Angie Thomas

Series

The Hate U Give

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Description

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book!

If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With

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2) On the Come Up

Author

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Pub. Date

2019

Formats

Description

The YA love letter to hip-hop—streaming on Paramount+ September 23, 2022! Starring Sanaa Lathan (in her directorial debut), Jamila C. Gray, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa (Davionte Ganter), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr., and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr.

#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book

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3) Concrete rose

Author

Series

Hate you give

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

360 pages ; 22 cm.

Description

Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leave him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...

4) The hate u give

Author

Pub. Date

2017.

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Description

8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller!

""Absolutely riveting!"" —Jason Reynolds

""Stunning."" —John Green

""This story is necessary. This story is important.""

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5) Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

Author

Series

Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1

Pub. Date

2023

Formats

Description

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the launch of an inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore.

It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth

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6) El odio que das

Author

Pub. Date

2019

Formats

Description

«Esta historia es necesaria. Esta historia es importante.» Kirkus Reviews STARR ES UNA CHICA DE DIECISÉIS AÑOS que vive entre dos mundos: el barrio pobre de gente negra donde nació, y su escuela situada en un elegante distrito residencial blanco. El difícil equilibrio entre ambos se hace añicos cuando ella se convierte en testigo de la muerte a tiros de su mejor amigo, Khalil, a manos de un policía. A partir de ese momento, todo lo que Starr...

7) The Hate U Give: Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 2018

Author

Pub. Date

2017

Formats

Description

»Umwerfend und brillant, ein Klassiker!« Bestsellerautor John Green
Die 16-jährige Starr lebt in zwei Welten: in dem verarmten Viertel, in dem sie wohnt, und in der Privatschule, an der sie fast die einzige Schwarze ist. Als Starrs bester Freund Khalil vor ihren Augen von einem Polizisten erschossen wird, rückt sie ins Zentrum der öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit. Khalil war unbewaffnet. Bald wird landesweit über seinen Tod berichtet;...

8) The Manifestor Prophecy

Author

Series

Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1

Pub. Date

2023

Description

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth

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9) The Manifestor prophecy

Author

Series

Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Description

"It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events...

10) On the come up

Author

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

447 pages ; 22 cm.

Description

As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral-- for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as a menace, Bri makes a choice-- and becomes the...

11) The hate u give

Author

Pub. Date

[2017]

Physical Desc

444 pages ; 22 cm.

Description

After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

12) The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner

Author

Pub. Date

2017

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Description

"Absolutely riveting!" —Jason Reynolds

"Stunning." —John Green

"This story is necessary. This story is important."

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13) Whiteout: a novel

Author

Clayton, Dhonielle

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

291 pages ; 22 cm

Description

In Atlanta, just before Christmas, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life during the storm of the century, which results in a magical moment that changes everything.

14) Blackout: el amor brilla cuando la luz se apaga

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

302 pages ; 23 cm

Description

"Una sofocante ola de calor deja a la ciudad de Nueva York sumida en un apag̤n, pero en medio de la noche m̀s c̀lida y oscura, otro tipo de chispas brillar̀n en la ciudad. Un primer encuentro. Amigos de toda la vida. Ex amargados. Y quiz̀... el inicio de algo nuevo. Cuando las luces se apagan, los sentimientos m̀s profundos salen a la luz: el amor florece, la amistad se transforma en algo nuevo y todas las posibilidades tienen una oportunidad...

15) Blackout

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

243 pages ; 22 cm.

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." As a summer heatwave blankets New York City, the light go out. The city is thrown into confusion-- and a different kind of electricity sparks. People reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms,...

16) Blackout

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

6 audio discs (approximately 7 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

17) On the come up

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her. Based on the New York...

18) The hate u give

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?

19) More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition)

Author

Silvera, Adam

Pub. Date

2015

Formats

Description

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut—also called “mandatory reading” and selected as an Editors' Choice by the New York Times—Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx.
In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again—but he's still gunning for it. With the...

20) Blackout: A Novel

Author

Clayton, Dhonielle

Pub. Date

2021

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Description