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Sharing Black Stories: Rebound by Kwame Alexander

July 15, 2020 ♦

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As I shared in a previous post, Crossover is a very special book for me and one of my all-time favorites. So, when I heard there was a PREQUEL, I about fell out of my chair. Even better? It was part GRAPHIC NOVEL! If you have read Crossover, you MUST…

Sharing Black Stories: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

July 6, 2020 ♦

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Jason Reynolds is pretty much guaranteed to write a memorable book. In my opinion, Long Way Down is his most memorable book that I have read. It is different-it is in verse, it takes place down an elevator, and the emotions just pour out of the page. This year was…

Sharing Black Stories: Brown Girl Dreaming

July 3, 2020 ♦

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Jacqueline Woodson, one of today’s finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s…

Sharing Black Stories: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

July 2, 2020 ♦

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They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji…

Sharing Black Stories: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

July 1, 2020 ♦

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This book made me think. I remember reading this book and having my eyes opened to a world I do not know. This book was everything I needed and it is what the world needs right now. Here is a summary: A timely and powerful story about a teen girl…

Sharing Black Stories: The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

June 16, 2020 ♦

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Audiobooks have become a staple for me over the last couple of years. I first discovered them when I was traveling all over as a substitute teacher. I think my first audiobook (CD) was Hamilton…and it was a long listen! Now you can find at least 3 audiobooks downloaded on…

Sharing Black Stories: The March Series by by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin (Co-writer), Nate Powell (Artist)

June 11, 2020 ♦

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Today I am focusing on a nonfiction graphic novel series written by John Lewis, one of the youngest Civil Rights Movement leaders who walked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Go to this website to read more about John Lewis. This series is powerful and will have you in tears and…

Sharing Black Stories: So Done by Paula Chase

June 10, 2020 ♦

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When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program.Fans of Renée Watson’s Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very…

Sharing Black Stories: For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J Lockington

June 8, 2020 ♦

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I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. People throw their looks at me. Then back at my mama sister and papa. Who are all as white as oleander. Then they look back at me. Black as a midnight orchard. And I see their puzzled…

Sharing Black Stories: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

June 7, 2020 ♦

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Today’s Black story is Kwame Alexander’s masterpiece, The Crossover. I remember the first time I read this book, and I remember when I finished it. You know those books that when you finish, you don’t know what to do with yourself? You just sit there and wonder how you could…