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Curlfriends 1 House of Marionne 1 House of Marionne 2 Legacy of Orisha 3 Lola readsMcLeod, Ella
Summary: "You're fifteen. You spend your time at school and at Val's hair salon with Baker, Val's son, who has eyes that are like falling off a cliff into space. The salon is a space of safety, but also of possibility and dreams. When you dream, you visit an enchanted forest full of friends and wonder. You dream of witches and magic, of hair so rich and alive that it grow upwards and outwards into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Jacket 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCLJohnson, Dinah
Summary: A young girl living on the coast of South Carolina dreams of her distant relatives on the shores of Africa and beyond. Indigo Dreaming is a poetic meditation between two young girls--on different sides of the sea--who wonder about how they are intricately linked by culture, even though they are separated by location. The girls' reflections come together, creating a vision of home, as well as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHLapite, Shade
Summary: In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised in secret must leave her sheltered rural home for the subtle dangers of the royal court, where she becomes caught up in deadly power struggles and romantic intrigue. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the forested East after her parents were outed as enemies of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAPAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland. Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale, a Cengage company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADEGarrett, RaeChell
Summary: "When the school of her dreams puts on her on the wait list, Autumn enlists the help of a former crush turned rival to form a promposal service in hopes of impressing the admissions committee"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poppy, Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: "At 17, Kadsa is tired of traveling with her grandpa in search of their lost, mystical home world. She yearns for college, friends, and a stable home. Discovering lies about her identity through online research, she decides to break free from her grandpa and seek the truth. Just as she embraces her newfound autonomy, her grandfather is kidnapped. On a perilous mission to save him, Kadsa enters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iskanchi Press
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC MCKKamanda, Ali
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black girls to learn about the accomplishments of famous women in Black history and then forge their own paths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAMMeade, Lily
Summary: "Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She's trying to help find her sister, but Casey is furious. She knows Sutton is manipulative, meanwhile everyone paints a picture of her perfection. People don't look for missing Black girls--or half-Black girls--without believing there is an angel to be saved. When Sutton reappears, Casey knows she should be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MEANyoko, Mel
Summary: A Black mother replaces common misconceptions with empowering statements and lets her daughter know there are no limits to what she can achieve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NYOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NYOMcQuinn, Anna
Summary: Lola learns all about bees when she visits her mother's friend, Zora, who is a beekeeper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCQMagruder, Nilah
Summary: "Equipped with a camera and determination, an adventurous little girl tries to track down an elusive red fox, which proves more difficult than she thought"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAGElle, J.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Quell is reluctantly inducted into a magical debutante society of social elites where she must bind with her forbidden magic while evading the assassin who has been tasked with hunting her kind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELLEmrich, Alisha
Summary: Ramona Lambert's best friend has moved away; her parents don't quite understand her love of cosplay; and she is pretty sure her crush has no idea she exists. Her cosplay character, Rel, gives her the confidence and freedom she lacks in real life. When she decides to strike up an email conversation with her crush, Caleb Wolfe, from her cosplay account in the hopes getting to know him, the two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Teens, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EMRAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: When Zélie is captured and taken away from her homeland, she must face her captor, King Baldyr, and find allies to stop the impending catastrophe threatening her people at the hands of the Skulls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADECopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ADEElle, J.
Summary: Told in multiple points of view, Quell confronts hidden secrets as she tries to find her mother, while assassin Jordon faces the dilemma of protecting the source of all magic by potentially destroying the girl he once loved, as their conflicting loyalties threaten the future of magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELLThompkins, Valerie
Summary: Girls can do anything they set their minds to. Girls Like Me is a motivating and uplifting book which showcases the many different careers children can pursue. This inspiring picture book is designed to shape the future for readers and encourage them to explore occupations from a young age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Valerie Thompkins] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOMiller, Sharee
Summary: Eager to make a good first impression at her new middle school, thirteen-year-old Charlie does her best to fit in until she meets a group of diverse Black girls who show her the importance of authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023