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Jazmin’s Notebook
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Nikki Grimes |
Her name is Jazmin, and like the music of her name, her life throbs and swings—a few flat notes to be sure, but also bursting with rich passages that rise and soar. Sitting on her stoop she fills her… |
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The mouse rap
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Walter Dean Myers |
You can call me Mouse, 'cause that's my tag I'm into it all, everything's my bag my ace is Styx, he'll always do Add Bev and Sheri, and you got my crew...and a crew it is! For fourteen-year-old Mouse… |
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Dave at night
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Carson Levine,Gail Carson Levine |
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance. |
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The Cruisers
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Walter Dean Myers |
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruis… |
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Checkmate
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Walter Dean Myers |
Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying t… |
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Steel pan man of Harlem
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Colin Bootman |
A mysterious man appears in Harlem and promises to rid the city of its rats by playing the steel pan drum. |
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Piece of my heart
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Lynn Maddalena Menna |
Marisol dreams of becoming a singer and grabs every opportunity--even if it means hurting the people she loves. |
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The Harlem Nutcracker
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Susan Kuklin |
A retelling of the classic story of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet, featuring an African American grandmother and her family and set in Harlem. |
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen… |
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The hula hoopin' queen
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Thelma Lynne Godin |
Kameeka yearns to continue her hula hooping competition with her rival, Jamara, rather than help prepare for Miz Adeline's birthday party, and "the itch" almost ruins the party before the girls learn… |
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The stars beneath our feet
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David Barclay Moore |
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastic… |
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The Nutcracker in Harlem
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T. E. McMorrow |
In Harlem in the 1920s, in the middle of a family Christmas party, Marie receives a nutcracker from her Uncle Cab, which leads to a marvelous dream in this resetting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's familiar tal… |
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Happy feet
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Richard Michelson |
A young boy who loves to dance listens as his father retells the story of the night he was born, which coincided with the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. |
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Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel
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Irene Smalls |
Afther buying a raisin bun with the nickel she finds on the street, seven-year-old Irene, living in 1950s Harlem, New York, must make a decision about friendship. |
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Ruby
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Rosa Guy |
Ruby Cathy feels left without friends, without comfort and without love. Then she meets Daphne Duprey, who is "cool, calm, cultured, sophisticated and refined" - everything that Ruby is not. Together… |
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A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich
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Alice Childress |
Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there's… |
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Mystery of the Dark Tower
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Evelyn Coleman |
In 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially af… |
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Rucker Park Setup
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Paul Volponi |
Rucker Park—a place where basketball's greatest pro players go up against street legends. Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament here. But when th… |
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The dream bearer
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Walter Dean Myers |
David Curry doesn't know what to make of his father, Reuben, whose violent out bursts and chilling nightmares torment his family. His older brother, Tyrone, says Reuben is crazy. But lately, even Tyr… |
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Scorpions
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Walter Dean Myers |
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs. |
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