2.
Series: Legacy of Orisha
Children of Blood and Bone
Paperback
Tomi Adeyemi
9781250294623
$19.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
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...
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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
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...
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Series:
One Last Word
Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
Paperback
Nikki Grimes
9781681196022
$13.50
JUVENILE FICTION
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 ...
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Series:
The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
Paperback
Daven McQueen
9781989365168
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
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...
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Series:
All Boys Aren't Blue
A Memoir-Manifesto
Hardcover
George M. Johnson
9780374312718
$24.50
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
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 ...
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Series: Legacy of Orisha
Awaken the Magic
A Children of Blood and Bone Journal
Hardcover
Tomi Adeyemi
9781250261786
$22.99
SELF-HELP
Apr 07, 2020
Awaken the Magic is a Children of Blood and Bone Journal fromNew York Times bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi, part of the Legacy of Orisha series.Children of Blood and Bone has become one of the most celebrated and buzzed about YA fantasy debuts. This journal expands the world of Orïsha with a beautiful keepsake filled with inspirational quotes and designs from the novel. Fans won't want to miss this stunning gift of a journal.
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Series:
The Weight of the Stars
Paperback
K. Ancrum
9781250101655
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14 - 18
Mar 17, 2020
A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chancesRyann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the “wrong” side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends.One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite...
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Series:
Woke
A Young Poet's Call to Justice
Hardcover
Mahogany L. Browne
9781250311207
$25.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Mar 10, 2020
"This collection of poems by women of color covers topics relating to social justice, activism, discrimination and empathy, focusing on the need to speak out and inspiring middle-graders." -VogueWoke: A Young Poet's Guide to Justice is a collection of poems to inspire kids to stay woke and become a new generation of activists.Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements.Wokeis a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and...
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Series: Tales
Tales of East Africa
(African Folklore Book for Teens and Adults, Illustrated Stories and Literature from Africa)
Hardcover
Jamilla Okubo
9781452182582
$32.95
FICTION
Mar 10, 2020
Tales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.Welcome to a world of magical adventure—a place where a boy spares the life of a fearsome monster, a flock of doves brings a girl back from the dead, and a hare wreaks havoc among all the other animals.Translated and transcribed by folklorists and anthropologists in the early 20th century, these stories evoke the distinctive beauty and irresistible humor of East African folklore.• The tales come alive alongside bold, contemporary art in this special il...
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Series:
Watch Us Rise
Paperback
Renee Watson
9781547603114
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 13
Feb 11, 2020
"This stunning book is the story I've been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power.” --Laurie Halse Anderson,New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Speak"An extraordinary story of two indomitable spirits." --Brendan Kiely,New York Times bestselling co-author ofAll American Boys andTradition"Timely, thought-provoking, and powerful." --Julie Murphy,New York Times bestselling author ofDumplin'Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Renée Watson teams up with poet Ell...
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Series:
Given
Hardcover
Nandi Taylor
9781989365045
$22.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 21, 2020
Bound by Fate. Divided by Duty. As a princess of the Moonrise Isles and one of its fiercest warriors, Yenni has always put duty before her own desires. When her father falls gravely ill, she knows she must find the cure and sets out on an arduous journey that takes her to a magical academy in the far reaches of the Empire of Cresh. There is no room for failure, but Yenni struggles to learn the strange magic of Cresh as a cure continues to evade her. And complicating matters is Weysh, a dragon shifter who says Yenni is his Given—his on...
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Series:
Andy Warhol Selfies 1000 Piece Puzzle
Galison
9780735363120
$23.99
NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Jan 21, 2020
Andy Warhol Selfies 1000 Piece Puzzle features a collage of the artist?s famous self-portrait Polaroid photographs. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is included in the box. - Box Size: 8 x 8 x 2.5?, 203 x 203 x 63 mm - Puzzle Size: 20 x 27?, 508 x 685 mm - Includes Puzzle Insert
46.
Series:
Inventing Victoria
Paperback
Tonya Bolden
9781547603176
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 13
Jan 14, 2020
As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants.Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can't refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upp...
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Series:
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Hardcover
Angela Joy
9781626726314
$24.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Jan 14, 2020
A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.Red is a rainbow color.Green sits next to blue.Yellow, orange, violet, indigo,They are rainbow colors, too, butMy color is black . . .And there’s no BLACK in rainbows.From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back, Black surrounds our lives. It is a color to simply describe some of our favorite things, but it also evokes a deeper sentiment about the incredible people who helped ...
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Series:
The Book of Awesome Black Americans
Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists
Paperback
Monique L. Jones
9781642501476
$24.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Jan 14, 2020
We are familiar with a handful of African Americans who are mentioned in American history books, but there are also countless others who do not get recognized in mainstream media. Their actions may not have appeared shake the world, but their contributions to shifting American culture were just as groundbreaking. The achievements of Black Americans included in this book range from athletic to artistic, literary to scientific. Their stories encourage readers, especially teenage boys and girls, to find their own paths for change.
49.
Series:
Saving Savannah
Hardcover
Tonya Bolden
9781681198040
$24.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 13
Jan 14, 2020
From acclaimed author Tonya Bolden comes the story of a teen girl becoming a woman on her own terms against the backdrop of widespread social change in the early 1900s.Savannah Riddle is lucky. As a daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington D.C., she attends one of the most rigorous public schools in the nation--black or white--and has her pick among the young men in her set. But lately the structure of her society--the fancy parties, the Sunday teas, the pretentious men, and shallow young women--has started to suffocate...
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Series:
Badass Black Girl
(For Fans of Black Girl Magic)
Paperback
M.J. Fievre
9781642501728
$24.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Jan 14, 2020
A Daily Dose of Inspiration for Badass Black GirlsExplore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. MJ Fievre tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes in this journal designed for teenage girls. By reflecting on these topics, readers confront the issues that can hold them back from living their lives.Embrace authenticity and celebrate who you are. Finding the courage to live as you are is not easy, so here's a journal designed to help readers nurture their cre...
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Series:
Black Girl Unlimited
The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Hardcover
Echo Brown
9781250309853
$24.50
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14 - 18
Jan 14, 2020
A William C. Morris Award Finalist"Brown has written a guidebook of survival and wonder."—The New York Times"Just brilliant."—Kirkus ReviewsHeavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism,Black Girl Unlimitedfearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism—all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson'sPiecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi'sAmerican Street.Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addiction...
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Series:
A Voice Named Aretha
Hardcover
Katheryn Russell-Brown
9781681198507
$24.50
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Jan 07, 2020
From acclaimed author and illustrator pairing comes a beautiful picture book biography about the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and how she fought for respect throughout her life.Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, a legend. But before she became a star, she was a shy little girl with a voice so powerful it made people jump up, sway, and hum along.Raised in a house full of talking and singing, Aretha learned the values that would carry her through life--from her church choir in Detroit to stages across the world. When she moved to New York C...
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Series:
The Fierce 44
Black Americans Who Shook Up the World
Hardcover
Robert Ball
9781328940629
$25.50
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 12
Dec 24, 2019
A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents forty-four of America’s greatest movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN’s TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball. Meet forty-four of America’s most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN’s TheUndefeated.com. From visionaries to entrepreneurs, athletes to activists, the Fierce 44 are beacons of brilliance, perseverance, and excellence. Each s...
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Series:
March Forward, Girl
From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Paperback
Melba Pattillo Beals
9781328603920
$10.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 10
Dec 24, 2019
From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-sellingWarriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South. Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn’t she drink from a “whites only” fountain? Why couldn’t she feel safe beyond home—or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her:...
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Series:
Zora!
The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Paperback
Dennis Brindell Fradin
9780358097464
$15.50
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 12
Dec 17, 2019
Zora Neale Hurston was confident, charismatic, and determined to be extraordinary. As a young woman, Hurston lived and wrote alongside such prominent authors as Langston Hughes and Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance. But unfortunately, despite writing the luminary workTheir Eyes Were Watching God, she was always short of money. Though she took odd jobs as a housemaid and as the personal assistant to an actress, Zora often found herself in abject poverty. Through it all, Zora kept writing. And though none of her books sold more than a tho...
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Series:
It All Comes Down to This
Paperback
Karen English
9780358098539
$10.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 12
Dec 17, 2019
A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper. It’s 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents’ marriage is rocky. Plus, there’s her family’s new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a fri...
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Series: Legacy of Orisha
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Hardcover
Tomi Adeyemi
9781250170996
$25.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14 - 18
Dec 03, 2019
AGOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK“Meet Tomi Adeyemi—the new J.K. Rowling. (Yep, she’s that good).”—Entertainment WeeklyAfter battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Or...
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Series:
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
Paperback
Carol Anderson
9781547602520
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12 - 18
Oct 29, 2019
This young adult adaptation of theNew York Times bestsellingWhite Rageis essential antiracist reading for teens.An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA NYPL Best Book for TeensHistory texts often teach that the United States has made a straight line of progress toward Black equality. The reality is more complex: milestones like the end of slavery, school integration, and equal voting rights have all been met with racist legal and political maneuverings meant to limit that progress. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five...
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Series:
Light It Up
Hardcover
Kekla Magoon
9781250128898
$25.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14 - 18
Oct 22, 2019
Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon'sLight It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength—as well as an incredible follow-up to the highly acclaimed novelHow It Went Down.A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying.She never makes it home.In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed a thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into ...
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Series:
My Rows and Piles of Coins
Paperback
Tololwa M. Mollel
9780358124474
$12.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 15, 2019
“I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows . . .” The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How happy he will be when he can help his mother carry heavy loads to market on his very own bicycle—and how disappointed he is to discover that he hasn’t saved nearly enough! Determination and generosity are at the heart of this satisfying tale set in Tanzania and illustrated with glowing watercolors that capture the warmth of Saruni’s family and the...
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