BOOK: Lost Girl Found by Leah Bassoff and Laura Delaluca
Call # FIC Bas
Plot Description: Poni, a Didinga girl caught in the midst of the brutal Sudanese civil war, must journey through many dangers to a refugee camp. Though much attention has been paid to the Lost Boys of the Sudan, Bassoff and DeLuca offer readers a heartbreaking look at what life was like for many women and girls who survived the conflict.
Reading Level: 800 L
Interest Level: Gr 8 and up
Themes:
Parental care
Authority
repression
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BOOK: P.S. Be Eleven by Rita WIlliams-Garcia
Call # FIC Wil
Plot: The Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn after their revolutionary experiences in One Crazy Summer (2010). Armed with poetry and Black Panther pride, the girls contend with Big Ma’s rules, Uncle Darnell’s homecoming from Vietnam, and Pa’s lady friend. Authentic details bring late-1960s Brooklyn to vivid life, while laugh-out-loud drama delights.
Reading Level: 770L
Interest level: Gr 4-7
Themes:
African American History
Family Life
Extended Families
1960s America
African American
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BOOK: Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell illus. by Christian Robinson.
Call # FIC Pow
Plot: This charming biography invites readers to step inside the vibrant and spirited world of performer and civil rights advocate, Josephine Baker. Robinson’s paintings are as colorful and rich as Josephine Baker’s story, offering page after page of captivating and animated illustrations and rhythmic text, which is written in blank verse. In a few short and well-organized parts, readers learn the story of one of the world’s most well known female performers who danced and sang her way from the poor and segregated streets of St. Louis to the dazzling stages of Paris all the way to Carnegie Hall.
Interest level: Gr 5-8
Themes:
Civil rights
Art
Performance
Song & Dance
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BOOK: Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Yeri illus. by Randy DuBurke. Lee & Low.
Call # 921 San
Plot: Heartbreaking and smart as a whip all at once, Neri’s book dares to ask what makes a kid “good” or ‘bad”. Takes a real life incident and gives it a special twist. A beautifully drawn graphic novel.
Interest Level: Gr 6 and Up
Themes:
Social Studies
City Life
African American
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