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.


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Legendborn


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Early Departures


  • Fast Pitch


  • White Smoke


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Felix Ever After


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Blackwoods


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • Between the Lines


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Pet


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Davenports


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


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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

  • Pet


  • Early Departures


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • The Blackwoods


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Legendborn


  • Felix Ever After


  • Fast Pitch


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Davenports


  • Blood Debts


  • White Smoke


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Between the Lines


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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

  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Love is a Revolution


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Ace of Spades


  • Early Departures


  • The Blackwoods


  • This Poison Heart


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Legendborn


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


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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

  • The Blackwoods


  • Pet


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Davenports


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • When You Were Everything


  • Between the Lines


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Early Departures


  • The Crossover


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • Blood Debts


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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

  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Blackwoods


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Fast Pitch


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Charming as a Verb


  • When You Were Everything


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Legendborn


  • Between the Lines


  • Pet


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


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

  • Between the Lines


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Blood Debts


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Crossover


  • Early Departures


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • Felix Ever After


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Davenports


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • The Black Flamingo


  • This Poison Heart


  • Love is a Revolution


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Crossover


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


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • White Smoke


  • Blood Debts


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Legendborn


  • Love is a Revolution


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Black Flamingo


  • When You Were Everything


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Felix Ever After


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Davenports


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Ace of Spades


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


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

  • Legendborn


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • When You Were Everything


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Blackwoods


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Early Departures


  • Blood Debts


  • Ace of Spades


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • Pet


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


more >

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