Woodson, Jacqueline.
Summary: A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOSazaklis, John
Summary: His parents have placed the perpetually hungry Billy on a strict diet--no junk food--and despite the trouble it causes him, it looks like he will be in shape for the annual school jump-a-thon--which is interrupted by a trio of teenage thieves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SAZThurman, Brittany
Summary: Africa enters a double Dutch contest without knowing how to double Dutch, and on her journey to learn her friends show her how to jive, step, clap Miss Mary Mack, and do cartwheels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THUCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THUStrickland, Shadra
Summary: Celebrates a community coming together through their love of double Dutch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STRLaw, Andrew
Summary: Jumping rope makes being active easy and fun. In this charming book, a young girl spends the afternoon jumping rope with friends in her neighborhood. The familiar setting and relatable narrator help readers make connections with the text. Accessible language is perfect for young children who are just learning to read. A picture glossary and index introduce readers to important nonfiction text...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN LAWBurgess, Sarah
Summary: "Jay often feels that like they are a nobody. Beah, on the other hand, is fierce, charming, athletic--and OBSESSED with the street skipping art, Double Dutch. When the two meet, sparks fly, in this colorful slice-of-life graphic novel about the wonder of platonic friendship and finding your identity. Jay is always scribbling poetry in their notebook. When they come across Skip, a Double Dutch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BURWoodfolk, Ashley
Summary: "Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she's been kicked out of every school that would take her, and this is her last chance: Harlem's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOLiggett, Kim
Summary: Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LIGMalle, Mirion
Summary: "In This is How I Disappear, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following an experience of sexual assault. Malle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly-drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021