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

  • Ace of Spades


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Felix Ever After


  • Between the Lines


  • Pet


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Crossover


  • The Crossover


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Davenports


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Legendborn


  • When You Were Everything


  • Skin of the Sea


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Early Departures


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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 Blackwoods


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Early Departures


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • This Poison Heart


  • When You Were Everything


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • White Smoke


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Legendborn


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Davenports


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Crossover


  • Blood Debts


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Pet


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wings of Ebony


  • 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

  • The Crossover


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Between the Lines


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Pet


  • When You Were Everything


  • White Smoke


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Ace of Spades


  • Felix Ever After


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Blackwoods


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wings of Ebony


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Legendborn


  • The Davenports


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Crossover


  • Nubia: Real One


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


  • Fast Pitch


  • White Smoke


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Ace of Spades


  • Blood Debts


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Pet


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • Wings of Ebony


  • The Davenports


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Felix Ever After


  • This Poison Heart


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Early Departures


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Blackwoods


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • The Crossover


  • The Crossover


  • Legendborn


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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 Blackwoods


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Felix Ever After


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Ace of Spades


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • When You Were Everything


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Pet


  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • White Smoke


  • The Crossover


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Early Departures


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Between the Lines


  • Blood Debts


  • The Crossover


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Davenports


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Fast Pitch


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

  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Felix Ever After


  • Pet


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Nubia: Real One


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Blood Debts


  • Maybe an Artist


  • When You Were Everything


  • White Smoke


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Ace of Spades


  • Legendborn


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Between the Lines


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Blackwoods


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Davenports


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

  • Maybe an Artist


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • This Poison Heart


  • Charming as a Verb


  • The Gilded Ones


  • The Crossover


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Blood Debts


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Davenports


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Felix Ever After


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • White Smoke


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Early Departures


  • Love is a Revolution


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Fast Pitch


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Legendborn


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • When You Were Everything


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Between the Lines


  • The Crossover


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

  • Nubia: Real One


  • This Poison Heart


  • The Davenports


  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky


  • Legendborn


  • Wings of Ebony


  • Fast Pitch


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Blood Debts


  • Early Departures


  • Felix Ever After


  • Ace of Spades


  • Pet


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • When You Were Everything


  • We Are All So Good at Smiling


  • Love is a Revolution


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • White Smoke


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Crossover


  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry


  • The Crossover


  • Between the Lines


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Blackwoods


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Wash Day Diaries


more >

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