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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
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Told in alternating timelines, seventeen-year-old Daisy and her mother move into her deceased uncle's mansion, only to find horrors waiting inside, and ten years later, Brittney investigates the mystery behind the Miracle Mansion that turned her mother's life around.
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English
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Don't call fanboys Hamza and Yehat slackers. They're just way too smart for a job market that has beaten them down. But when old enemies from high school, an ex-CFL leg-breaker turned health food kingpin, a van full of mind-enslaving, thanatodelic drug dealers, and a mysterious Ethiopian woman named Sherem with a centuries-old secret crush them like the walls of a Death Star trash compactor, Hamza and Yehat have only two options: Be awesome. Or die....
Author
Series
Blood like magic volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
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While struggling with her new role as Matriarch, Voya has a vision of a terrifying, deadly future, and with a newfound sense of purpose, she vows to do whatever it takes to bring her shattered community together and prevent the destruction of them all.
Author
Series
Blood like magic volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
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English
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"A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous...
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Publisher
Punto de Encuentro/Everest
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Coming-of-age story following eighteen-year-old Adrian Carter as he graduates from high school and confronts difficult decisions about his future. Dealing with important themes (a desire for independence, identity, first love, familial tensions) from the nuanced perspective of a biracial teen, this story tackles key contemporary social issues: class differences, colourism in the Black community and the structural barriers limiting access to post-secondary...