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Sports Nutrition for Young Adults: A Game-Winning Guide to Maximize Performance
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$29.99Malcolm X For Beginners
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$14.99Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
$12.99Step into My Power: A Guide to Feeling Good and Living Your Best Life
$16.00Chaos Theory
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We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our VoicesWade and Cheryl Hudson and Various Amazing Authors, Illustrators and Poets
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Anthology of Poetic Advice to Children – 2018)
Fifty of the foremost diverse children’s authors and illustrators–including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander–share answers to the question, “In this divisive world, what shall we tell our…
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We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of SurvivalJabari Asim (A)
List Price: $20.00 (Paperback – Racism. / Survival – 2018)
A Finalist for the PEN / Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Insightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim
In We Can’t Breathe, Jabari Asim…
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We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to SuccessSampson Davis (A), George Jenkins (A), Rameck Hunt (A), Sharon Draper (A)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Biographies / Friendship / Doctors – 2006)
Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a…
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We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and LegacyNatalie Baszile (A)
List Price: $39.99 (Hardcover – Black Farming History and Present – 2021)
From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in…
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights MarchElspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley (Adaptor), Lydia Blackmon Lowery (A) and PJ Loughran (ILT)
List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Civil Rights Era/ Protest/ Social Justice – 2016)
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes–now in paperback will an all-new discussion guide.
As the youngest marcher in the…
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Unbeatable: How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the WorldPhillip Hoose (A)
List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Winning Basketball Team – 2022)
Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.
By winning the state high school…
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To Be A SlaveTom Feelings (A) and Julius Lester (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – History / Slave Narratives – 2005)
What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United States, their…
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Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996Jacob Hoye (A)
List Price:$30.00 (Paperback – Biography / Hip Hop Artist / Rapper – 2006)
Capturing as never before the matchless passion and searing honesty of the late Tupac Shakur, the brilliant young rapper, actor, and poet who was mysteriously gunned…
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Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe (A)
List Price: $13.00 (Paperback – African History / Post Colonization – 1994)
Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a äóìstrong manäó? of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and…
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The WorkTiffany Jewell (A)
LIST PRICE: $14.99 (Paperback – Examines Racism / Exercises – 2020)
Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist…
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The Truth’s We Hold (Young Readers Edition)Vice President Elect – Kamala Harris (A)
List Price: $10.99 (Kamala Harris’s Memoir – 2020)
Now adapted for young readers, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.
With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as…
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The Skin I’m InSharon G. Flake (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Self Esteem – 2007)
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka Madison, is uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark. Until she meets Miss Saunders, a new teacher who is self assured and has a large birthmark on her…
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The Sum Of UsABOUT THE SUM OF US (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS)
The New York Times bestseller, now adapted for a new generation of young readers, leaders, thinkers, and activists. A groundbreaking call to action that examines how racism affects and harms all of us and how we need to face it head-on, together.
The future can be…
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The Rose That Grew From ConcreteNikki Giovannni (A), Tupac Shakur (A) and Leila Steinberg (Photo)
List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Poetry / Hip Hop – 1999)
His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic — a violent homage to the power of his voice.…
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The Revolution of Birdie RandolphBrandy Colbert (A)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Coming of Age / Self Awareness – 2019)
From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page.
Dove “Birdie” Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow…
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The Poet XElzabeth Acevedo (A)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Poetry / Finding Her Voice – 2018)
National Book Award and Golden Kite Honor Award Winner!
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her…
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil RightsSteve Sheinkin (A)
List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Social Justice / Military / Mutiny – 2014)
An astonishing Civil Rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300…
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The Pan-AfricanistsKofi A. Annan (A), Dudley J. Thompson (A) and Barrington A. Watson (ILT)
List Price: $15.00 (Paperback – Biographies / Pan Africanists – 2005)
This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout…
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The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a DreamDavis Sampson (A) Rameck Hunt (A) and George Jenkins (A)
List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Biography / Mentoring – 2005)
The dramatic, inspiring story of three inner-city youths – Samson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt – whose strong friendship gave them the strength to continue…
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The Other Black Girl: A NovelZakiya Dalila Harris (A)
List Price: $27.00 (Hardcover – Adult Fiction – 2021)
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Good Morning America, Esquire, and Read with Marie ClaireBook Club Pick and a People Best Book of Summer
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Time, TheWashington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Marie…
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The Mis-Education of the NegroCarter G. Woodson (A)
List Price: $9.95 (Paperback – Denounces Eurocentric Education / Supports Black Studies – First Pub. 1933)
The Mis-Education of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever written. Carter G. Woodson shows us the weakness of Euro-centric based curriculums that fail to include African American…
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The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the CountryAmanda Gorman (A)
List Price: $15.99 (Hardcover – Presidential Inaugural Poem – 2021)
Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition.
“Stunning.” —CNN
“Dynamic.” —NPR
“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue
On January 20, 2021, Amanda…
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The House You Pass On the WayJacqueline Woodson (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biracial Teen / Friendship / Family – 2010)
A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newberry Honor winning author
Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She’s always been different–set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents…
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The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros (A)
List Price: $13.00 (Paperback – Young Latina Girl – 1991)
Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.…
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The Hate U GIveAngie Thomas (A)
List Price: $21.99 (Hardcover – Fiction / Prep School / Teen Murder / Violence – 2017)
A National Book Award Long list title with eight starred reviews!
#1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Absolutely riveting!” —Jason Reynolds
“Stunning.”—John Green
“This story is necessary. This story is important.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly…
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The First Part Last (The Heaven Trilogy)Angela Johnson (A)
List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Teen Pregnancy – 2010)
Description:This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom’s room and have her do the whole thing. It’s not going to happen….
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The Coldest Winter EverSister Souljah (A)
List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Street Smart Girl / Challenges and Survival – 2006)
Renowned hip-hop artist, political activist, and bestselling author Sister Souljah brings the streets of New York to life in a powerful and utterly unforgettable first novel.
I came busting into the world during one of New…
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The Cost of KnowingFour starred reviews!
Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when he foresees his younger brother’s imminent death, from the acclaimed author of SLAY.
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The CrossoverKwame Alexander (A)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Breaking Rules and Consequences -2014)
2015 Newbery Medal Winner
2015 Coretta Scott King Honor Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering,“…
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The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for LifeKevin Powell (A) Hill Harper (Foreward)
List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Self Help / Mentoring / Man to Man Conversations – 2008)
The Black Male Handbook is a collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning. Kevin Powell taps into the social and political climate rising in the Black community,…
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The Black Holocaust For BeginnersS. E. Anderson (A) and Vanessa Holley (ILT)
List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – The Black Holocaust – 2007)
Virtually anyone, anywhere knows that six million Jewish human beings were killed in the Jewish Holocaust. But how many African human beings were killed in the Black Holocaust – from the start of the European…
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THE BOY IN THE BLACK SUITJason Reynolds (A)
List Price: $12.99 (Paperback – Fiction / Coming of Age / Finding Strength – 2016)
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book.
Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might…
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel HistoryDavid F. Walker (A) and Marcus Kwame Anderson
List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel – History of Black Panther Party – 2021)
A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party.
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political…
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The Art of Living Out LoudMeg Blackburn Losey, PHD (A)
A philosophy teacher who experienced devastating situations and lost everything
List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Self-help Book For Teens – 2012)
In The Art of Living Out Loud, Losey describes how she learned to live an authentic life, from this traumatic experience. She…
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The Awakening Of Malcolm X: A NovelIlyasah Shabazz (A) and Tiffany Jackson (A)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – The Life of A Great African American Leader – 2021)
The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist’s adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning…
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The BeastWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $16.95 (Hardcover – Fiction / Racial and Social Divides / Relationships / Drug Addiction – 2003)
Anthony Spoon Witherspoon, 17, leaves Harlem, and his girl, Gabi, to spend his senior year at Wallingford Academy in Connecticut, with the hope that he will get into an Ivy League…
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their LivesDashka Slater (A)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Hate Crime / Gender Issues / Teen Trajedy / Healing – 2018)
One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.
If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have…
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The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens: Updated for the Digital AgeSean Covey (A)
List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Success Strategies for Teens- 2017)
From the author of the wildly popular bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens comes the go-to guide that helps teens cope with major challenges they face in their lives—now updated for today’s social media age.
In this newly revised edition, Sean…
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Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern HaitiFrances Temple (A)
List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Social Political / Haitian Revolt – 2004)
Seventeen year old Do has a story: Once he was one of Titid’s boys, a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive,…
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Sweet, Hereafter (The Heaven Trilogy)Angela Johnson (A)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Teen / Loss / Coming Of Age – 2011)
After Heaven and The First Part Last, three-time Correta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson concludes her acclaimed trilogy with a poignant tale of finding where you belong and who you belong with.
Shoogy left…
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Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black HistoryJoel Christian (A and ILT) Henry Louis Gates (FRWD)
List Price: $23.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel – True Stories – 2014)
Strange Fruit Volume I is a collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the nine illustrated chapters chronicles…
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Standing Against The WindTraci L. Jones (A)
List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Friendship / High School / Challenges and Hope – 2010)
Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother, then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail. Living in the projects, Patrice is an easy target…
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the Stamped from the BeginningJason Alexander (A) and Ibrahm X. Kendi (A)
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism–and antiracism–in America
This is NOT a history book.
This…
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So You Want to Talk About RaceIjeoma Oluo (A)
List Price: $18.99 (Paperback – Race Relations / Social Justice – 2019)
In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America
Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy — from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans…
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SlayBrittney Morris (A)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Teen Black Gamer / Racism/ Identity/ Drama -2019)
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!
“Gripping and timely.” —People
“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that’ll keep you down for…
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Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & SoulPrioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate.
Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in…
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Shades Of Memnon Book 2: Ra Force RisingGregory Walker (A)
List Price $19.99 (Paperback – Ancient Egyptian History – 2015)
Series: Shades of Memnon (Book 2)
The adventure continues in the second installment of the Shades of Memnon series, where it is 1200 B.C. and a young Kushite must fight for his family’s survival. (212 pgs)
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5…
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Say Her NameZetta Elliott (A) and. Love is Wise (ILT)
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