Between the Lines

Submitted by fsalvagg on Fri, 2019-02-01 16:40

Darrian dreams of writing for The New York Times. To hone his skills, he enrolls in Mr. Ward’s class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and poetry slams. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing, they learn that they all face challenges and have a story to tell.

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Between the Lines
Between the Lines

Nikki Grimes
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Grimes)

Darrian dreams of writing for The New York Times. To hone his skills, he enrolls in Mr. Ward’s class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and poetry slams. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing, they learn that they all face challenges and have a story to tell.

 

YA Black History Month

  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Between the Lines


  • This Poison Heart


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Early Departures


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Davenports


  • The Crossover


  • Pet


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Legendborn


  • Felix Ever After


  • Blood Debts


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Skin of the Sea


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Blackwoods


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Wash Day Diaries

Submitted by fsalvagg on Fri, 2019-02-01 16:28

From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story.

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Wash Day Diaries
Wash Day Diaries

Jamila Rowser
(Graphic Novels - GN Rowser Wash Day Diaries)


From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story.
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YA Black History Month

  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Pet


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Davenports


  • Blood Debts


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • Early Departures


  • Legendborn


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Fast Pitch


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Skin of the Sea


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wings of Ebony


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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Submitted by fsalvagg on Fri, 2019-02-01 16:23

Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. When he punches a tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, and he finds himself in the middle of a battle with American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit.

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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Kwame Mbalia
(Juvenile Fiction - J Mbalia)

Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. When he punches a tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, and he finds himself in the middle of a battle with American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit.

 

YA Black History Month

  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wings of Ebony


  • This Poison Heart


  • Between the Lines


  • Blood Debts


  • Fast Pitch


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • White Smoke


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


more >

Cool. Awkward. Black.

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2019-01-31 18:46

This multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.

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Cool. Awkward. Black.
Cool. Awkward. Black.

Karen Strong - Editor
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Cool)

This multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.

 

YA Black History Month

  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Ace of Spades


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Crossover


  • Skin of the Sea


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Blackwoods


  • Legendborn


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Between the Lines


  • Wings of Ebony


  • When You Were Everything


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • White Smoke


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • That Self-Same Metal


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Felix Ever After

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2019-01-31 18:41

Felix Love has never been in love, painful irony that it is. He desperately wants to know why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. He is proud of his identity, but fears that he's one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge.

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Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Callend)

Felix Love has never been in love, painful irony that it is. He desperately wants to know why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. He is proud of his identity, but fears that he's one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge.

 

YA Black History Month

  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Pet


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Davenports


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Crossover


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Between the Lines


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wings of Ebony


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Felix Ever After


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


more >

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2019-01-31 18:38

Quinn's journal is where she writes down everything that she doesn't want to admit out loud, or even face. When the journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, it's time for Quinn to move out of the realm of her mind and into real life.

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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Goffney)

Quinn's journal is where she writes down everything that she doesn't want to admit out loud, or even face. When the journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, it's time for Quinn to move out of the realm of her mind and into real life.

 

YA Black History Month

  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Pet


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Blackwoods


  • Legendborn


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Blood Debts


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Felix Ever After


  • This Poison Heart


  • Between the Lines


  • Wings of Ebony


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Ace of Spades


  • Love is a Revolution


more >

The Crossover

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2019-01-31 18:33

13-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

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The Crossover
The Crossover

Kwame Alexander
(Graphic Novels - GN Alexand Crossover)

13-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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YA Black History Month

  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Pet


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Davenports


  • Fast Pitch


  • Ace of Spades


  • Legendborn


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Early Departures


  • Felix Ever After


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


more >

The Gilded Ones

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2019-01-31 18:32

Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors.

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The Gilded Ones
The Gilded Ones

Namina Forna
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Forna)

Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors.

 

YA Black History Month

  • Early Departures


  • When You Were Everything


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Legendborn


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Between the Lines


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • The Davenports


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • This Poison Heart


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Pet


more >

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