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

  • Love is a Revolution


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Blood Debts


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Early Departures


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wings of Ebony


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Crossover


  • Felix Ever After


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Davenports


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • 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

  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Pet


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Early Departures


  • The Davenports


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Blackwoods


  • Ace of Spades


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • This Poison Heart


  • Felix Ever After


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Legendborn


  • Maybe an Artist


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • When You Were Everything


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Blood Debts


  • 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

  • This Poison Heart


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • When You Were Everything


  • White Smoke


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • The Crossover


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Blood Debts


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


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

  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Charming as a Verb


  • This Poison Heart


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Early Departures


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Pet


  • Felix Ever After


  • Ace of Spades


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Blackwoods


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Legendborn


  • Fast Pitch


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Gilded Ones


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Crossover


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Blood Debts


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Between the Lines


  • The Crossover


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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

  • Blood Debts


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Ace of Spades


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Crossover


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • This Poison Heart


  • Felix Ever After


  • Early Departures


  • The Davenports


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Legendborn


  • The Crossover


  • The Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • White Smoke


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


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

  • Pet


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Blackwoods


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Between the Lines


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • White Smoke


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Legendborn


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Skin of the Sea


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Gilded Ones


  • This Poison Heart


  • Ace of Spades


  • Felix Ever After


  • 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.
more

 

YA Black History Month

  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • This Poison Heart


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Crossover


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • When You Were Everything


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Between the Lines


  • The Blackwoods


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Legendborn


  • Ace of Spades


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Pet


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Skin of the Sea


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

  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Blackwoods


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Skin of the Sea


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Fast Pitch


  • Between the Lines


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Legendborn


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Early Departures


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Ace of Spades


  • Nubia: Real One


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • White Smoke


  • Wings of Ebony


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


more >

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