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(0)Renée Watson
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Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But Ryan is a girl who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks. As her brother says when he raps about her,she's got the talent that matters most: it's a talent that can't be seen, she's nice, not mean! Ryan is all about trying to...
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 3
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ryan is caught between two friends who both want to be her best friend, her brother ruins her latest baking project, and a classmate keeps teasing her at school, yet Ryan still looks for a way to see the bright side of things and not let anything steal her joy.
Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer before fifth grade, Ryan Hart continues to grow through changes and challenges, such as waiting for a new baby sister to be born, a summer camp trip, and more. --
Author
Series
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
41 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers and their hopes for her generation.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Language
English
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,...
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature. Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives--but not everyone regularly sees themselves on the pages of a book. In this timely anthology,...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Spanish-language edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cuando a una estudiante se le asigna el trabajo de completar un árbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atrás, Abuela junta a toda la familia y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 años, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traídos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero antes de eso, ellos tenían un hogar, una tierra, un idioma. La estudiante aprende cómo la gente que dice haber nacido sobre el agua sobrevivió."--
Stymied...