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• As You Wish

  Jones, Nashae,

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  After feelings for her best friend Deve become complicated, thirteen-year-old African American Birdie makes a wish with a West African trickster god that goes awry.

• Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes

  Davis, Tanita S.,

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  Frustrated by how love seems to change those closest to her, twelve soon to be thirteen-year-old Berry sets out to prove that life is better without romance.

• The Book of Anansi

  Thomas, Angie,

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  All of Nic's dreams have come true. After years of living in hiding as a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world, she now has everything she'd ever wanted: certified hero status, a big family and a real home in the hidden city of Uhuru, and a chance to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Candace, the Universe, and Everything

  Smith, Sherri L.,

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  Thirteen-year-old Candace discovers a portal in her locker that connects her across time and space with two other women who also had the same locker as girls, and the three go on to investigate the origins of the portal.

• Curlfriends. Back in Business

  Miller, Sharee (Illustrator),

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  Nola Washington has never met a problem she can't solve. She's a fashionista and an honor roll student, and she knows her way around a comb. When she's not helping her mom at their family's hair salon, Nola's hanging out with her besties, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost Boys

  the Graphic Novel

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker,

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  After being fatally shot by a police officer who mistook his toy gun for a real threat, twelve-year-old Jerome navigates the afterlife alongside the ghost of Emmett Till, confronting historical racism, his family's grief, and the moral struggle of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

  Barnes, Derrick,

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  When he is told to play ball again or else, Henson must decide whether he was born to entertain people who may not even see him as human, or if he's destined for a different kind of greatness.

• Let's Get Together

  Colbert, Brandy,

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  Neither Kenya nor Liberty is ready to find out she has a twin sister (in fact, they're both unsure if they even want one), and when the girls learn the truth of how they were separated, it's clear that no one else in their lives was ready for this,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Method for Magic and Misfortune

  Farmer, Craig Kofi,

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  Twelve-year-old Marcus enters Mr. O's rigorous training program to hone his newfound magical abilities, but his mentor's alarming behavior makes him reevaluate his values and priorities.

• Neecy and Nay Nay and the Tangled, Hairy Mess

  Dankenbring, Simone,

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  When twin sisters Neecy and Nay open a salon for a class assignment, they discover styling is much harder than they thought.

• Bo and the Baking Disaster

  Smith, Elliott, 1976-

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  When Bo burns the cake he was making with his Grandfather for the Juneteenth picnic, Bo volunteers to help Chef Jeff in his restaurant prepare a new dish.

• Will's Race for Home

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker,

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  During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.

• Between Two Brothers

  Allen, Crystal,

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  Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boy 2.0

  Baptiste, Tracey,

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  When thirteen-year-old African American Coal discovers he can turn invisible, he searches for answers about his past with the help of his friends and his new foster family.

• Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek

  Mbalia, Kwame,

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  When twelve-year-old African American Jackson Freeman is forced to move from Raleigh, North Carolina to Chicago he finds himself suddenly in a world of talking glasses and clocks, magical inheritance, and daredevil train porters in a fight against a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leon. Worst Friends Forever

  Nicholas, Jamar,

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  After saving his classmates from The Monocle, and now that he has access to tons of cool crime-fighting gadgets, Leon is the superhero his school needs. Or at least . . . he thinks he is.

• Millie Magnus Won't Be Bullied

  Mazique, Brittany,

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  Millie confronts a bully at her school who she must compete against in a three-legged race.

• Onyx & Beyond

  McBride, Amber,

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  Award-winning author Amber McBride explores being young and Black in America in this middle-grade novel about a boy dealing with his mother's descent into early-onset dementia, set amid the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

• Second to None

  Howell, Destiny,

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  Twelve-year-old DJ has a reputation at his middle school for being able to solve just about any problem, so when somebody starts systematically sabotaging the kids who are the usual "first-raters" it is up to DJ and his crew to get to the bottom of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shark Teeth

  Winston, Sherri,

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  Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.