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In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
4) Paperboy
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English
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When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
5) The land
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English
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Paul-Edward, son of a white plantation owner and a slave mother, follows his dream of owning his own land through hard work and determination.
6) Fast break
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English
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Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
10) White lilacs
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1993.
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English
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A 12-year-old girl sees trouble threatening her black community in Texas in 1921, when families are pressured to relocate to accomodate a white park.
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English
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Kirsten's parents are barely speaking to each other, and her best friend has fallen under the spell of the school's queen bee, Brianna. It seems like only Kirsten's younger science-geek sister is on her side. Walker's goal is to survive at the new white private school his mom has sent him to because she thinks he's going to screw up like his cousin. But he's a good kid. So is his friend Matteo, though no one knows why he'll do absolutely anything
...13) Glory be
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating it.
15) Zora and me
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
16) Blended
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English
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Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
17) The friendship
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[Logan family saga] volume 4
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English
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Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
18) The jacket
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Phil makes an accusation based on racial prejudice when he sees a black classmate wearing a jacket Phil thinks is his brother's.
Author
Series
Zora and me volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
20) Sylvia and Aki
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English
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At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stopschool segregation.
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