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1) Akata witch
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Akata series volume 1
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Fiction
J Middle School Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi
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J Middle School Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi
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Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Non-Fiction
J 394.263 JOH
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J 394.263 JOH
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In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 9
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Fiction
J Middle School Taylor, Mildred
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J Middle School Taylor, Mildred
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"Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated...
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Batavia Public Library District - Parent/Teacher
J Parent-Teacher 305.8 KEN
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J Parent-Teacher 305.8 KEN
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Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Fiction
J Woodson, Jacqueline
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J Woodson, Jacqueline
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ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
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Violet is smart, funny and biracial. Her African American father died before she was born, and she has grown up with just her white mother and white older sister. Now that she is eleven, she feels it is time to learn about her African American heritage, so she seeks out her paternal grandmother.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Nelson, Vaunda
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JP Nelson, Vaunda
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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
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While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Biography
JB Woodson, Jacqueline
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JB Woodson, Jacqueline
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...
10) Bunheads
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Copeland, Misty
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JP Copeland, Misty
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A young Misty Copeland discovers her love for dance through the ballet of Coppelia.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Kit
J Kit Wonderbook Gorman, Amanda
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J Kit Wonderbook Gorman, Amanda
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"As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"--
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Biography
JB Johnson, Blind Willie
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JB Johnson, Blind Willie
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"The story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song "Dark Was the Night" was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden Record"--
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Woodson, Jacqueline
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JP Woodson, Jacqueline
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Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are lots of reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from. Maybe it's what you eat or something just as random. Whatever it is, it's not easy to...
14) Dear Martin
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Batavia Public Library District - Young Adult Fiction
YA FIC Stone, Nic
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YA FIC Stone, Nic
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"Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for a bright future--but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up now? Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up, sparking the fury of the white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly, Shots are fired. In the media...
15) Dream country
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"Spanning two centuries and two continents, Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people caught in a spiral of death and exile between Liberia and the United States"--
"Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people from one African American family chasing an elusive dream across centuries and continents. Gibney conjures an ambitious, sinuous novel from a family tree twisted to its breaking point by slavery and colonialism...
16) Firebird
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Copeland, Misty
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JP Copeland, Misty
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American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
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Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl.
On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free. Since then, Juneteenth, as the day has come to be known, has steadily gained recognition throughout the United States. ln 2020,a powerful wave of protests and demonstrations...
On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free. Since then, Juneteenth, as the day has come to be known, has steadily gained recognition throughout the United States. ln 2020,a powerful wave of protests and demonstrations...
18) Flygirl
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Fiction
J Middle School Smith, Sherri
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J Middle School Smith, Sherri
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Batavia Public Library District - Young Adult Fiction
YA FIC Smith, Sherri
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YA FIC Smith, Sherri
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During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Weatherford, Carole
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JP Weatherford, Carole
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"As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to...
20) Hair love
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Picture Books
JP Cherry, Matthew
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JP Cherry, Matthew
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"A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self." --