The Black Panther Party : a graphic novel history
David F. Walker ; art, colors, and letters by Marcus Kwame Anderson
2021
ISBN: 9781984857705
"Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and significance of the Panthers, from their social, educational, and healthcare programs that were designed to uplift the Black community to their battle against police brutality through citizen patrols and frequent clashes with the FBI, which targeted the Party from its outset. Using dramatic comic book-style retellings and illustrated profiles of key figures, The Black Panther Party captures the major events, people, and actions of the Party, as well as their cultural and political influence and enduring legacy."--book jacket.
Kingdom of souls
Rena Barron
2019
ISBN: 9780062870957
Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. There's only one thing Arrah hasn't tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic. Until the Kingdom's children begin to disappear, and Arrah is desperate to find the culprit. She uncovers something worse. The long-imprisoned Demon King is stirring. And if he rises, his hunger for souls will bring the world to its knees... unless Arrah pays the price for the magic to stop him.
Thirsty : a novel
Jas Hammonds
2024
ISBN: 9781250816597
In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships.
The Black kids
Christina Hammonds Reed
2022
ISBN: 9781534462731
With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
Required reading for the disenfranchised freshman
Kristen R. Lee
2022
ISBN: 9780593309155
Upon arriving at the prestigious Wooddale University, seventeen-year-old Savannah Howard comes face-to-face with microaggressions and outright racism--but if she stands up for justice, will she endanger her future?
Sleep like death
Kalynn Bayron
2024
ISBN: 9781547609765
Sixteen-year-old Eve, gifted with rare magical abilities, believes it her purpose to defeat an evil Knight, but not everything is as it seems and Eve's mother, the Queen, knows more about the knight than she is telling her daughter.
Out of body
Nia Davenport
2024
ISBN: 9780063255715
"When 17-year-old Megan Allen is betrayed by her best friend, LC, and targeted by LC's enemies, she is plunged into a waking nightmare and must claim what makes her uniquely herself to get her life back-- or die trying"-- Provided by publisher.
Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology
edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas & Erica Martin
2024
ISBN: 9780063225282
Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
Seven minutes in Candyland
Brian Wasson
2023
ISBN: 9780063264656
"Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He keeps his prices reasonable, his inventory fresh, and himself out of the drama. But when a heartbroken Sterling Glistern, Kal's longtime crush, barges into the storage closet where he keeps his candy supply, a new source of income unexpectedly presents itself: relationship therapist. He only meant to help Sterling realize she's dating a jerk, and maybe win her over, but news spreads fast that Kalvin's not just the master of sweets--but hearts, too"-- Provided by publisher.
My fairy god somebody
Charlene Allen
2024
ISBN: 9780063212848
"The way Clae's mom tells it, her dad took off when Clae was a baby, end of story. Ever since, it's just been the two of them, living in the coastal city of Gloucester, where Clae is one of the only few Black girls. But when Clae discovers clues about a mysterious person she calls her fairy god somebody, she's determined to know more. Her chance comes when she's accepted into a summer journalism program in New York City, where her parents lived before she was born. With a couple of leads and a steel resolve, Clae leaves home for the first time to find out about her history. New York is as full of magic as it is mystery, not to mention romance. From Brooklyn to Broadway, Clae and her new friends, Nze and Joelle, explore neighborhood haunts and hustles, discovering a family trail that someone's tried hard to bury. So who is the fairy god somebody? And can Clae use her sleuthing skills to find out the truth?"--Provided by publisher.
Love radio
Ebony LaDelle
2022
ISBN: 9781665908153
Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.
The Blackwoods
Brandy Colbert
2023
ISBN: 9780063091597
Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.
Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Brandy Colbert
2021
ISBN: 9780063056664
"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that . . . author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this . . . nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre"--Provided by publisher.
The forest demands its due
Kosoko Jackson
2023
ISBN: 9780063260795
When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school's past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus.
Ain't burned all the bright
by Reynolds & Griffin
2022
ISBN: 9781534439467
"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now"-- Provided by publisher.
The Black girl survives in this one : horror stories
edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell
2024
ISBN: 9781250871657
A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.