Juvenile (ages 9-12)
GROWING UP BLACK: TEENS WRITE ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY
"African-American teens explore how race has shaped their lives. The authors are told they're 'too black' or 'not black enough'; they're insulted by family members and friends when they date outside their race; they're followed around by store clerks like...
$16.95
GHETTO COWBOY (PB)
From a Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor winner comes a street- smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what’s right — the Cowboy Way. Inspired by the little- known urban riders of Philly and Brooklyn, this...
$7.99
GHOST
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior...
$7.99
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration...
$30.00
GAMEWORLD
Dylan Rudee's life is an epic fail. He's bullied at school and the aunt who has raised him since he was orphaned as a child just lost her job and their apartment. Dylan's one chance to help his family is...
$58.65
FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON
Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime...
$7.99
FEATHERS
“Hope is the thing with feathers” starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more “holy.” There...
$8.99
FALLEN ANGELS
A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the service when his dream of attending college falls through....
$9.99
EGO-TRIPPING AND OTHER POEMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Insightful and fun, this collection of poetry captures the essence of the African American experience for young people. Product details Publisher : Lawrence Hill Books; Illustrated edition (November 1, 1993) Language : English Paperback : 76 pages ISBN-10 : 1556521898 ISBN-13 : 978-1556521898 Reading age...
$10.95
EIGHT DAYS: A STORY OF HAITI
While Junior is trapped for 8 days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake, he uses his imagination for comfort. Drawing on beautiful, everyday-life memories, Junior paints a sparkling picture of Haiti for each of those days--flying kites with his...
$45.95
DISCOVERING WES MOORE
The story of “the other Wes Moore” is one that the author couldn’t get out of his mind, not since he learned that another boy with his name—just two years his senior—grew up in the same Baltimore neighborhood. He wrote...
$10.99
DORK DIARIES: TALES FROM A NOT-SO-HAPPILY EVER AFTER (DORK DIARIES #08)
After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl MacKenzie all end up playing the roles of...
$13.99
DECISION TIME (COMING SOON)
After a chaotic few months, Keysha's life is looking up—and so is her love life. She's scored the lead in the school play, and her tried-and-true boyfriend, Wesley, has moved back home. Perfect, right? Except that a backstabbing rival is...
$5.88
DIRTY SOUTH
College is a big adjustment—but not if you're Kenya Posey. Even at a Southern school far from her Jersey turf, she's the one the girls envy and the boys want. Kenya's the star of a hot singing/dancing troupe, her high-school...
$9.99
Counting by 7s COUNTING BY 7S
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t...
$8.99
COURAGE TO SOAR: A BODY IN MOTION, A LIFE IN BALANCE
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts in the...
$17.99
CROSSOVER
"A beautifully measured novel of life and line."—The New York Times Book Review"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering," announces dread-locked,...
$16.99
CLASS ACT (PB)
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t...
$12.99
CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND
Clayton feels most alive when he’s with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen—he can’t wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool...
$7.99