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On again, awkward again / by Kelly, Erin Entrada,author.; Mbalia, Kwame,author.;
High school freshmen, Pacy and Cecil, share a look of love at first sight that sparks a series of mistakes and awkward interactions that become part of their love story.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Filipino Americans; First loves; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Schools; African Americans; Filipino Americans; First loves; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Schools;

Night of the zombie zookeeper / by Miedoso, Andres.; Rivas, Victor.;
Ages 5-9.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Adventure fiction.; African American children; Hispanic American children; Zombies; Zoos; School field trips;

Shaft [videorecording] / by Method Man,actor.; Hall, Regina,actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.,actor.; Jogia, Avan,1992-actor.; Lauria, Matt,actor.; Roundtree, Richard,1942-actor.; Shipp, Alexandra,actor.; Story, Tim,film director.; Usher, Jessie,1992-actor.; Velez, Luna Lauren,actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Samuel L. Jackson, Alexandra Shipp, Avan Jogia, Regina Hall, Luna Lauren Velez, Richard Roundtree, Jessie Usher, Matt Lauria, Method Man.JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem's heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ's own FBI analyst's badge may clash with his dad's trademark leather duster, there's no denying family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, some drug material and brief nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Shaft, John (Fictitious character); Murder; African American families; Fathers and sons;
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The Christmas pearl / by Frank, Dorothea Benton;
Subjects: African American women domestics; Older women; Christmas stories; Domestic fiction; Ghost stories;
© c2007., William Morrow,

Bree Boyd is a legend! / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.
Subjects: Psychic ability; Families; African Americans; Middle schools; Schools;

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;

They Dream in Gold A Novel [electronic resource] : by Sennaar, Mai.aut; cloudLibrary;
A “luminous” (Tara Conklin) literary debut following two dreamers, one intercultural family, and the diasporic pursuit of home. When Bonnie and Mansour meet in New York in 1968—his piercing gaze in a downtown jazz club threatening to carry her away—their connection is undeniable. Both from fractured homes, with childhoods spent crossing the Atlantic, they quickly find peace with each other. And as Mansour’s soaring Senegalese melodies continue to break new ground, keeping time with the sound of revolution and taking him and Bonnie from Paris to Rio and Switzerland, it seems as though happiness might finally be around the corner for them both. Then Mansour goes missing. His Spanish tour was only meant to last three weeks, but three months later, he and his band have not returned. In his absence, Bonnie reckons with her memories of him, and comes to understand that the hopes of so many women—her mother and grandmother; his mother, aunt, childhood friend—rest on her perseverance. Stirred by the life growing inside her, Bonnie puts a plan in action to find him. Spanning two decades and moving through the hotbeds of the African diaspora, They Dream in Gold is an epic yet intimate exploration of the migrant hunger for belonging and a powerful, intergenerational testament to our shared humanity, for lovers of Tara Stringfellow’s Memphis and Abi Daré’s The Girl with the Louding Voice. “Epic and hauntingly beautiful.” ―Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai “Wholly original.” ―Thao Thai "One of the most beautiful debuts I’ve ever read.” ―Dawnie WaltonGeneral adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women; Coming of Age; Cultural Heritage;
© 2024., Zando,

Candace, the universe, and everything / by Smith, Sherri L.;
What if your locker was a wormhole to the past? On the first day of eighth grade, Candace Wells opens her locker and is astonished when an unusual bird flies out. Soon after, a notebook mysteriously appears on the top shelf, labeled Tracey Auburn, 1988. Stranger still, as Candace reads the notebook, new messages start to appear. Professor Tracey Auburn only vaguely remembers a bird flying into her locker in eighth grade, way back in 1988, and losing a notebook she could have sworn she put on the top shelf. Until Candace shows up at her office with the missing notebook forty years later. Quantum physicist Loretta Spencer will never forget the bird flying out of her locker in eighth grade in 1948. Her life's work has been to study the portal and others like it, and now she needs Tracey's and Candace's help to complete her research. So begins an unlikely friendship and a hunt around Chicago and the state of Illinois to uncover the secrets of the locker, the universe, and everything. One thing's for sure: Eighth grade will never be the same again.
Subjects: Time-travel fiction.; Science fiction.; Portal fantasy fiction.; Doorways; Lockers; Schools; African Americans; Space and time;

Dixon, descending : a novel / by Outen, Karen,author.;
"A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another. Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, Dixon can't refuse. The brothers are determined to prove something--to themselves and to each other. Dixon interrupts his orderly life as a school psychologist, leaving behind disapproving friends, family, and one particularly fragile student, Marcus. Once on the mountain, they are met with extreme weather conditions, oxygen deprivation, and precarious terrain. But as much as they've prepared for this, Mt. Everest is always fickle. And in one devastating moment, Dixon's world is upended. Dixon returns home and attempts to resume his job, but things have shifted: for him and for the students he left behind when he chose Mt. Everest. Ultimately, Dixon must confront the truth of what happened on the mountain and come to terms with who can and cannot be saved. Dixon, descending offers us a captivating, shattering portrait of the ways we're reshaped by our decisions--and what it takes to angle ourselves, once again, toward hope"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sports fiction.; Novels.; African American men; Brothers; Middle class African Americans; Mountaineering;

Honk for Jesus. Save your soul [videorecording] / by Conphidance,actor.; Barnes, Avis Marie,actor.; Beharie, Nicole,actor.; Brown, Sterling K.,actor,film producer.; Burgum, Jessamine,film producer.; Cooper, Matthew(Producer),film producer.; Crichlow, Amandla,film producer.; Crute, Austin,actor.; Durrett, Kara,film producer.; Ebo, Adamma,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Ebo, Adanne,film producer.; Hall, Regina,actor,film producer.; Kaluuya, Daniel,1989-film producer.; Riley, Rowan(Producer),film producer.; Rogers, Devere,actor.; 59% (Firm),production company.; Ejime Productions,production company.; Focus Features,presenter.; Indian Meadows Productions,production company.; Monkeypaw Productions,presenter.; Pinky Promise (Firm),presenter.; Rh Negative (Firm),production company.; Universal City Studios,publisher.;
Director of photography, Alan Gwizdowski ; editors, Ali Greer, Stacy Moon ; music by Marcus Norris,.Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Austin Crute, Conphidance, Devere Rogers, Avis Marie Barnes, Nicole Beharie.Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American families; Baptists; Big churches; Husband and wife; Scandals; Spouses of clergy; Spouses;
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