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22) Out of darkness
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
23) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential.
24) Swing
Author
Publisher
Blink
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything.
27) The conductors
Author
Series
Murder and Magic volume 1
Language
English
Description
Having used her wits and magic to help dozens of slaves escape, a former Underground Railroad conductor settles down among the Black elite of Philadelphia with her husband, where they investigate cases that white authorities refuse.
28) Ninth Ward
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
29) Across the way
Author
Series
Neighbors (Mary Monroe) volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tensions between the bootlegging Hamiltons and the respectable Watson families in Depression-era Alabama reach a boiling point that leads to lies, deceit and violence.
31) In West Mills
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman in mid-20th-century rural North Carolina, determined to live on her own terms in spite of community gossip, finds unexpected support from a veteran fixer who struggles with an inability to correct his own troubled past.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anita Hemmings, the first African American student at Vassar College, is successfully passing as white, but is confronted by her wealthy roommate who threatens to reveal Anita's secret after she becomes infatuated with Anita's brother.
38) Skateboard party
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Richard can't wait to show off his skills at a friend's skateboard birthday party, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old, bowling-obsessed Lamar Washington finds out that his idol is coming to town, he finds himself involved in some unsavory activities as he tries to change his image to impress people.
40) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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