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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Maya's Song

Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

The Exact Location of Home

The Midnight Children

Suee and the Shadow

The Star of Kazan

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson's heart-tugging debut celebrates one girl's gift for finding joy in dark places.

Serenity knows she is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her grandparents' house is strange. Luckily, certain things seem to hold a new friend, a new church, a new school. But when her brother starts making poor choices, and her grandparents believe in a faith that Serenity isn't sure she understands, it is the power of love that will keep her sure of just who she is.

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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

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Maya's Song

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Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

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The Exact Location of Home

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The Midnight Children

Dan Gemeinhart, 2022

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