Three Girls from Bronzeville
Three Girls from Bronzeville

Author: Dawn Turner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-06-07

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1982107715

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"The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their 'Thing Finder box,' and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice skating in the nearby Lake Meadows apartment complex, swimming in the pool at the Ida B. Wells housing project, and daydreaming of their futures: Dawn a writer, Debra a doctor, Kim a teacher. Then they came to a precipice, a fraught rite of passage for all girls when the dangers and the harsh realities of the world burst the innocent bubble of childhood, when the choices they made could--and would--have devastating consequences. There was a razor thin margin of error--especially for brown girls"

Pinkie Promises
Pinkie Promises

Author: Elizabeth Warren

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1250860938

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Polly knows she's strong and capable. But whenever she offers to help her uncle or brother or neighbor, they tell her: "That's not what girls do." Then one day, Polly goes to a rally to meet a woman who's running for president, and they make a pinkie promise to remember all the things that girls do. Polly carries that promise with her at school, onto the soccer field, and even into an election for Class President! This inspiring story will encourage young readers to dream big. Godwin Books

Down the River Unto the Sea
Down the River Unto the Sea

Author: Walter Mosley

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 147460868X

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Winner of the RBA Prize for Crime Writing Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault, a charge that lands him in the notorious Rikers Island prison. A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja-Denise. When he receives a card in the mail from the woman who admits she was paid by someone in the NYPD to frame him all those years ago, King realises that he has no choice but to take his own case: figuring out who on the force wanted him disposed of - and why. At the same time, King must investigate the case of black radical journalist Leonard Compton, aka A Free Man, accused of killing two on-duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic drugs and women into the city's poorest neighbourhoods. In pursuit of justice, our hero must beat dirty cops and even dirtier bankers. All the while, two lives hang in the balance: Compton's, and King's own.

Paris Never Leaves You
Paris Never Leaves You

Author: Ellen Feldman

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1250622786

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"Masterful. Magnificent. A passionate story of survival and a real page turner. This story will stay with me for a long time." —Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey Living through World War II working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life? Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Ellen Feldman's Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinary story of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost. The war is over, but the past is never past.

Kisses Kindling
Kisses Kindling

Author: Jarrette Fellows Jr.

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2021-02-24

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 166570134X

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Maintaining a fiery romance is never happenstance. Two people in love must give and take to tend the flame and keep the connection alive, always nurturing, always loving. Kisses Kindling explores love and romance in marriage in an enjoyable, nonclinical way as it seeks to encourage healthy marriages in a time when the tragedy of eroding relationships appears to be an ever-increasing malady. Author Jarrette Fellows Jr. draws on a collection of romantic prose he has written over time, his personal experience, and his imagination. He provides materials designed to strengthen the bond of togetherness and devotion between two people who made a wedded vow to remain with one another forever. His hope is that Kisses Kindling will serve as the tinder that keeps the fiery romance burning for a couple in love. This romantic anthology presents poems intended to rekindle the fire in marriages gone cold, reignite the romance that existed in the beginning, and reaffirm that love can last forever.

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
Bronzeville Boys and Girls

Author: Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03-20

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781484447703

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A collection of illustrated poems that reflects the experiences and feelings of African American children living in big cities.

Maud Martha
Maud Martha

Author: Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780883780619

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Symbolising some of the author's most provocative writing, this novel captures the essence of Black life, and recognises the beauty and strength that lies within each of us.

Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child

Author: Useni Eugene Perkins

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0316360325

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Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins. Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are?Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals.

Exquisite
Exquisite

Author: Suzanne Slade

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1683354729

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A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.

A Street in Bronzeville
A Street in Bronzeville

Author: Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher: Library of America

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1598533819

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Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the most accomplished and acclaimed poets of the last century, the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first black woman to serve as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the forerunner of the U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, in an exclusive Library of America E-Book Classic edition, is her groundbreaking first book of poems, a searing portrait of Chicago’s South Side. “I wrote about what I saw and heard in the street,” she later said. “There was my material.”