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- Freedom Fire: Black Girl Power : 15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood by Johnson, Leah.;
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- Ellie Engle saves herself! / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Ability; African Americans; Middle school students; Best friends; Friendship;
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- You should see me in a crown / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships.LSC- Subjects: African American teenage girls; Proms; Competition (Psychology); Identity (Psychology); High school students; Friendship;
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- The best laid plans. [videorecording] / by Allodi, Jim.; Coyne, Susan.; Fallis, Terry.Best laid plansVideorecording.; Johnson-Hinds, Jordan.; Lea, Ron.; Moss, Peter.; Peterson, Eric,1946-; Sargana, Varun.; Sherman, Jason,1962-;
Disc 1. Here's the deal -- Running to lose -- Raise a little hell -- You had an option, sir.Disc 2. Going brogue -- Just watch me -- Special features.Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Varun Saranga, Eric Peterson, Ron Lea, Peter Keleghan, Leah Pinsent and Sonja Smits.In order to get out of national politics, a disillusioned speech writer runs a federal election campaign in a supposedly hopeless riding with an eccentric candidate.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Fallis, Terry.; Canada; College teachers; Cumberland (Ont.); Friendship; Television comedies.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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- Cool. Awkward. Black. / by Strong, Karen,editor.;
"Real or imaginary, geekdom is where it's at in this multi-genre YA anthology that celebrates "the geek," with stories by some of today's top bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors. Contributors include Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S. Evans, Isaac Fitzsimons, Lamar Giles, Jordan Ifueko, Leah Johnson, Amanda Joy, Kwame Mbalia, Tochi Onyebuchi, Shari B. Pennant, K. Arsenault Rivera, Julian Winters, and Ibi Zoboi. A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school's production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn't quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters. From contemporary to historical, fantasy to sci-fi, magical to realistic, and with contributions from a powerhouse list of self-proclaimed geeks and bestselling, award-winning authors, this life-affirming anthology celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness--both in the real world and those imagined."--012+.- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Short stories.; African Americans; Black people; African Americans; Black people;
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