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

  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Nubia: Real One


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Davenports


  • Legendborn


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Fast Pitch


  • Between the Lines


  • Wings of Ebony


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Pet


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • Ace of Spades


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Blood Debts


  • Felix Ever After


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


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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

  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Pet


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Fast Pitch


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Ace of Spades


  • When You Were Everything


  • Felix Ever After


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Legendborn


  • Blood Debts


  • The Blackwoods


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • White Smoke


  • The Davenports


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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

  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Early Departures


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • Legendborn


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • Between the Lines


  • Charming as a Verb


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • The Davenports


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Love is a Revolution


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

  • The Davenports


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Early Departures


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • Between the Lines


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Blood Debts


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Legendborn


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Pet


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • White Smoke


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

  • When You Were Everything


  • Ace of Spades


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Fast Pitch


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Maybe an Artist


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Pet


  • Wings of Ebony


  • This Poison Heart


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Between the Lines


  • Legendborn


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Blood Debts


  • The Davenports


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Felix Ever After


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Early Departures


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

  • Ace of Spades


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Early Departures


  • Pet


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Felix Ever After


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Crossover


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • Fast Pitch


  • Skin of the Sea


  • White Smoke


  • The Davenports


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


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

  • Ace of Spades


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Pet


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Gilded Ones


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • White Smoke


  • Between the Lines


  • Felix Ever After


  • This Poison Heart


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Skin of the Sea


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Legendborn


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wash Day Diaries


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

  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • Pet


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Fast Pitch


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Charming as a Verb


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • White Smoke


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • The Blackwoods


  • Between the Lines


  • Felix Ever After


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Early Departures


  • Ace of Spades


  • When You Were Everything


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


more >

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