Ron Butler
1) New kid
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
2) Rebound
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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.
3) Hoodoo
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In 1930s Alabama, twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk from his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure to defeat him.
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"It was the night before his wedding, fifteen years ago, that the nightmare began for Jay Crawford--locked up for a crime he never committed. Now, he's escaped prison and wants nothing more than to clear his name and protect his family. To get justice, he'll need the help of the three best friends who have always had his back--Wil, Kyle and Allan. But a man on the run requires absolute trust...and Jay may just be setting himself up for the ultimate...
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"The astonishing untold history of America's first black millionaires - former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties - self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery...
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In the three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre, a story has grown up around one of the victims, Sarah McHale, that says she died proclaiming her Christian faith--but Leanne Bauer was there, and knows what happened, and she has a choice: stay silent and let people believe in Sarah's martyrdom, or tell the truth.
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A behind-the-scenes account of the #blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political, and personal histories that inform its purpose.
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Certain that his brother Khalid has transformed into a dragonfly after passing away, King often steals down to the bayou to search for him among the hundreds of dragonflies there. Khalid also visits King in his dreams, still, a secret King knows he has to keep--that, and the fact that he thinks he might be gay. Grief transforms King's family, but King learns how to use grief and pain to find beauty and redemption as his true self.
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"Chester Pierce plays football for Harvard--the only African American member of the starting lineup. A big game at the University of Virginia is coming up. But back in 1947 there's an unwritten rule in college football: Northern schools don't bring black players to games in the South. And Southern schools bench a white player of equal talent in return. In the South, Jim Crow laws keep black and white people separate. The Harvard coach decides that...
14) Rebound
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A Decade of Award Winners
Just Read It! (Project LIT Inspired)
Just Read It! - Juv (Project LIT Inspired)
Project LIT 2018-19 Middle Grade Selections
Just Read It! (Project LIT Inspired)
Just Read It! - Juv (Project LIT Inspired)
Project LIT 2018-19 Middle Grade Selections
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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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Offers writing advice and encouragement for young adults and students for learning the craft and discipline of writing a book. Based off of NaNoWriMo's "goal-plus-deadline" strategy, encourages would-be writers to try out plotting tactics, brainstorming exercises, and learning their own unique writing style.
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A Decade of Award Winners
Celebrating Blackness in Children's Books
Coretta Scott King Awards
Great Picture Books from 2017
Celebrating Blackness in Children's Books
Coretta Scott King Awards
Great Picture Books from 2017
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Celebrates twenty famous poets from around the globe through original poems written in the styles of the poets.
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"In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The turmoil resulted in two deaths, six injuries, more than $500,000 in damage, and the firebombing of a white-owned store, before the National Guard restored uneasy peace. Despite glaring irregularities in the subsequent trial, ten young persons were convicted...
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