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When he hires charismatic choir director Aaron Mackie to rejuvenate the First Jamaica Ministries, Bishop T.K. Wilson discovers that Aaron has secrets that could destroy the church, while his wife, Monique, tries to discover who has been robbing the church blind.
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IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Honors Black culture and achievements in sports, music, art, literature, journalism, politics, law, science, medicine, social justice. The book's narrative, which encourages kids to aspire and dream, is followed by 116 biographical sketches of Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, Sojourner Truth, John Lewis, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, and many others, showing how dreams and aspirations propelled these Black role...
10) Hi, cat!
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Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Archie's day would have been great if he had not started it by greeting the new cat on the block.
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Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publication
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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Addy's new life in Philadelphia in the late 1860s continues to hold surprises, as she competes in a kite festival and her teacher recommends her for the Institute for Colored Youth. Includes informational pages about the Institute for Colored Youth and how to make a kite.
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Series
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Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With the big game coming up, Mo Jackson, the shortest member of the basketball team, is determined to learn how to pass the ball in time to help his team win.
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Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."
17) Sounder
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English
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Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
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Publisher
Pleasant Publications
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible, so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend's cousin. Includes information about the life of African Americans in Philadelphia in the 1860s and a recipe for letter cookies.
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The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, focuses on a slave named Uncle Tom to weave a portrayal of the cruelty of slavery, finding redemption in the idea that Christian love can conquer something so destructive.
It turned out to be the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century, helping to further the abolitionist cause after publication in 1852. At the start of the American Civil War Abraham Lincoln
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