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- Girl gurl grrrl : on womanhood and belonging in the age of black girl magic / by Hunt, Kenya,author.;
"From the Deputy Editor of Elle UK, a provocative and humorous collection of essays on what it means to be black, a woman, a mother and a global citizen in today's ever-changing world"--
- Subjects: African American women.; Racism.; Self-esteem in women.; Self-realization in women.; Women; Women, Black.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Good night stories for rebel girls : 100 real-life tales of Black girl magic / by Workneh, Lilly.editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSC
- Subjects: Women, Black; Women, Black; African American women; African American women;
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- When it all syncs up / by Ameyaw, Maya,author.;
"Ballet is Aisha's life. So when she's denied yet another lead at her elite academy because she doesn't "look" the part, she knows something has to change--the constant discrimination is harming her mental health. Switching to her best friend Neil's art school seems like the perfect plan at first. But she soon discovers racism and bullying are entrenched in the ballet program here, too, and there's a new, troubling distance between her and Neil. And as past traumas surface, pressure from friends and family, a new romance, and questions about her dance career threaten to overwhelm her. There's no choreography to follow--for high school or for healing. Aisha will have to find the strength within herself--and place her trust in others--to make her next move."--014+.Grades 9-12.
- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Art schools; Ballerinas; Ballet; Bullying; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Racism; Teenage girls, Black; Art schools; Ballerinas; Ballet; Bullies and bullying; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Racism; Teenage girls, Black;
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- You truly assumed / by Sabreen, Laila.;
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- Subjects: Teenage girls; Muslims, Black; Islamophobia; Racism; Terrorism; Blogs; Friendship; Families; Communities;
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- The girl in the middle : growing up between black and white, rich and poor / by Granofsky, Anais,author.;
"A moving and vivid memoir of a young girl switching between worlds, wanting only to be loved. When Anais Granofsky's parents met at Antioch College in Ohio in the early 1970s, they were each foreign and fascinating to the other - he, Stanley, the son of fantastically wealthy Jewish family from Toronto and she, Jean, one of 15 children from a poor Black Methodist family who are the direct descendants of the freed Randolph slaves. When they became pregnant at 19 and 22, they didn't anticipate being cut off by the wealthy Granofskys. Neither did they anticipate that Stanley, soon to rename himself Fakeer, would find his calling in the spiritual teaching of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (subject of the Netflix doc Wild, Wild Country) and leave his family for the ashram in India. The Girl in the Middle is the story of the child that was born into these two, very different worlds and who spent her life navigating between them. Alone, Anais and her mother teetered on the poverty line, sharing a mattress in a single room in social housing in Toronto, while her grandparents lived a twenty-minute car ride away on the mansion-lined Bridle Path. As Anais grew up, she was invited to spend weekends with her wealthy grandmother, putting on special clothes when she arrived and being served lunch by the pool, while often she and her mother did not know where their next meal would come from. Anais soon realized that if she wanted to be loved, she had to learn to live two lives. Anais's memoir offers a powerful lens into how these two families, one white and one Black, faced systematic oppression spanning multiple generations and came out at opposite economic classes-and how they clashed when they shared a granddaughter. With compassionate and vivid storytelling, Granofsky shares her experiences of living with each foot in opposing worlds and explores generational shame, grief, and prejudice, and ultimately love and forgiveness. Based on the viral Toronto Life article."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Granofsky, Anais; Granofsky, Anais; Poor; Television actors and actresses; Black Canadians;
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- The eternal ones / by Forna, Namina,author.;
In her quest to confront the gods and save a crumbling empire, Deka must find the source of her divinity before her mortal body deteriorates, leading her and her friends to a new realm that unveils a heart-wrenching choice: become a god and lose her loved ones, or trigger the world's destruction.012+.Grades 10-12.
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Ability; End of the world; Gifted girls; Gods; Imaginary places; Kings and rulers; Teenage girls; Women soldiers; Women, Black; Ability; End of the world; Gifted girls; Gods; Imaginary places; Kings, queens, rulers, etc.; Teenage girls; Women soldiers; Women, Black;
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- Hair story / by Ramos, NoNieqa.; Morris, Keisha.;
Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.Ages 5-9.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Hair; Puerto Ricans; African Americans; Friendship;
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- Gone wolf / by McBride, Amber.;
A twelve-year-old Black girl deals with fear, grief, pain, and suffering caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and America's history of enslavement and racist violence.
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Dystopian fiction.; African Americans; Psychic trauma; Grief; Race relations; COVID-19 (Disease);
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- Amari and the night brothers / by Alston, B. B.;
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Missing persons; Brothers and sisters; African Americans;
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- My hair is magic! / by Marroquin, M. L.; Engel, Tonya.;
This little girl knows her hair is great just as it is. When people ask, Why is your hair so BIG? she answers, Why isn't yours? Her hair is soft, it protects her, it's both gentle and fierce. While some might worry about how it's different and try to contain it, she gives it the freedom to be so extraordinary it almost has a life of its own.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; African American girls; Hair; Hairstyles; Hairdressing of Blacks; Self-acceptance; Self-confidence; Identity (Psychology);
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