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1) Goliath
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists...
2) War girls
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
In 2172, when much of the world is unlivable, sisters Onyii and Ify dream of escaping war-torn Nigeria and finding a better future together but are, instead, torn apart.
The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificial...
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
After he eats the sin of a royal, Taj, a talented aki, or sin-eater who consumes the guilt of others whose transgressions are exorcised from them by powerful but corrupt Mages, is drawn into a plot to destroy the city, and he must fight to save the princess he loves and his own life.
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down"--
Author
Series
War girls volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies, Ify, now nineteen and a medical administrator, must return to wartorn Nigeria, where she last saw her sister, to investigate why young refugees from that nation are carrying a deadly virus.
2181. It's been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies as a medical administrator. Back in Nigeria, Uzo, a young synth, helps an aid worker, Xifeng, restore...
Author
Publisher
Gran Travesía
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary to pursue him.
En su lucha por hallar la paz y el equilibrio, taj eleva una promesa a su pueblo: karima pagará por lo que ha hecho. Taj se dirige al oeste, pero las consecuencias de haber dejado Kos atrás lo persiguen. Civiles inocentes huyen a los campos de refugiados mientras la magia oscura de Karima continúa apoderándose de su ciudad. Taj debe regresar, pero primero necesita...
7) Pax Mohannda
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
What is Sam willing to sacrifice for the mantle of Captain America? Still reeling from his conflict with Wakanda, Sam is called to the international stage once again to protect a visiting politician from the African nation of Mohannda. But the White Wolf has already put the second stage of his plan into motion, with dire consequences for both Sam's closest friends and Mohannda itself! When Sam's role as Captain America prevents him from pursuing his...
8) Homeland
Author
Series
Captain America symbol of truth volume Vol. 1, Homeland
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Captain America soars again in a new era for truth and liberty! Sam Wilson picks up the shield once more -- and enters a world of trouble! Following a lead from Misty Knight, Sam intercepts a mysterious group hijacking what appears to be an empty train. But as Sam digs deeper, he discovers that this plot may be connected to a crucial piece of Captain America history...and, surprisingly, to the nation of Wakanda! The world is finally ready for two...
9) Riot baby
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Rooted in foundational loss and the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is both a global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When Kev is incarcerated for...
10) Revolution
Author
Series
Captain America Sentinel of liberty volume 1
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Arnim Zola launches a catastrophic attack on New York City, he meets his match -- in two Captain Americas! A brand new era of shield-slinging begins...but for the senior Cap, a shocking secret about his iconic weapon will change the way Steve Rogers views the 20th century he came from...and how he chooses to fight in the 21st! Steve follows a trail of coded breadcrumbs to Germany in pursuit of an elusive organization making bold and deadly moves,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland,
...Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is...Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is...two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed...
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
