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

  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Davenports


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Blood Debts


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Ace of Spades


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Pet


  • Between the Lines


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Felix Ever After


  • Legendborn


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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


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Pet


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Love is a Revolution


  • When You Were Everything


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • The Crossover


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Legendborn


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Blackwoods


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Felix Ever After


  • Blood Debts


  • 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

  • Ace of Spades


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Pet


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Legendborn


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Davenports


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wings of Ebony


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Between the Lines


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Charming as a Verb


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Felix Ever After


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


  • Blood Debts


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

  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Legendborn


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Blackwoods


  • Fast Pitch


  • Between the Lines


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


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 Crossover


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Blood Debts


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Felix Ever After


  • Pet


  • Nubia: Real One


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • When You Were Everything


  • This Poison Heart


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Legendborn


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Gilded Ones


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Early Departures


  • Fast Pitch


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • White Smoke


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

  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Blackwoods


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • Between the Lines


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Felix Ever After


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Blood Debts


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Crossover


  • The Black Flamingo


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Davenports


  • The Crossover


  • Ace of Spades


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 Gilded Ones


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Davenports


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Blackwoods


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


  • Blood Debts


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Charming as a Verb


  • This Poison Heart


  • Ace of Spades


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Pet


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Early Departures


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Felix Ever After


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Between the Lines


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Legendborn


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


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Between the Lines


  • The Davenports


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • White Smoke


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Ace of Spades


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • This Poison Heart


  • When You Were Everything


  • Felix Ever After


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Pet


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


more >

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