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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
j323.092 D9111m
1 available
j323.092 D9111m
1 available
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction
j323.092 D9111m
1 available
j323.092 D9111m
1 available
Description
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Clark-R
1 available
E Clark-R
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Clark-R
1 available
E Clark-R
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Clark-R
1 available
E Clark-R
1 available
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Southeast - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Clark-R
1 available
Talking Book E Clark-R
1 available
Description
Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
1 available
Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
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Bordeaux - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
Looby - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
JUV Fiction Magoon
1 available
Description
Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.
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Bellevue - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Johnson
1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Johnson
1 available
Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Johnson
1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Johnson
1 available
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
Playaway JUV Fiction Johnson
1 available
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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Series
Finding Langston volume 1
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Green Hills - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
Southeast - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
Thompson Lane - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
JUV Fiction Cline-R
1 available
Description
After his mother's death in 1946, eleven-year-old Langston and his father leave behind their quiet life in Alabama and move to Chicago. Struggling to fit in and missing his mother, Langston finds refuge at the local library where, unlike his library in Alabama, blacks are just as welcome as whites to use. There he discovers the poetry of Langston Hughes and a secret--he was named after this very poet whose work his mother loved.
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"Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself? Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu's stew, with an extra serving of...
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Mora
1 available
E Mora
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Mora
1 available
E Mora
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Mora
1 available
E Mora
1 available
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Talking Book E Mora
1 available
Description
When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
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Checked Out
3 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Description
When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.
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Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was ... nothing. But then ... BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. The author takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while illustrations capture the void before the Big...
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
j305.896 H3285f
1 available
j305.896 H3285f
1 available
Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction
j305.896 H3285f
1 available
j305.896 H3285f
1 available
Description
"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
12) before she was harriet
This entry no longer exists in the catalog
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Bellevue - Kids Biography
jB T885c
1 available
jB T885c
1 available
Green Hills - Kids Biography
jB T885c
1 available
jB T885c
1 available
Main Library - Kids Biography
jB T885c
1 available
jB T885c
1 available
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book jB T885c
1 available
Talking Book jB T885c
1 available
Description
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
14) El odio que das
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Edmondson Pike - Teen Spanish
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Madison - Teen Spanish
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Southeast - Teen Spanish
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Description
"Starr es una chica de dieciséis años que vive entre dos mundos: el barrio pobre de gente negra donde nació, y su escuela situada en un elegante barrio residencial blanco. El difícil equilibrio entre ambos se hace añicos cuando ella es testigo de la muerte a tiros de su mejor amigo, Khalil, a manos de un policía. A partir de ese momento, todo lo que Starr diga acerca de la aterradora noche que cambió su vida podrá ser usado de excusa...
15) The hate u give
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Bordeaux - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H3619u
2 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
2 available
Donelson - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H3619u
1 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
1 available
East - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H3619u
1 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
1 available
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
16) The hate u give
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Goodlettsville - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Green Hills - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Madison - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Thomas
2 available
YA Fiction Thomas
2 available
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Bellevue - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
Edgehill - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
Hermitage - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Thomas
1 available
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Main - Upon Request - Teen Book Club in a Bag
Book Club in a Bag
2 available
Book Club in a Bag
2 available
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Bellevue - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
East - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Thomas
1 available
Description
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
17) Long way down
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Donelson - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Reynold
2 available
YA Fiction Reynold
2 available
East - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Edgehill - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
On Shelf
Bellevue - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
East - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Main Library - Teen Audiobook
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Playaway YA Fiction Reynold
1 available
Description
There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Barnes
1 available
E Barnes
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Barnes
1 available
E Barnes
1 available
Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Barnes
1 available
E Barnes
1 available
Description
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
jB M2352e
1 available
jB M2352e
1 available
Hermitage - Kids Biography
jB M2352e
1 available
jB M2352e
1 available
Pruitt - Kids Biography
jB M2352e
1 available
jB M2352e
1 available
Description
A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.
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Bellevue - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
East - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
JUV Fiction Moore
1 available
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Southeast - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Moore
1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Moore
1 available
Description
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.