Nic Stone
1) Dear Martin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
2) Dear Justyce
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
3) Odd One Out
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes an honest and touching depiction of friendship, first love, and everything in between. Perfect for fans of Love, Simon and What If It's Us.
Courtney Cooper and Jupiter Sanchez (Coop & Jupe!) have been next-door neighbors and best friends since they were seven-years-old. She's his partner-in-crime and other half. But lately, Cooper can't...
Courtney Cooper and Jupiter Sanchez (Coop & Jupe!) have been next-door neighbors and best friends since they were seven-years-old. She's his partner-in-crime and other half. But lately, Cooper can't...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: New e-Audiobooks November 2021
Children's Recommended: 4th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: New e-Audiobooks November 2021
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.
How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:
Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.
Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.
Use the Green...
How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:
Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.
Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.
Use the Green...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Formats
Description
For centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. But something is wrong. The plants are dying. No matter what the people of Wakanda do, they can't save them. And their supply is running short. It's up to Shuri to travel from Wakanda in order to discover what is killing the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
The royal palace of Wakanda is one of, if not the most secure facilities on this planet--or any other. So the anxiety Shuri feels when she's jolted out of sleep by the queen mother with the news that someone attempted to break into the palace--and succeeded--is significant. And as quickly as they broke in, they vanished. The search for this interloper, a mysterious "symbiote" with superhuman speed and strength, will lead Shuri to the Jabari Lands,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"With the heart-shaped herb thriving, a group of Wakanda's finest engineers working on expanding its dome technology, and the borders more fortified than ever, Princess Shuri can finally focus on what matters most: her training. But soon, a bigger problem rears its head. The princess hears whispers of exceptionally talented young girls across the world going missing; a young environmental scientist in Kenya, a French physics prodigy -- the list of...
8) Jackpot
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she--with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan--can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide?...
9) Chaos theory
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
10) Fast pitch
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's New Books: October 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Description
"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever."--
11) Blackout
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Recommended: Black History Month 2022
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Description
A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
13) Black Enough
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland,
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