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Review of Black Star
Black Star [Door of No Return]by Kwame AlexanderIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 384 pp.9/24 9780316442596 $17.99e-book ed. 9780316442794 $9.99Continuing the story of a Black family’s trials, from Ghana to the United States, Alexander (The Door of No Return, rev. 9/22) sets this installment in Jim Crow–era Virginia. Charlene “Charley” Cuffey...
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Review of Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings
Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings by Dionna L. MannIntermediate Ferguson/Holiday 208 pp.8/24 9780823455553 $17.99e-book ed. 9780823459261 $10.99Mann sets this amiable story in 1930s Vinegar Hill, “a thriving African American business and residential community” outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Allie Lewis wants the best for her mama and thinks she needs a husband to...
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Review of The Color of a Lie
The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson Middle School, High School Random 336 pp.6/24 9780593118801 $19.99Library ed. 9780593118818 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593118825 $10.99Moving to a new town can prove stressful for anyone—but for Calvin Greene and his family in 1955, it’s also dangerous. African Americans passing for white, the Greene...
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Review of Flying Through Water
Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo Middle School Little, Brown 288 pp.5/24 9780316703963 $16.99e-book ed. 9780316703956 $9.99Seven years ago, Sena’s mother moved their family from a big city—and an abusive husband—to Tovime, a remote village in Ghana, where Sena’s grandfather, Togbe, resides. A positive male presence, Togbe works the land...
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Review of Prom Babies
Prom Babies by Kekla Magoon High School Holt 304 pp.4/24 9781250806253 $20.99e-book ed. 9781250806246 $11.99The year is 2005, and high school students Mina, Penney, and Sheryl are looking forward to prom night as an opportunity to dress up, dance, and have fun with their friends. Of course, there are also...
Review of Black Girl You Are Atlas
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson; illus. by Ekua HolmesMiddle School, High School Kokila/Penguin 96 pp.2/24 9780593461709 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593461716 $10.99This poetry collection masterfully encapsulates Watson’s experience of Black girlhood and womanhood. Through an array of poetic styles, she weaves together her personal reflections, celebrating the multifaceted nature...
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Review of You’re Breaking My Heart
You’re Breaking My Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichMiddle School, High School Levine/Levine Querido 304 pp.1/24 9781646141814 $19.99Fourteen-year-old Harriet is convinced she’s responsible for her older brother Tunde’s tragic death and wishes more than anything that she could take back the cruel words she spoke to him that fateful morning. Others’ efforts...
Review of Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel; illus. by April HarrisonPrimary Dial 40 pp.1/24 9780593324202 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593324219 $11.99Few people have had more of an impact on African American children’s literature than griot, educator, and librarian Augusta Baker (1911–1998). Her...
Review of Gone Wolf
Gone Wolf by Amber McBrideMiddle School Feiwel 352 pp.10/23 9781250850492 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250850485 $10.99McBride (We Are All So Good at Smiling, rev. 1/23) begins this compelling novel in the year 2111: a girl known as Inmate Eleven has lived in a small cell her whole life. All she knows she’s...
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