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• The Lines We Cross

  Abdel-Fattah, Randa,

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  Michael's parents are leaders of a new anti-immigrant political party called Aussie Values which is trying to halt the flood of refugees from the Middle East; Mina fled Afghanistan with her family ten years ago, and just wants to concentrate on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

• Internment

  Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer)

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  A terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence.

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame

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  Fourteen-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.

• Play the Game

  Allen, Charlene,

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  In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four months have passed since his best friend Ed was killed by a white man in a Brooklyn parking lot. When Singer, the man who killed Ed, is found dead in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

  Anderson, M.T.,

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  A delightfully fun deconstruction of ethnocentrism and skewed perception starring an archivist and a historian. Each is an expert on the long history of hatred and war between the elven and goblin kingdoms, paired together as part of a diplomatic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Other Side of the Tracks

  Alyse, Charity,

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  When Zach, a white boy from Philly, moves to a racially divided town, he befriends Black siblings Capri and Justin, but when the police murder one of their friends, the town erupts into an all-out war, with Capri, Justin, and Zach caught in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Could Be Brothers

  Barnes, Derrick

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  Two eighth-graders from very different backgrounds, Robeson "Crease" Battlefield and Pacino Clapton, discover in afterschool detention that they have a great deal in common.

• Black Enough

  Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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  A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.

• Promise Boys

  Brooks, Nick, 1989-

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  J.B., Ramón, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested.

• Black Girl Unlimited

  the Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

  Brown, Echo,

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  From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more.

• Come Home Safe

  a Novel

  Buckmire, Brian, 1988-

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  When Reed and Olivia left home, they never imagined they'd find themselves questioned, searched, and thrown to the ground by police looking for suspects in recent crimes. As their worst fears become reality, they must find a way to "prove" their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turning Point

  Chase, Paula

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  Best friends Rasheeda and Monique navigate the ups and downs of a teenager's summer, Mo at home in the Cove; Sheeda at a sleepaway ballet intensive.

• Tyler Johnson Was Here

  Coles, Jay,

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  When Marvin Johnson's twin brother, Tyler, is shot and killed by a police officer, Marvin must fight injustice to learn the true meaning of freedom.

• The Weight of Water

  Crossan, Sarah

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  Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mexican Whiteboy

  de la Peña, Matt

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  Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.

• Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

  De Leon, Jennifer, 1979-

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  Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school, but when family secrets come out and racism at school gets worse than ever, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.

• Home Is Not a Country

  Elhillo, Safia,

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  Nima doesn't feel understood. By her mother, who grew up far away in a different land. By her suburban town, which makes her feel too much like an outsider to fit in and not enough like an outsider to feel like that she belongs somewhere else. At…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Queen

  Emill, Jumata,

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  When Nova, Lovett High School's first black homecoming queen, is murdered the night of her coronation, her best friend, Duchess, finds an unlikely ally in her search for the killer--her prime suspect, Tinsley, the white rival nominee for queen.

• Backfield Boys

  Feinstein, John,

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  When best friends Tom and Jason leave New York City for an elite, sports-focused boarding school in Virginia to play football, they find some coaches and teammates to be steeped in racism.