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Celebrate Black History Month with these recommended titles by, for and about African Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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The Baptism
Shelia P. Moses (M.K. McElderry Books, c2007)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/MOS
The author of the National Book Award finalist "The Legend of Buddy Bush" returns with this heartwarming novel about 12-year-old twin brothers who manage to save themselves while also unexpectedly saving their entire family in a week's time. |
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Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in it
Sundee T. Frazier (Delacorte, c2007)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/FRA
Uncovering a family secret regarding a grandpa he's never met, ten-year-old Brendan Buckley decides to go in search of the truth, but when he meets the elderly man and sees that he is of a different race, the biracial boy gets hard answers to questions he soon regrets asking. |
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Celeste's Harlem Renaissance: a Novel
Eleanora E. Tate (Little, Brown, c2007)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/TAT
When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever. |
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Come Juneteenth
Ann Rinaldi (Harcourt, c2007)
Shelf Number: FICTION/RIN Young Adult
How could the state of Texas keep the news of the Emancipation Proclamation from reaching slaves? In this riveting historical drama, Rinaldi sheds light on the events that led to the creation of Juneteenth, a celebration of freedom that continues today. |
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Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic, c2007)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/CUR
Its 1860, and 11-year-old Elijah is a first-generation freeborn child. His Canadian town of Buxton serves as a haven for runaway slaves. When the town’s corrupt preacher steals money from a citizen who’s been saving to buy his family’s freedom, Elijah sets off for America in pursuit. |
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The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom
Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar, c2007)
Shelf Number: J FICTION/MCC
Young Oney Judge risks everything to escape a life of slavery in the household of George and Martha Washington and to make her own way as a free black woman. |
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