"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"--

3) Stories from the tenants downstairs

Author

Fofana, Sidik

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Eight interconnected stories follow the tenants in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyone's mind, as they weave in and out of each other's lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and forge new paths forward.

4) Stuntboy, in the meantime

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Series

Stuntboy volume 1

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook CD, Graphic Novel, Playaway

Description

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Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.

5) We are family

Author

James, LeBron

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"When Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year--and maybe ever again--they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season"--

6) Come Home Safe: A Novel

Author

Buckmire, Brian G

Publisher

Blink

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Dad, I just want to know how to not become a hashtag. In this gripping read, biracial siblings Reed and Olive hadn't planned on navigating racial inequality or being roughed up by police on the subway, but as they face the truths and pains of being a person of color, they also lean into knowing their rights and fostering conversations about change and acceptance.

"In Come Home Safe, Brian Buckmire has crafted

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7) Rebel

Author

Lu, Marie

Series

Legend novel

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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As Day and Eden struggle with who they've become since their time in the Republic, a new danger creeps into the distance between them, and Eden finds himself drawn into Ross City's dark side, where his legendary brother may not be able to save him.

8) Miles Morales: suspended

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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During Mile's in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.

9) Opposite of Always

Author

Reynolds, Justin

Publisher

Katherine Tegen Books

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

Description

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"One of the best love stories I've ever read." —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give

"Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." —Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people

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