Lamar Giles
1) The getaway
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Language
English
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Jay discovers that mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates.
Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world's most famous resorts. He's got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property's main theme park. Life isn't so great for...
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After Virgil Hawkins reveals his secret identity as Static to his girlfriend, Daisy, she breaks up with him, leaving him free to go to a big music festival with his best friend Richie Foley (also known as superhero Gear), but they soon run into girls who each have secret identities of their own.
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Series
Legendary Alston Boys adventure volume 2
Language
English
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Otto and Sheed, The Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, are ordered by Missus Nedraw to bring a fugitive to justice in a world that mirrors their own but has its own rules.
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English
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"Not all heroes wear capes. Heroes can be sisters, inventors, soccer players, and friends. A hero is anyone who makes the world a better place -- which means you could be the hero. Fourteen authors celebrate the next-door defenders who save the everyday."-- Back cover.
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English
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Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is...Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is...two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed...
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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...
Publisher
Joy Revolution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party!"--
The Florence Hills High School seniors are having their last hurrah before graduation. It's the biggest event of the year-- and you're invited! The place: a megamansion in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburban enclaves. The host: DeAndre Dixon,...
8) Fresh ink
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
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Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from...
