Good For The Soul

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• Fiction
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  A Thousand Never Evers

  Shana Burg (J Burg)

  As the civil rights movement in the South gains momentum in 1963--and violence against African Americans intensifies—the black residents, including seventh-grader Addie Ann Pickett, in the small town of Kuckachoo, Mississippi, begin their own courageous struggle for racial justice.
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  Donavan’s Double Trouble

  Monalisa DeGross (J Degr)

  Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee, Donavan's problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this "new" Uncle Vic.
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  Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Space Mission Adventure

  Sharon M. Draper (J Drap)

  Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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  Sassy Little Sister Is Not My Name

  Sharon M. Draper (J Drap)

  Fashion-savvy Sassy does not like being the smallest student in her fourth-grade class, until a family emergency calls for a pint-sized hero.
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  The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street

  Sharon Flake (J Flak)

  Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely "knight in shining armor."
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  Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

  Nikki Grimes (J Grim)

  Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.
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  A Song for Harlem

  Pat McKissack (J McKi)

  The summer of 1928, Lilly Belle Turner of Smyrna, Tennessee, participates in a young author's writing program, taught by Zora Neale Hurston and hosted by A'Lelia Walker in her Harlem teahouse at the height of the Harlem Renaissance.
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  I, Dred Scott

  Sheila P. Moses (J Mose)

  Having served his master in northern states, under the provisions of the Missouri compromise the slave Dred Scott may be eligible for emancipation, but legal obstacles stand in the way of his freedom.
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  Sunny Holiday

  Coleen Paratore (J Pata)

  Spunky fourth-grader Sunny Holiday tries to make the best out of every situation, and even though her father is in prison, she and her mother count their blessings and manage to find joy in every day.
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  Safe at Home

  Sharon Robinson (J Robi)

  After the death of his father, Elijah Breeze, a ten-year-old African American boy, moves back to New York City with his mother and attends a summer baseball camp as he tries to make new friends and adapt to urban ways.
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  Keeping the Night Watch

  Hope Anita Smith (JSmit)

  A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.
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  Feathers

  Jacqueline Woodson (J Wood)

  When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
• Non-fiction
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  Remember: The Journey to School Integration

  Toni Morrison (J379.263 Morr)

  Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation. These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms. Morrison’s text--a fictional account of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during the era of "separate but equal" schooling.
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  Ellington Was Not a Street

  Ntozake Shange (J811.54 Shan)

  A tribute to select African American men including Paul Robeson, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois, Ray Barretto, Earlington Carl "Sonny Til" Tilghman, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Dr. Kwane Nkrumah, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Virgil "Honey Bear" Atkins, and the Clovers.
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  The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

  Russell Freedman (JB Ande)

  In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time.
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  Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall

  Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (JB Reev)

  This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.

C Estlow 6/10