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1) Swift River
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
2) Ella
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald's mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law finally catches up, the "ungovernable" adolescent is incarcerated in the New York Training School for Girls in upstate New York--a wicked prison infamous for its harsh treatment of inmates, especially Black ones. Determined to be free, Ella escapes and makes her way back...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones's legacy. But Oliva's legacy comes with thorns--intertwined are secrets of her aunt's death; a controlling grandmother who is determined to crush anyone or anything that will interfere with her son's political...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women--separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen--forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington's father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections....
Author
Publisher
Andscape/Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a segment originally aired on The Undefeated, ESPN Sports Center Anchor Elle Duncan shares a moving letter written for her daughter that will resonate with moms and daughters everywhere"--
Inspired by Elle Duncan's contribution to The Undefeated's "Love Letters to Black Women" segment, For You, I Will is an intimate yet universal celebration of growing up. The poetic text and heartwarming illustrations depict a mother teaching her daughter...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall. Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming air (not to mention a handsome face), Jane discovers his smile can sharpen in an instant. Plagued by Edward's mercurial mood and the strange wails which echo through the corridors, Jane grows suspicious of the secrets hidden within Thornfield Hall, unaware of...
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ariel has dreams of leaving her southside Chicago neighborhood and making it big as a punk rocker with her best friends and bandmates, now that they've graduated from high school, but the realities of young adulthood make that challenging and strain their friendships with each other."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 2
Publisher
books4pocket
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
En esta serie de cl̀sicos reversionados, diferentes autores reinterpretan obras cl̀sicas a trav̌s de su propio prisma cultural para cambiar los c̀nones cl̀sicos en cuanto a ǧnero, raza y orientaci̤n sexual. Esta poderosa versi̤n de Mujercitas sigue la vida de cuatro j̤venes hermanas de raza negra que alcanzar̀n la mayor̕a de edad durante la Guerra de Secesi̤n, reformulando una historia muy querida fuera de su perspectiva original. Carolina...