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Fire in the Streets
Maxie's attachment to the Black Panthers in Chicago in the late sixties gradually confronts some of the other constants in her life, but she knows it's her only way to make a powerful difference in the world.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9781442422308
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How it Went Down
When Tariq, a black teenager, is gunned down by a white man, everybody has a different perspective on how it went down. -
How It Went Down
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9781250068231
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The Rock and the River
Sam, the son of a civil rights leader and brother to a member of the Black Panthers, observes the injustice around him, and tries to decide if he should follow the path of his brother, his father, or to forge his own. Dion Graham's deep, gentle voice fits Sam perfectly as he contemplates the world and his place in it.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9781441858658
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The season of Styx Malone
Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town, but his dad likes the family to stay close to home. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx is sixteen and oozes cool. He's been lots of different places. Styx promises Caleb and Bobby Gene that together, they can pull off the Great Escalator Trade--exchanging one small thing for something better until they achieve their wildest dream. But as the trades get bigger, the brothers soon find themselves in over their heads. It becomes clear that Styx has secrets--secrets so big they could ruin everything--and Caleb fears their whole plan might fall apart.- Adventure, Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2019
- ISBN: 9781524715953
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X: A Novel
This fictionalized account of Malcolm X's teen years poignantly presents the young man's struggles with identity, racism, and crime.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780763669676
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X: A Novel
X follows Malcolm Little from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.
- Historical Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2016
- ISBN: 9780763669676