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1) Ghost boys
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-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.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
4) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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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.
5) 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.
7) 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.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
Author
Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
14) Like Vanessa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
17) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
Author
Series
Isaiah Dunn volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Referring to his late father's journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules and manage without superpowers.
20) What lane?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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