherited behind for a better life, but carrying out one last heist may put his empire and relationship in jeopardy.
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After a robbery goes horribly wrong, setting in motion a chain of events that cause mayhem in the streets of Detroit, Bailey, with a bag full of money and blood on her hands, tries to start a new life until the man in whom she places her trust betrays her after discovering the truth about her past.
Sean was taught early about survival on the streets of Flint, Michigan. When his mother is murdered, Sean is introduced to a life of drug dealing at its...
14) Moth to a flame
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In the little city of Flint, MI, the good die young and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters. With reign over the city's drug trade, Benjamin Atkins made sure that his precious daughter, Raven, was secluded from the grit that the city had to offer. But when Raven's young heart gets claimed by Mizan, a stick-up kid in search of a come-up, there's nothing Benjamin can do about losing her to the streets. She chooses love over loyalty...
15) Ethic IV
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Ethic novels (Ashley Antoinette) volume 4
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After facing his biggest sin, Ethic finds forgiveness within the love of his life. Alani is the woman he's been searching for his entire existence but loving her comes with a price ... his soul ... she wants his soul ... When Alani tells Ethic she can't be with a man who doesn't believe in God, Ethic must face his only fear, trusting something he can't see. With Alani's heart in his hands and his soul in hers, they must try to piece together a life...
16) Ethic III
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Ethic novels (Ashley Antoinette) volume 3
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"Healing requires separation. When Ethic discovers malice in a woman he thought was perfect, he walks away from their love. Keeping his family safe is his main priority and falling for Alani Lenika Hill is dangerous. The history of their love haunts him however, and getting over her isn't easy. Alani has beguiled his two youngest children and they crave her presence as much as Ethic. They want a mother. He wants a woman, but with ghosts and lies between...
17) Ethic: [I]
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Ethic novels (Ashley Antoinette) volume 1
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"Ethic has power, but love has always been evasive. After ordering the hit that mistakenly killed the love of his life, Ethic is haunted with guilt and he refuses to love again. Focused on being a better man and keeping his family safe, he is raising three children, one of which is a defiant teenaged girl, Morgan. No matter how hard he tries to keep Morgan away from the streets, she is determined to defy him. When Morgan finds herself in a vulnerable...
18) The Flint saga
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Welcome to Flint, Michigan ... Malek Johnson's hustle is the basketball court, and he's destined for the pros straight out of high school. He finds love in the super fine girl everyone calls Halleigh, and he promises her that he will take her out of the hood. When Halleigh's virginity is traded in exchange for her mother's drug tab, their dream spirals out of control and they are quickly separated and sucked into the life that they have so desperately...
19) Ethic: II
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Ethic novels (Ashley Antoinette) volume 2
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"Love should burn slowly, but with Ezra "Ethic" Okafor it is always fleeting. After an accidental killing affects Alani, the woman he loves, she thinks he's a monster. Separated by tragedy, the pair endure a loss like nothing they have ever felt and their connection is impossible to repair. Ethic is reduced to misery and raising his children alone once again. With Morgan in the throes of a passionate love affair and Bella in need of guidance that...
20) Ethic: VI
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Ethic novels (Ashley Antoinette) volume 6
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"Ethic is fighting for love. Alani is everything he has ever wanted in a woman, but with tragedy haunting them it is a constant struggle to stay on the same team. Everything between them is an uphill battle and Ethic is willing to do anything to atone for his sins. Alani isn't as perfect as she seems. When he discovers her hidden truths his world is thrown into chaos. With Messiah missing in action and Morgan running from the ghosts that love has...
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