Tami Charles
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Zuri Ray loves trying extraordinary new things but when Jessie, her Best Friend From Diapers, chooses ballet Zuri Ray finds it too challenging until the teacher encourages her to be herself.
4) Muted
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean Mercury Ellis. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights -- plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Zuri Ray is back! And this time, she's got a party to plan. With summer coming to an end, a backyard bash is an absolute must, and Zuri's not letting her parents' questionable tastes anywhere near the details. The food, the decorations, the entertainment--everything has to be perfect. Good thing her friends are ready to help! But when the party doesn't go exactly according to plan, will Zuri be able to let loose and improvise? Or will the chaos be...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
1984, in the barrios of Newark. Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life. When her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer. She meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing. Will Beatriz choose the life...
7) Like Vanessa
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
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 with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Serena Williams is the most decorated female tennis player of all time. She's been ranked #1 by the Women's Tennis Association countless times since 2002, and no one holds more Grand Slam titles--not just as a single's player, but also, with her sister Venus, in women's doubles. Find out all about this powerhouse player and her dozens of amazing victories--and decide for yourself: is Serena the G.O.A.T. of tennis?
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little-known but fascinating and larger-than-life character, Mary Fields is one of the unsung, trailblazing African American women who helped settle the American West. A former slave, Fields became the first African American woman stagecoach driver in 1895, when, in her 60s, she beat out all the cowboys applying for the job by being the fastest to hitch a team of six horses. She won the dangerous and challenging job, and for many years traveled...
10) We are here
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made momentous contributions from the beginning of time"--
11) Freedom Soup
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup -- Freedom Soup -- just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where...
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