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• An Autobiography of Skin

  Carr, Lakiesha,

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  "In this magisterial, intimate novel, debut writer Lakiesha Carr captures the essence of Black womanhood, richly articulating the private lives of a cast of women from East Texas, illuminating the grief that is carried inside them, as well as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Candle Women

  Brown, Diane Marie,

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  Follows four generations of the Montrose family, who have been living with a curse that leaves any person they fall in love with dead, stemming back to a Voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans' French Quarter.

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.

• Friday I'm in Love

  Garrett, Camryn,

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  "After not being able to have a sweet sixteen party, Mahalia decides to throw a coming out party to celebrate love and herself"--

• The House of Eve

  Johnson, Sadeqa,

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  "Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maame

  George, Jessica, 1994-

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  ""An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonrise Over New Jessup

  Minnicks, Jamila, 1977-

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  "It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Play the Game

  Allen, Charlene Y.,

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  "From debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from the lens of restorative justice.

• Promise Boys

  Brooks, Nick, 1989-

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  J.B., Ramón, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested.

• Relations

  An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices

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  Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Token

  Kendall, Beverley,

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  "Two years ago, Kennedy Mitchell was plucked from the reception desk and placed in the corporate boardroom in the name of diversity. Rather than play along, she and her best friend founded Token, a boutique PR agency that helps…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Survivalists

  Cauley, Kashana,

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  "In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life--success--until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are All So Good at Smiling

  McBride, Amber,

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  When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Trying to Return Home

  Stories

  McCauley, Jennifer Maritza,

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  "A short story collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond-and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own terms"--