Angie Thomas
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"It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events...
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"A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning 'The Hate U Give'"--
"En Garden Heights, ser niño implica, desde muy temprano, demostrar que eres un hombre. La lealtad a tu pandilla, a tu familia, a tus ideales, es un peso que amenaza con derrumbarte cada día. Maverick...
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Presents six short romance stories about black teens by various authors that are all set in contemporary New York City during a summer blackout due to a heat wave. The characters are all either on their way or eventually heading to a block party in Brooklyn and confront a mix of feelings associated with varying stages of relationships, including instant connections, reconciling a past break-up, and friendships on the cusp of love.