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African American Experience

Page history last edited by Michael Cardin 3 years, 3 months ago

Williams, Alicia Genesis begins againWIL YA

 

 

 

Courtenay, Bryce                               The Power of One                              COU YA

Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.

 

 

Goodman, Shawn                    Something like hope

Shavonne, a fierce, desperate seventeen year-old in juvenile lockup, wants to turn her life around before her eighteenth birthday, but corrupt guards, out-of-control girls, and shadows from her past make her task seem impossible.

 

Jackson, Tiffany D.          Allegedly                    JAC YA

When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.

 

Thomas, Angie                              The hate u give                         THO YA

  "After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died."`

 

Stone, Nic                         Dear Justyce                         STO YA

 
Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Shortly after teenager Quan enters a not guilty plea for the shooting death of a police officer, he is placed in a holding cell to await trial. Through a series of flashbacks and letters to his friend Justyce, Quan's story unravels: from a troubled childhood and bad timing to a coerced confession and prejudiced police work.-- adapted from back cover                                                                                                                           

 

 

 

Thomas, Angie                           On the come up                          THO YA

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Woodson, Jacqueline                            After Tupac & D Foster                       WOO YA

In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live

 

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