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• King and the Dragonflies

  Callender, Kacen,

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  A tale of loving friendships, acceptance, and dragonflies! As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death.

• The Only Black Girls in Town

  Colbert, Brandy,

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  In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.

• Blended

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills),

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  Piano-prodigy Isabella’s parents struggle to share custody. Racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by the police.

• Dragons in a Bag

  Elliott, Zetta,

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  In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world. Along the way, he discovers his true calling.

• The Parker Inheritance

  Johnson, Varian,

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  12-year-old Candice Miller spends her summer on a real treasure hunt in Lambert, South Carolina.

• The Season of Styx Malone

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  Caleb Franklin and his big brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.

• From the Desk of Zoe Washington

  Marks, Janae,

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  Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her 12th birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime.

• A Good Kind of Trouble

  Ramée, Lisa Moore,

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  Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.

• As Brave as You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  When Genie and his older brother spend their summer in the country with their grandparents, he learns a secret about his grandfather and what it means to be brave.

• Ways to Make Sunshine

  Watson, Renee,

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  The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.

• Genesis Begins Again

  Williams, Alicia, 1970-

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  13-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it's the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as she is.

• My Life as An Ice Cream Sandwich

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  In the summer of 1984, 12-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interferes with her finding acceptance.