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

  • The Crossover


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Crossover


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Blackwoods


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Blood Debts


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Charming as a Verb


  • When You Were Everything


  • Pet


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Between the Lines


  • Ace of Spades


  • Legendborn


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


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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

  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Crossover


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Maybe an Artist


  • This Poison Heart


  • Fast Pitch


  • Between the Lines


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • White Smoke


  • Early Departures


  • Ace of Spades


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Skin of the Sea


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • 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

  • This Poison Heart


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Davenports


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Legendborn


  • The Blackwoods


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Pet


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Ace of Spades


  • Blood Debts


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Fast Pitch


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Crossover


  • That Self-Same Metal


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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

  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Davenports


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Between the Lines


  • Legendborn


  • Early Departures


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Ace of Spades


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Felix Ever After


  • Blood Debts


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Pet


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Crossover


  • Love is a Revolution


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


  • Between the Lines


  • White Smoke


  • Pet


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • Legendborn


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Early Departures


  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Ace of Spades


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Gilded Ones


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


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 Gilded Ones


  • Legendborn


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Between the Lines


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Blackwoods


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Charming as a Verb


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • White Smoke


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Pet


  • This Poison Heart


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Blood Debts


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Felix Ever After


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


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

  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • This Poison Heart


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Crossover


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Davenports


  • Early Departures


  • Blood Debts


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Felix Ever After


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • White Smoke


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Ace of Spades


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Pet


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Gilded Ones


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 Davenports


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Maybe an Artist


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Felix Ever After


  • Pet


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Legendborn


  • The Crossover


  • Ace of Spades


  • Between the Lines


  • Fast Pitch


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • White Smoke


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Nubia: Real One


more >

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