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Review of All You Have to Do

All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen; lyrics by Kahlil AkNahlej AllenHigh School    Kokila/Penguin    432 pp.8/23    9780593619049    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593619056    $10.99Alternating first-person accounts tell the intrinsically linked stories of Gibran in 1995 and his uncle Kevin in 1968. When Gibran, one of the few Black students in his Massachusetts...
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Review of Harlem at Four

Harlem at Four by Michael Datcher; illus. by Frank MorrisonPreschool, Primary    Random House Studio/Random    48 pp.9/23    9780593429334    $18.99Library ed.  9780593429341    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593429358    $10.99Datcher divides his narrative into two parts. First is a Black father’s loving tribute to his daughter, four-year-old Harlem. Championed by her father for her “Malcolm X...

Review of Kin: Rooted in Hope

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Jeffery Boston WeatherfordIntermediate, Middle School    Atheneum    208 pp.9/23    9781665913621    $18.99e-book ed.  9781665913645    $10.99From a single photograph and sparse information to a fully realized lineage of excellence, an African American author, with dramatic illustrations by her son, traces their family’s roots....
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Review of Hello, Mister Blue

Hello, Mister Blue by Daria Peoples; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Greenwillow    32 pp.5/23    9780063206755    $19.99A young Black girl cherishes her time with her papa. They have their routine; and “after breakfast, [they] make music.” One day, they are joined by Mister Blue. Papa explains that he and Mister Blue...
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Review of Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis

Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis by Melvina Noel; illus. by Cozbi A. CabreraPrimary    Cameron/Abrams    32 pp.4/23    9781951836399    $18.99Chef Edna Lewis (1916–2006) brought Southern cooking to the forefront of American cuisine. Growing up in Freetown, Virginia, a place founded by her grandfather and other formerly enslaved people, Edna...
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Review of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasIntermediate    Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins    368 pp.4/23    9780063225138    $19.99e-book ed.  9780063225152    $12.99Acclaimed for her young adult realistic fiction, Thomas (The Hate U Give, rev. 3/17) has taken on a new venture with this middle-grade fantasy. It’s Nichole “Nic” Blake’s twelfth birthday,...
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Review of Sincerely Sicily

Sincerely Sicily by Tamika BurgessIntermediate, Middle School    Harper/HarperCollins    304 pp.1/23    9780063159600    $17.99e-book ed.  9780063159624    $8.99Sicily Jordan had been excited about starting sixth grade with her friend group, the “Tether Squad” (including coordinated “outfits for almost the entire first month”). A last-minute redistricting plan means she has to transfer to Shirley...
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Review of We Deserve Monuments

We Deserve Monuments by Jas HammondsHigh School    Roaring Brook    384 pp.11/22    9781250816559    $18.99e-book ed.  9781250816566    $10.99Seventeen-year-old Avery is convinced her family has made a huge mistake in moving from Washington, DC, to Bardell County, Georgia. Biracial and queer, Avery is not sure how she will be received in her mother’s...
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Review of To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela Dalton; illus. by Lauren Semmer Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp. 1/23    9780063073210    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780063292796    $12.99 During the struggles of the civil rights movement, one weekly image on ­America’s television screens was seen as a...
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