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• You Truly Assumed

  Sabreen, Laila,

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  Sabriya's summer plans are suddenly thrown out the window after a terrorist attack rocks the country. When the terrorist is assumed to be Muslim and Islamophobia grows, Bri creates an online blog to share her experiences as a young Black Muslim…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legendborn

  Deonn, Tracy,

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  After her mother dies in an accident, 16-year-old Bree is more than ready to start a residential program at UNC-Chapel Hill - until she witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. She learns of a secret society of "Legendborn"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Punching the Air

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  This powerful YA novel is written in verse and follows a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet, but even in a diverse art school he is seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. One night,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monday's Not Coming

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  Monday Charles is missing, and only her best friend Claudia seems to notice. When she doesn't show up for the first two weeks of school, Claudia knows something is wrong. Monday's mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, so she decides to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One True Loves

  Bryant, Elise (Elise M.)

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  Lenore Bennett is ready to start her college life at NYU, but with her parents constantly reminding her that Black kids always have to be one step ahead of the plan, she needs a break. When her family embarks on a post-graduation Mediterranean…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When You Look Like Us

  Harris, Pamela N.,

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  Jay Murphy is just your typical teenager - except that his father has cancer and his mother is in prison. But things take a turn for the worse when his sister Nicole disappears. No one takes Jay's questions seriously: "when you look like us—brown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  Starr Carter has a foot in two different worlds - the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Everything is suddenly upended when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend Khalil at the hands of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Birds in the Sky

  the Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  Colbert, Brandy,

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  This nonfiction work delves into the history and legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In June 1921, a white mob marched into Tulsa's predominantly Black Greenwood District and razed 35 square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. Author Brandy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic,

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  Justyce is a good student with a bright future ahead of him as he's headed toward university. And yet, despite all that, he still has to fight for everything and work twice as hard just because he has a different skin color. His white friends make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Deserve Monuments

  Hammonds, Jas,

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  17-year-old Avery Anderson is in her last year of high school when she's uprooted from her life and forced to move to rural Georgia to care for her ailing grandmother, Mama Letty. There's a frosty tension between Mama Letty and Avery's mom that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witches Steeped in Gold

  Smart, Ciannon,

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  Inspired by Jamaican folklore, this YA novel follows two witches who must form a deadly alliance to fight a common enemy. Jazmyne is the Queen's daughter, while Iraya has been imprisoned since the previous royal family's failed coup. The Queen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

  Bryant, Elise (Elise M.),

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  Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. Delilah keeps her feelings walled off and prefers to go with the flow - which is how she ends up singing in her friends' punk band. They're complete opposites who happen to meet for the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation