When You Were Everything

It's been 27 days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. Cleo realizes they'll never be besties again, and she wants to erase every memory that tethers her to Layla. But when Cleo is assigned to be Layla's tutor, their turbulent past comes back to haunt them both.

When You Were Everything

Ashley Woodfolk
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Woodfol)

It's been 27 days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. Cleo realizes they'll never be besties again, and she wants to erase every memory that tethers her to Layla. But when Cleo is assigned to be Layla's tutor, their turbulent past comes back to haunt them both.

YA Black History Month

  • The Blackwoods


  • Felix Ever After


  • Between the Lines


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Black Flamingo


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Early Departures


  • When You Were Everything


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • White Smoke


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Legendborn


  • The Davenports


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Fast Pitch


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


Wings of Ebony

Half-god, half-human Rue is snatched from her Houston home and brought to Ghazan, a secret land of gods, by her estranged father. She then must face an evil determined to steal everything from her.

Wings of Ebony

J. Elle
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Elle)


Half-god, half-human Rue is snatched from her Houston home and brought to Ghazan, a secret land of gods, by her estranged father. She then must face an evil determined to steal everything from her.

YA Black History Month

  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Blood Debts


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Between the Lines


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Felix Ever After


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Davenports


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • White Smoke


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Legendborn


  • When You Were Everything


  • Fast Pitch


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Ace of Spades


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Pet


Pet

In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting Jam's mother created.

Pet
Pet

Akwaeke Emezi
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Emezi)

In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting Jam's mother created.

YA Black History Month

  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • White Smoke


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Blood Debts


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Between the Lines


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Davenports


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


Fast Pitch

Shenice dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But her focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending—and family-name-ruining—crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past.

Fast Pitch

Nic Stone
(Juvenile Fiction - J Stone)

Shenice dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But her focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending—and family-name-ruining—crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past.

YA Black History Month

  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Felix Ever After


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Blood Debts


  • Legendborn


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Between the Lines


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Early Departures


  • The Crossover


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Davenports


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Blackwoods


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Black Flamingo


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


That Self-Same Metal

In 1605 London, Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political intrigue in both human and Fae worlds.

That Self-Same Metal

Brittany N. Williams
(Young Adult Fiction - Y William)

In 1605 London, Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political intrigue in both human and Fae worlds.

YA Black History Month

  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wings of Ebony


  • White Smoke


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Between the Lines


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • This Poison Heart


  • Blood Debts


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Crossover


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • The Blackwoods


Skin of the Sea

Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.

Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Bowen)

Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.

YA Black History Month

  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Ace of Spades


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Early Departures


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Davenports


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Felix Ever After


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • Pet


  • Charming as a Verb


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • When You Were Everything


  • Between the Lines


  • Blood Debts


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Legendborn


Blood Debts

Clement and Cristina feel lost after their father's death, but find a new sense of purpose as they work to quell the rising tensions between New Orleans's magic and non-magic communities and find out who cursed their mother.

Blood Debts

Terry J. Benton-Walker
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Bentonw)

Clement and Cristina feel lost after their father's death, but find a new sense of purpose as they work to quell the rising tensions between New Orleans's magic and non-magic communities and find out who cursed their mother.

YA Black History Month

  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Blackwoods


  • When You Were Everything


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Fast Pitch


  • Early Departures


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Felix Ever After


  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Ace of Spades


  • Blood Debts


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • White Smoke


  • The Davenports


  • Legendborn


  • Pet


Nubia: Real One

Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good, she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not.

Nubia: Real One

L. L. McKinney
(Graphic Novels - GN Nubia)

Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good, she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not.

YA Black History Month

  • Pet


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Early Departures


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Legendborn


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • That Self-Same Metal


Ace of Spades

At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also Black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body.

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Abikely)

At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also Black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body.

YA Black History Month

  • When You Were Everything


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Davenports


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Legendborn


  • The Blackwoods


  • Blood Debts


  • Early Departures


  • Between the Lines


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • Felix Ever After


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wings of Ebony


  • White Smoke


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Love is a Revolution


White Smoke

Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.

White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Jackson)

Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.

YA Black History Month

  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Felix Ever After


  • This Poison Heart


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • When You Were Everything


  • Between the Lines


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Legendborn


  • Blood Debts


  • The Davenports


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Early Departures


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