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

  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • Fast Pitch


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Blackwoods


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Legendborn


  • Early Departures


  • Blood Debts


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Davenports


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Between the Lines


  • Felix Ever After


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


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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

  • When You Were Everything


  • The Blackwoods


  • Between the Lines


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Davenports


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


  • Fast Pitch


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • White Smoke


  • Felix Ever After


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


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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

  • Fast Pitch


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • The Davenports


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Crossover


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Between the Lines


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • This Poison Heart


  • Legendborn


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Blood Debts


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wash Day Diaries


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

  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Between the Lines


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • White Smoke


  • Legendborn


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Blood Debts


  • Ace of Spades


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Felix Ever After


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Pet


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


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

  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Felix Ever After


  • Between the Lines


  • Early Departures


  • White Smoke


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Fast Pitch


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Davenports


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Crossover


  • Legendborn


  • This Poison Heart


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Pet


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

  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Blood Debts


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Davenports


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Felix Ever After


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Legendborn


  • Skin of the Sea


  • When You Were Everything


  • Early Departures


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Pet


  • White Smoke


  • This Poison Heart


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Crossover


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Black Flamingo


  • That Self-Same Metal


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


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Early Departures


  • Ace of Spades


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Fast Pitch


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Pet


  • Blood Debts


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Between the Lines


  • The Gilded Ones


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • The Black Flamingo


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Davenports


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

  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • The Crossover


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • When You Were Everything


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Pet


  • Early Departures


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Skin of the Sea


  • White Smoke


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Legendborn


  • Between the Lines


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • This Poison Heart


more >

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