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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. There is a place inside of me / a space deep down inside of me / where all my feelings hide. Summertime is filled with joy -- skateboarding and playing basketball -- until his community is deeply wounded by a police shooting. As fall turns to winter and then spring, fear grows into anger, then pride and peace....
2) Bird
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.
Author
Publisher
Rosetta Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A little girl uses rhyming verse to describe the unique traits of her autistic friend. Benny likes trains and cupcakes without sprinkles, but he can also be fussy sometimes. The narrator doesn't mind, however, because "true friends accept each other just the way they are". A gentle story encouraging children to appreciate and accept out differences."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now that he is Ma's apprentice Jax is finding himself mixed up with all sorts of magical doings, like taking care of a phoenix egg which is going to hatch soon, trying to bring back the creatures Sis stole, finding his grandfather, and convincing Sis, the guardian, to reunite the two realms--and hopefully living to see Brooklyn again.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in two voices, Jax and Kavita, Kavita's brother Vik, and new friend Kenny try to return the baby dragon to the realm of magic before anything else goes wrong.
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amidst the search for a peaceful resolution, Jax and his friends find themselves facing an imminent war as the witches gear up for battle against the formidable Scourge, threatening to drain all magic from both realms.
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