Author: Shauntay Grant
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593522214
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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A little girl makes sure she walks out of the barbershop rocking the fabulous hair style she chooses. Learn the importance of speaking up for what you want through this fun and empowering picture book. When a little girl walks into her local barbershop, she knows she wants the flyest, freshest fade on the block! But there are so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from, and the clients and her mother suggest them all: parts, perms, frizzy fros, dye jobs, locs, and even cornrows! But this little girl stays true to herself and makes sure she leaves the shop feeling on top with the look she picks! Author Shauntay Grant's sweet, rhyming story encourages young girls to be self-confident and celebrates the many shapes and forms Black hair can take. Through their stunning illustrations, Kitt Thomas is able to bring life and movement to the versatile styles featured in this book.
Author: Elliott Lewis
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 9780786716685
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Interweaves the personal memoirs of the author with the stories of dozens of other biracial Americans who would challenge contemporary beliefs about race, in an account that cites a growing number of biracial American citizens and addresses such topics as affirmative action, trans-racial adoption, and interracial sexual relations.
Author: Shauntay Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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When a little girl walks into her local barbershop, she knows she wants the flyest, freshest fade on the block! But there are so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from, and the clients and her mother suggest them all: parts, perms, frizzy fros, dye jobs, locs, and even cornrows! But this little girl stays true to herself and makes sure she leaves the shop feeling on top with the look she picks! Author Shauntay Grant's sweet, rhyming story encourages young girls to be self-confident and celebrates the many shapes and forms Black hair can take. Through their stunning illustrations, Kitt Thomas is able to bring life and movement to the versatile styles featured in this book.
Author: Robert Cormier
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0307523314
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act. “Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, and you’ll have an idea how good Fade is. . . . I was absolutely riveted.”—Stephen King
Author: Chris L. Terry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988480438
Category : African American teenage boys
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Inner-city teenager Kevin Phifer is grounded and battles with girls, bullies, so-called friends, his gay uncle, and wack haircuts.
Author: Derrick Barnes
Publisher: Agate Publishing
ISBN: 1572848081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, the Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Horn Book Magazine, the News & Observer, BookPage, Chicago Public Library, and more The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great thing that could happen to them when they look good: lesser grades turn into As; girls take notice; even a mother’s hug gets a little tighter. Everyone notices. A fresh cut makes boys fly. This rhythmic, read-aloud title is an unbridled celebration of the self-esteem, confidence, and swagger boys feel when they leave the barber’s chair—a tradition that places on their heads a figurative crown, beaming with jewels, that confirms their brilliance and worth and helps them not only love and accept themselves but also take a giant step toward caring how they present themselves to the world. The fresh cuts. That’s where it all begins. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut is a high-spirited, engaging salute to the beautiful, raw, assured humanity of black boys and how they see themselves when they approve of their reflections in the mirror.
Author: Francis Knight
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316217697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala It's a city built upwards, not across -- where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under. Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can't hide for ever. Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan -- this is going to hurt.
Author: Demitria Lunetta
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 152476633X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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The Others meets The Cellar in this scary ghost-story thriller from the author of BAD BLOOD. We don't want to disappear. We want to be found. Something terrible happened in her basement. Haley can feel it. Four girls went missing several years ago, and the police never solved the case. But Haley knows the missing girls were murdered. How else can she explain the hostile presence in her house? The ghostly girls need something from her. And unless Haley can figure out what they want . . . she might be next.
Author: Francess Lin Lantz
Publisher: HarperTempest
ISBN: 9780380793723
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Sixteen-year-old Sienna, always a colorless outsider to the intense personal and professional relationship of her famous artist parents, finds herself tentatively growing closer to her father and realizing her own artistic potential after he is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Author: Samantha Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781461084501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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A Sleeping Beauty may be the damsel in distress, but her White Knight? Why her rather un-knightish best friend of course. And the White Knight's White Knight? Well... none other than her reluctant mortal enemy...When Haydyn falls victim to the mysterious Sleeping Disease, the world of Phaedra is thrown into Chaos. Rogan, Haydyn's best friend and handmaiden, is the only one who can save her. Together, with the Royal Guard and their young Captain, Wolfe Stovia, Rogan must set off across the provinces to find the Somna Plant that will wake Haydyn from her dying sleep.Beset on all sides by the chaos, Rogan tumbles into a dark world of kidnapping, prejudice, betrayal and love... a journey that will change her forever, and a journey that will change their world forever, if she does not retrieve the cure.
