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- Black brother, black brother / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.LSC
- Subjects: Fencing; African Americans; Racism; Preparatory schools; Schools; Families;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Will's race for home : a western / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
- Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fathers and sons; Frontier and pioneer life; African Americans; Oklahoma;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Paradise on fire / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.; Malyon, Serena.;
Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.LSC
- Subjects: African Americans; Orphans; Wilderness areas; Wildfires; Survival;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Ghost boys / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Ghost stories.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; Police shootings; Racism; Death; African Americans; Families;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Treasure Island : runaway gold / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past, and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories. As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a dangerous business.
- Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.; Black people; Treasure troves; Skateboarders; Pirates; Treasure hunting;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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