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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
Author
Series
Supernatural investigations volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
83) Dear Martin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
86) Wagon wheels
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shortly after the Civil War, a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.
88) Ghost boys
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"--
89) The talk
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
91) More to life
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Freshly forty-five, Aja James knows that her life is good, complete with a loving, wealthy husband, well-adjusted children, and a beautiful home. Yet the truth is, she feels painfully unfulfilled, stuck in the present, haunted by a painful past. When a friend suggests a girls' trip to a tropical paradise, Aja hopes a change of scene will also change her perspective. On vacation, filled with fun and freedom, Aja is relieved to find her spirits lifting....
92) Hush
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.
93) Riot baby
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When Kev is incarcerated for the crime of being a young black man in America, Ella--through visits both mundane...
98) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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