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The reformatory : a novel / by Due, Tananarive,1966-author.;
In the Jim Crow South, twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., who can see ghosts, is sent to The Reformatory where boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, while his sister Gloria rallies everyone in Florida to get him out before it's too late.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Florida School for Boys; African Americans; African Americans; Ghosts; Race relations; Reformatories;
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Will [sound recording] / by Smith, Will,1968-author,narrator.; Manson, Mark,author.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.A product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind, in this memoir, one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Smith, Will, 1968-; African American actors; Rap musicians;
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You were always mine / by Pride, Christine,author.; Piazza, Jo,author.;
When Cinnamon Haynes, a black woman, takes an abandoned white baby into her home, she struggles to keep her own past hidden while dealing with the shocking judgments from friends and strangers alike as she strives to do right by the child she grows more attached to with each passing day.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Abandoned children; African American women; Mothers; Racially mixed families;
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Black buck / by Askaripour, Mateo,author.;
"For fans of Sorry to Bother You and Wolf of Wall Street: a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime--a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Satirical literature.; Urban fiction.; African American young men; African Americans; Sales personnel; Race relations; Life change events;
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The ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye : a novel / by Cameron, Briony,author.;
"An epic, dazzling tale based on true events, The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Interpersonal relations; Pirates; Women pirates;
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The Blackwoods / by Colbert, Brandy,author.;
Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Fame; Families; Secrecy; Actors and actresses; African Americans; Fame; Family life; Families; Secrets;
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The accomplice : a novel / by Jackson, Curtis,1975-author.; Clark, Aaron Philip,author.;
"Author S.A. Cosby meets Netflix blockbuster Money Heist in the first novel by New York Times best-selling author and global superstar Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who confidently charts the journeys of Nia Robinson, a Texas Ranger who is on the hunt for wily bank robber Desmond Roberts in this high-tension, fast-moving page turner about power, equity, and revenge"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Texas Rangers; African American women; Family secrets; Policewomen; Thieves; Veterans;
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Promise boys / by Brooks, Nick,1989-author.;
J.B., Ramón, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arersted.014-018.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Murder; Schools; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Murder; Schools;
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Black girl power : 15 stories celebrating black girlhood / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
"From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Girls, Black; African Americans;
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Above the noise : my story of chasing calm / by DeRozan, DeMar,1989-author.; Zarum, Dave,1986-author.;
"From one of the most outspoken and respected NBA athletes comes a groundbreaking and remarkable memoir chronicling a very public struggle with depression, in the hopes that other young men will not suffer alone"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; DeRozan, DeMar, 1989-; National Basketball Association.; Toronto Raptors (Basketball team); African American basketball players; Basketball players; Depression in men; Forwards (Basketball);
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