Mahogany L Browne
1) Vinyl moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain. When Darius told Angel he loved her, she believed him. But five weeks after the incident, Angel finds herself in Brooklyn, far from her family, from him, and from the California...
2) Woke baby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
"For all the littlest progressives, waking up to seize a new day of justice and activism. Woke babies are up early. Woke babies raise their fists in the air. Woke babies cry out for justice. Woke babies grow up to change the world. This lyrical and empowering book is both a celebration of what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke. With bright playful art, Woke Baby is an anthem of hope in a world where the only limit to a skyscrapper...
3) Chlorine sky
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, Sister Outsider is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. Sister Outsider depicts the idea of "difference"--whether through race, gender, or sexuality--as a powerful tool for empowerment that can be used as a catalyst for change. Throughout the fifteen...
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.