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1) Twins
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing...
2) Dearest one
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The words of wisdom a grandmother might pass on to a growing child if she wrote her advice in the form of a letter.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.
8) Gabriela
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Gabby's beloved community arts center is threatened with closure, she makes a plan to use her spoken word poetry to overcome her stutter and save Liberty Arts.
Author
Series
Georgie Dupree volume 1
Publisher
Soaring Kite Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Georgie Dupree finds a new passion, which helps her discover the art of friendship.
11) Together we ride
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Joy dreams of writing music for the movies, but first she has to survive her family's move into a small apartment when her father loses his job.
14) Hurricane child
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
16) Big
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
17) Sarah rising
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books, an imprint of 1517 Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Minneapolis uprising after the killing of George Floyd, this story follows a little Black girl attending a protest with her father and realizing that she has the power to protect what and whom she loves. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Melody is excited to sing her first solo and gleans inspiration from her brother's love of Motown and the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., but it soon becomes clear that things in the country are not fair for African Americans like her.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the rich tradition of African American reunions, a multigenerational story follows the experiences of young Ruby, who helps loved ones prepare the foods they are bringing while trying to think of a signature dish of her own.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Gabby runs in the school election with the hope that she can stop the tradition of older students pranking the sixth graders, but she'll have to beat the confident and popular Aaliyah in order to win.
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