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Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times.
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When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes...
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Patsy, an orphaned slave who has taught herself to read and write, teaches and educates former slaves, old and young, after the end of the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery. Patsy's diary is filled with courage, conviction and hope as she strives towards freedom.
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A brief biography in verse of boxer Muhammad Ali.
From the Publisher: A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the three time heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee-I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived!" From the moment a fired-up teenager from Kentucky won 1960 Olympic gold to the day in 1996 when a retired legend, hands shaking from Parkinson's, returned to raise the Olympic...
7) Money hungry
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All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
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This in-depth history of the civil rights struggle in one state tells how ordinary people worked and protested and suffered to change the political system. The combination works well: the sometime complicated legal struggle of the 1960s is set side by side with personal testimony about what is was like to sit in, go to prison, register to vote and organize. [The author] gives us an important chapter in American history from the viewpoint of those...
13) Rainbow Jordan
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Her mother, her foster guardian, and 14-year-old Rainbow comment on the state of things as she prepares to return to a foster home for yet another stay.
16) Junius over far
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After his grandfather leaves his family and returns to a dangerous situation on his home island in the Caribbean, fourteen-year-old Junius decides to follow him in search of his lost heritage.
19) Lena Horne
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Details Horne's half-century career and describes her hard life as a child, her first appearance at Harlem's Cotton Club, her problems with the film industry and the political blacklist, and the strength and spirit that brought her success.
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