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A Horn for Louis
Eric Kimmel (Random House, c2005)
Shelf Number: TWEEN/KIM
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real horn. He didn't even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, Louis had a job. Every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans , playing his tin horn and collecting stuff people didn't want. Then one day the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
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My Name is Sally Little Song
Brenda Woods (Putnam/Penguin, c2006)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/WOO
From the author of "Red Rose Box" comes the unforgettable story of a slave girl who finds refuge with a tribe of Seminoles.
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New Boy
Julian Houston (Houghton, c2005)
Shelf Number: FICTION/HOU Young Adult
A young African-American boy discovers the world--and himself--when he integrates an all-white boarding school in the 1950s.
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Night Boat to Freedom
Margot Theis Raven (Farrar/Melanie Kroupa, c 2006)
Shelf Number: TWEEN/RAV
Inspired by accounts in the WPA "Slave Narrative Collection, Night Boat to Freedom" is a memorable celebration of courage, hope, and unselfish love.
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Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
Pat McKissack (Schwartz & Wade Books, c2006)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/MCK
Newbery Honor author McKissack's tall tales of humor and exaggeration are told on a front porch to friends and family. Whether side-splittingly funny or spine-chillingly spooky, most of these tales are seeped in early 20th century African-American history.
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The Return of Buddy Bush
Shelia P. Moses (M.K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, c2006)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/MOS
In this powerful sequel to the National Book Award finalist "The Legend of Buddy Bush," Pattie Mae goes to Harlem to find her uncle, Buddy Bush. She wants to bring him home to North Carolina to be proven innocent once and for all.
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