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Series
The Davenports (Krystal Marquis) volume 1
Description
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
3) Legendborn
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Series
Legendborn volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 24
Description
"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--
4) Sounder
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home.
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Series
Zoe Washington stories volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Follows fourteen-year-old Zoe and her recently exonerated father as they build their new relationship and work to open a restaurant together.
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
11) We could fly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise"--
13) Monster
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
14) Juneteenth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An African American family attends a modern-day Juneteenth parade in Galveston, Texas (the birthplace of the holiday). Text includes lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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Series
I survived volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century--alone?
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