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The mouse rap The mouse rap 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… OL11278694W
The Cruisers The Cruisers Walter Dean Myers Zander's play, Act Six, brings Da Vinci Academy into the spotlight, especially when LaShonda's costume designs win her an opportunity she can accept only if she is willing to leave her autistic broth… OL16175909W
Tar Beach Tar Beach 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… OL1859174W
The stars beneath our feet The stars beneath our feet 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… OL19668459W
Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel 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. OL2409791W
New guys around the block New guys around the block Rosa Guy Harlem teenager Imamu Jones, repainting his mother's apartment, hoping to help her overcome her alcoholism, is troubled as he begins to suspect one of his friends may be guilty of a series of burglar… OL3748580W
Ruby Ruby 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… OL3748581W
A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich 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… OL4622231W
Rucker Park Setup Rucker Park Setup 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… OL5719898W