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

  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Between the Lines


  • Felix Ever After


  • Early Departures


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Love is a Revolution


  • This Poison Heart


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Davenports


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Legendborn


  • Pet


  • Skin of the Sea


  • White Smoke


  • Fast Pitch


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


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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 Crossover


  • Fast Pitch


  • Pet


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Blood Debts


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Skin of the Sea


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • This Poison Heart


  • Felix Ever After


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Legendborn


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


more >

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


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Pet


  • Felix Ever After


  • When You Were Everything


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Legendborn


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • This Poison Heart


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • White Smoke


  • Between the Lines


  • Ace of Spades


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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

  • Skin of the Sea


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • Ace of Spades


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Pet


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Crossover


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • Between the Lines


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • This Poison Heart


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Davenports


  • Legendborn


  • Charming as a Verb


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Early Departures


  • The Blackwoods


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

  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Crossover


  • The Davenports


  • Blood Debts


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • When You Were Everything


  • Ace of Spades


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Love is a Revolution


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Fast Pitch


  • Early Departures


  • Legendborn


  • Between the Lines


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Charming as a Verb


  • This Poison Heart


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • 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

  • Legendborn


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • This Poison Heart


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Between the Lines


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • White Smoke


  • Fast Pitch


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


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

  • Fast Pitch


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • This Poison Heart


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Pet


  • The Crossover


  • Between the Lines


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Early Departures


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Felix Ever After


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Blood Debts


  • The Gilded Ones


  • When You Were Everything


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Blackwoods


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Davenports


  • Legendborn


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Maybe an Artist


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 Black Flamingo


  • Legendborn


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Early Departures


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Blackwoods


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Davenports


  • This Poison Heart


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Felix Ever After


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


more >

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