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81) Bayou magic
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Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
83) [Riot]
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In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
85) Cécile's gift
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[2011]
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Now that the yellow fever epidemic is over, the people of New Orleans raise money to care for the orphans, and Cécile seeks to discover something special she can to do help.
86) End zone
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Co-captains Tiki and Ronde Barber lead their junior high teammates to the Virginia state football championship.
88) Dear Martin
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Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch...
90) Amara's farm
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A young girl named Amara asks readers to help her search for pumpkins on her farm in preparation for a potluck with her friends, in this joyful celebration of cool-weather fruits and vegetables.
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JEF - Black Voices (Children)
JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
NPM - 2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
NPM - 2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
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"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century."--
92) Campfire stories
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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 8
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2019.
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Desmond, Andres, and their ghost-friend Zax take turns trying to tell the scariest story of all while gathered around the campfire on a camping trip.
93) Ninth Ward
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In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
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Baseball card adventures volume 7
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With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
95) Slam!
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17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris tells of the year in which he transfers to a magnet school for the arts, a more academically challenging, mostly white school. After being the hot shot star of his Harlem high school team, he has to learn to fit in and be a team player at his new school. He may not be able to do anything about the rest of his life--his relationships with his family and friends, his grandmother's illness, his scholastic difficulties,...
96) Out of darkness
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"1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Naomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and...
97) Bloodmarked
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Legendborn cycle volume 2
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"When the leaders of the Order reveal that they will do everything in their power to keep the approaching demon war a secret, Bree and her friends go on the run so she can learn how to control her devastating new powers"--
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American girls collection. Addy, 1864 volume 3
American girls collection. Addy 1864 volume 3
American girls collection Addy volume 3
American girls collection. Addy 1864 volume 3
American girls collection Addy volume 3
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Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War.
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