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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces over four centuries of African American history, drawing on personal journals, interviews, and archival materials to document times ranging from the Colonial period and slavery through the Civil War and the Civil Rights era.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author recounts her traumatic childhood, with a mother suffering from mental illness, unfortunate experiences in a series of foster homes, and her discovery of her love of writing, which eventually helped her overcome the hazards of her life.
Author
Language
English
Description
Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this inspirational story of courage, determination, strength, and self-invention, an elite wheelchair racer and wrestler recounts a childhood of abuse and neglect until he meets two saviors--a wrestling coach who sensed his "warrior spirit" and his adoptive mother who set him up for success.
Author
Series
Strange fruit volume 2
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents historical and cultural commentary on eight lesser-known African Americans, including the only known female Buffalo soldier, and a fighter pilot who flew for France in World War I.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this powerful YA memoir, the poet, writer and hip-hop educator traces his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, homophobia and his own personal Boogeyman to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Poet Ren�ee Watson looks back at her childhood and urges readers to look forward at their futures with love, understanding, and celebration in this fully illustrated poetry collection"--
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