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1) Street love
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134 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.
2) Push
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139 pages, 38 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.
3) Color me in
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373 pages : 1 photograph ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.
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English
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Told by a banker that he should sell fried chicken rather than books, since "Negroes don't read", Lewis Michaux defies the odds to build Harlem's National Memorial African Bookstore, an intellectual center and gathering place from 1939 to 1975.
In this work of historical fiction, Nelson tells the story of a man with a passion for knowledge and of a bookstore whose influence has become legendary.
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8 audio discs (72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
From the bedroom to the boardroom, this entertaining, clever work of social satire explores seduction, scandal, excess, betrayal, desire, dreams, and deception through one of a kind characters: Manny Marks, a real estate broker to New York City's affluent, selling to the highest bidder even if it's not property he's pandering; Tandy Brooks whose "friends" Ed and Lauren Thomas are her ticket to the good life, and Manny Marks her partner in crime; Ed...
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342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power. When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage....
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