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Lil J's broke and needs some cash. But a drug deal goes wrong, and now the cops are after him. Hiding and getting dope sick from his latest high, Lil ... More

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Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers (Brown Angels; The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner) tells the story of 12-year-old Jamal, whose life ... More

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Didi dreams of college and her boyfriend Motown dreams of steady work, but first, both must survive in the often brutal present which is Harlem. ... More

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Hitch a ride with Duke Ellington and his band as they play their music across America and Europe in 1939.

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New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers tackles the social contract from a teen's perspective in his novel All the Right Stuff. In one of ... More

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Cassie Lightfoot, a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, has a dream--to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One ... More

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Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech ... More

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Coretta Scott King award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelsons great uncle was Lewis Micheaux, owner of the famous National Memorial African ... More

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Edith always got to school late, with her clothes unpressed and her holey stockings bagging round her legs. She acted friendly, but Phyllisia didn't ... More

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"It's summertime in Harlem, and The Mouse (as he calls himself) and his friends look beyond dance contests and basketball for diversion. The rumor of ... More

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Jump ropes beat out double Dutch rhythms for three best friends living in Harlem in 1957. Dana has passed a placement test to enter an integrated ... More

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A classic Myers novel set in Harlem is reissued, and continues to bear witness to the difference a caring adult can make in the life of a young ... More

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Relates the adventures of a young girl, living in Harlem in the 1950's, on the morning that she finds a nickel in the street.

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Don?t Say Ain?t, by Irene Smalls, is a beautiful and moving story of a young girl's struggle to adjust to a changing world without losing touch with ... More

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This "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Book is a wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Readers get to ... More

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Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life. According to Duke, who has given them after-school jobs at his Harlem barbershop, there are rules ... More

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Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament at Rucker Park. On the day of their big game, J.R. is fatally stabbed. ... More

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In this story of a boy growing up in Harlem, Collier's spare, poetic text and intricate color illustrations evoke every aspect of the community, from ... More

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Harlem in its heyday?the 1920s?is the backdrop for the next Scraps of Time story. For Lilly Belle, ?the capital of Black America? is about as far ... More

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The long-awaited sequel to The Contender. 17-year-old Sonny Bear has lived most of his life on the reservation with Uncle Jake. Sonny's fists have ... More

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Relates the adventures of a young girl, living in Harlem in the 1950's, on the morning that she finds a nickel in the street.

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The story of Aisha, teenage mother of two from the New York Projects, who is going nowhere. But when her welfare benefits are stopped, she has to ... More

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Tyrell is a young, African American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless ... More

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Zander and his friends start their own newspaper, "The Cruiser." When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to ... More

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Being nearly the only African American in her school doesn't bother NaTasha. But it bothers Tilly, NaTasha's spitfire grandmother from Harlem, who ... More

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