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(0)Ibi Aanu Zoboi
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
2) PRIDE
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri is forced to find common ground with Darius, while struggling with her four wild sisters, a handsome boy vying for her attention, and college applications.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The People Remember tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
112 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her mother disappears, Nigeria Jones, the daughter of the leader of a Black liberation group, searches for her, uncovering a shocking truth which leads her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 8 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
"On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's West Side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new...