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

  • White Smoke


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Davenports


  • Between the Lines


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Early Departures


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Ace of Spades


  • Felix Ever After


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Fast Pitch


  • This Poison Heart


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Legendborn


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Charming as a Verb


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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

  • This Poison Heart


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Crossover


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Blackwoods


  • Felix Ever After


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Davenports


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Legendborn


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Ace of Spades


  • Between the Lines


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • White Smoke


  • Fast Pitch


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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

  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • White Smoke


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Pet


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • When You Were Everything


  • Between the Lines


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Early Departures


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Blood Debts


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Davenports


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


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

  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Love is a Revolution


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • This Poison Heart


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Blackwoods


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Ace of Spades


  • Early Departures


  • Legendborn


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Blood Debts


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


  • Pet


  • The Davenports


more >

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


  • Blood Debts


  • Between the Lines


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Blackwoods


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • When You Were Everything


  • Charming as a Verb


  • White Smoke


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Legendborn


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Davenports


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


  • The Crossover


  • Felix Ever After


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


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

  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Davenports


  • Ace of Spades


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Blood Debts


  • The Blackwoods


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Early Departures


  • Legendborn


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wings of Ebony


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.
more

 

YA Black History Month

  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Pet


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Early Departures


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Blackwoods


  • Ace of Spades


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Blood Debts


  • Legendborn


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • White Smoke


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

  • Fast Pitch


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • When You Were Everything


  • This Poison Heart


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Legendborn


  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Love is a Revolution


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Davenports


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Crossover


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


more >

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