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2) Fallout
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
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Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Author
Series
Language
English
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#ownvoices - Black Books for Kids
African American Authors
Black History Month - Middle Grade
Historical Fiction - Juvenile
African American Authors
Black History Month - Middle Grade
Historical Fiction - Juvenile
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Series
Large family volume 1
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Large tries to take a peaceful, relaxing bath but her family has other ideas.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Erin receives her long-dead mother's diary, which reveals that she too revered Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and wanted to be a writer, and Erin impulsively decides to take the Greyhound bus from St. Paul, Minnesota to Monroeville, Alabama, to visit the reclusive author.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
16) Mom School
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
A child imagines what lessons are taught at Mom School, which cover everything from pitching a ball slowly enough for a child to hit it to building a fort out of couch cushions.
20) Son
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 4
Language
English
Description
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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