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"When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him"--Provided by publisher.
Mahogany is taking gumbo to Grandma's house in the woods when she encounters a hungry wolf, and uses her nerve and skill at sewing to help her trap him.
7) Bros
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Celebrating boyhood and friendship, this upbeat picture book follows a group of young Black boys as they spend an adventure-filled day together living their best lives freely in their community.
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Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked--she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her,...
10) The brave
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Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman.
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"North Carolina, 1863. In the midst of the Civil War, the colony of freed people on Roanoke Island begins to be created, a refuge for the newly emancipated. Black families have begun to build a community of their own, a safe place in the shadow of their old lives. This is the place where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with her four daughters: Meg, a teacher who wants to find love and create her own family. Jo, a writer...
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"From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black--a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction. A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an...
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It's the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different--and what it means to be extraordinary. I Am Extraordinary teaches kids...
15) Yaya and the sea
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On the first day of spring, a young New Yorker, with her mother and aunts, takes the train to the ocean to make an offering of flowers and fruit to Mama Ocean, thanking her for her magnificence, and welcoming the new year.
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"Meet Alicia, a young naive woman who finds out that her boyfriend, Troy is not the nice guy he portrayed himself to be when they first met. After dealing with years of both physical and mental abuse, she soon has to come to grips when she finds out that she's nothing more than his mistress, because Troy hid the fact that not only was he married, but he had two children as well. Take a journey with Alicia's as she deals with hard times and enough...
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"The N-Word of God is a literary graphic novel of interconnected stories of social insight, cognitive surprise, wry mirth, and Black existential wonder. Return to the universe's beginning when 'God' fatefully declared Light and Dark opposing forces. Mark Doox, in this retelling of his own creation theory of cosmic origins -- equally part memoir and myth -- challenges binary racial ideas of 'Black' and 'White' by using various fanciful characters,...
18) Made to hold you
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"Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn't count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything that she worked to attain is destroyed. Now, she's on her own, with two young children, a mounting pile of debt ... and the past knocking on her door. Lincoln Wilson broke the one...
19) Outdrawn
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"Noah Blue's finally got her foot in the door. After clawing her way to the top of the charts with her webcomic, she's garnered enough attention to earn a full-time position at a comic company re-launching their cult classic comic: Queen Leisah. Queen Leisah is predicted to be an instant bestseller with movie deals already in the making. Things are falling into place. There's nowhere to go but up ... as soon as she gets one person out of her way....
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"Nephew is a gangsta that lives by the sword and takes what he wants. Life changes for the worst when he gets knocked for robbery and ends up on lock. While sitting in a cell, he realizes that street life will only get him back in jail, or dead, so he turns to God. He returns to the streets a different man, only to discover the streets ain't so forgiving. Old enemies have new issues and want his head. Charlene is a beautiful and kind woman that gets...