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Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

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Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

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Series: This Promise of Change One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality Paperback Jo Ann Allen Boyce 9781547604487 $17.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 10 - 12 Aug 19, 2025

Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book HonorWinner of the 2019Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for NonfictionA NYPL Top Ten of 2019AKirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearIn 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one ano... + Read More
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Series: Legacy of Orisha Children of Blood and Bone Paperback Tomi Adeyemi 9781250294623 $19.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Interest age, years from 14 - 18 Jan 01, 2023

InstantNew York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Children's Books of 2018TIME Top 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2018NPR's Book Concierge 2018 Great Reads ListBuzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018Bustle's Top 25 Best Young Adults Books of 20182018KirkusPrize FinalistYALSA William C. Morris YA Debut Award FinalistPaste Magazine’s 30 Best YA Novels of 2018Newsweek’s 61 Best Books from 2018Boston Globe’s Best Children's Books of 2018Publishers Weekly Best YA Books of 2018School Library JournalBest Books of 2018With five starred reviews, To... + Read More
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Series: Within These Wicked Walls A Novel Hardcover Lauren Blackwood 9781250787101 $25.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Interest age, years from 14 - 18 Oct 19, 2021

"Lauren Blackwood’s can’t-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix ofJane Eyre." -Harper's BazaarWhat the heart desires, the house destroys...Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. Shewould be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron—a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities.When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without... + Read More
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Series: A Feast for Joseph Hardcover Terry Farish 9781773064383 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 6 Sep 01, 2021

Joseph misses sharing meals with lots of people like he did back in the refugee camp, so when the neighbors finally come over, it’s a feast! A companion book to Joseph’s Big Ride, described in Kirkus as “a joyful, upbeat tale.” When Joseph and Mama lived in a refugee camp in East Africa, everyone cooked and ate together. And Joseph could always hear someone playing the awal. It’s much too quiet and lonely in his new home. Though Whoosh, the girl who lives upstairs, is friendly, Joseph misses having more people around, especially his grandmother... + Read More
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Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville An African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished — and Fights Back 2nd edition Hardcover Gloria Ann Wesley 9781459416512 $34.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Interest age, years from 13 - 18 Sep 21, 2021

Beginning in the 18th century, Black men and women arrived from the U.S. and settled in various parts of Nova Scotia. In the 1800s, a small Black community had developed just north of Halifax on the shores of the Bedford Basin. The community became known as Africville and grew to about 400 people. Its residents fished, farmed, operated small retail stores and found work in the city. Jobs for Black people were hard to find, with many occupations blocked by racist practices. Women often worked as domestics and many men were train porters. A schoo... + Read More
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Series: Lorimer Sports Stories Half-Court Trap Paperback Kevin heronJones 9781459416444 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 10 - 13 Aug 24, 2021

The issues of male body image and rivalry come together in Half-Court Trap, set in racially diverse Brampton, Ontario. Thirteen-year-old Nigel is teased and belittled at home because of his weight, so an opposing player’s trash talk enrages him and he vows revenge. When his enemy becomes a teammate, Nigel plots to make him look bad and get him off the team. As Nigel finds out more about his rival, he not only learns empathy but comes to a new perspective on himself and acceptance of his body shape.
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Series: One Last Word Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance Paperback Nikki Grimes 9781681196022 $13.50 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 10 - 14 Aug 04, 2020

"One Last Wordis the work of a master poet." - Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author ofThe CrossoverFrom theNew York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most exciting African-American illustrators.Inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create wholly original poems based ... + Read More
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Series: The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones Paperback Daven McQueen 9781989365168 $14.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Interest age, years from 12 Jun 16, 2020

There are some friends you never forget. It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he’s not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town’s residentoddball and free spirit, she’s everything the townspeople aren’t—open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited su... + Read More
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Series: All Boys Aren't Blue A Memoir-Manifesto Hardcover George M. Johnson 9780374312718 $24.50 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Interest age, years from 14 - 18 Apr 28, 2020

*An Amazon Best Book of the Year optioned for television by Gabrielle Union!*In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well ... + Read More