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• Soul Food Sunday

  Bingham, Winsome,

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  Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table.

• Runaway

  the Daring Escape of Ona Judge

  Shepard, Ray Anthony,

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  The picture book biography about the enslavement of Ona Judge and her self-emancipation from George Washington's household. Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha, as a seamstress. Ona was raised alongside…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruby's Reunion Day Dinner

  Dalton, Angela,

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  Ruby is determined to assist with the family reunion dinner at Grammy and Pop-Pop's, where everyone is busy fixing their signature soul food dish, like macaroni and cheese and sweet candied yams.

• Take Back the Block

  Giles, Chrystal D.,

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  Sixth-grader Wes Henderson sets out to save the Oaks, the neighborhood where he's lived his whole life, from being sold to a real estate developer.

• The Year I Flew Away

  Arnold, Marie,

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  After moving from her home in Haiti to her uncle's home in Brooklyn, ten-year-old Gabrielle, feeling bullied and out of place, makes a misguided deal with a witch.

• Fast Pitch

  Stone, Nic,

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  Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice gets shaken up when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending crime that kept him out of the pros may have been a setup. But can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Boy Joy

  17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

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  From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

• Forever This Summer

  Youngblood, Leslie C.,

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  When eleven-year-old Georgie and her sister Peaches relocate to Bogalusa, Louisiana, with their mother to help their Great Aunt Vie, Georgie becomes involved in the search for the truth about her new friend Markie's mother.

• The Last Chance for Logan County

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  In this third Legendary Alston Boys adventure from Edgar Award nominated author Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Simon B. Rhymin'

  Reed, Dwayne,

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  Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.