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In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a man through the all-night revel of J'Ouvert can't...
23) The talk
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...
24) Where's Rodney?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A Junior Library Guild SelectionRodney is that kid who just cant sit still. He's inside, but he wants to be outside. Outside is where Rodney always wants to be. Between school and home, there is a park. He knows all about that park. Its that triangle-shaped place with the yellow grass and two benches where grown-ups sit around all day. Besides, his momma said to stay away from that park. When Rodney finally gets a chance to go to a real park, with...
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Series
Keynan Masters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Attending Peerless Academy, Keynan Masters discovers a corrupt magic, and, unlocking his freestyling powers, sets out to unravel the school's secrets with his crew of new friends while trying to save the world from massive storms stemming from mysterious forces."--
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
Black boy joy is...Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race. Finding your voice—and your rhymes—during tough times. Flying on your skateboard like nobody’s watching. And more! From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood."--Amazon.com.
27) Lacrosse laser
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
28) Chocolate me!
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Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates the experiences of a dark-skinned, curly-haired child who wishes he could look more like the lighter-skinned children in his community until his mother helps him realize how wonderful he is inside and out.
29) Glow
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"This simple, playful, and elegant board book stars a young boy who joyfully celebrates his dark skin with a bright moon at the end of a perfect day."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
From "the role model . . . the brother who never left the 'hood because he keeps looking into the faces of the children and seeing himself there" (Patricia Smith, "The Boston Globe") comes a new book that provides powerful new insights into the lives of boys in America today.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley,...
34) Be boy buzz
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Celebrates being Bold, All Bliss Boy, All Bad Boy Beast, Boy running, Boy Jumping, Boy Sitting Down, and being in Love With Being a Boy.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 4
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Jaxon and his friends are back in the magical realm, Palmera, trying to convince Guardian Sis that magical creatures should exist in both worlds, but things might be even more complicated than Jax and his friends realize"--
Author
Series
Tyrell Show volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A highly illustrated, funny, and heartwarming story from the point of view of a precocious 11-year-old boy, Tyrell, who copes with his day-to-day stress by hosting an imaginary real-time podcast in his head!"--
39) Secret Saturdays
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Twelve-year-old boys living in a rough part of New York confront questions about what it means to be a friend, a father, and a man.