Kevin R. Free
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a moonless night in the spring of 1851, a young slave makes a bid for freedom with only the North Star to guide him. Novelist and historian Robert Morgan brings to full and vivid life the story of a runaway slave named Jonah Williams, who, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born with only a few saved coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back. No shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except...
23) Exit strategy
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 4
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah--its former owner (protector? friend?)--submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending...
24) Rogue Protocol
Author
Series
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayChris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good" -- Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It has a dark past--one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a research transport vessal named ART (you don't want to know what the A stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than a chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers",...
27) Stay with me
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When acclaimed Bible study author Genevieve Woodward receives an anonymous letter referencing her parents' past, she returns to her hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains to chase down her family's secret. However, it's Genevieve's own secret that catches up to her when Sam Turner, owner of a historic farm, uncovers the source of shame she's worked so hard to hide. Sam has embraced his sorrow, his isolation, and his identity as an outsider. He's spent...
28) Missing Isaac
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pete McLean loses his father in the summer of 1962, his friend Isaac is one of the few people he can lean on. Though their worlds are as different as black and white, friendship knows no color. So when Isaac suddenly goes missing, Pete is determined to find out what happened--no matter what it costs him. His quest will lead him into parts of town that he knows only through rumors and introduce him to a girl who will change his life. What they...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A prominent journalist and contributing writer to The Nation magazine describes his education and the experiences of black masculinity against a backdrop of the Obama administration, the death of Trayvon Martin, the career of LeBron James and other pivotal influences that have shaped race relations in today's America,"--NoveList.
How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency...
30) Thunderbird
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden; (2) a strange maze of underground passageways; or (3) a space station with a view of a galaxy that appears to be the Milky Way. The race to explore and claim the stargate quickly...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Esther Gold loves Halloween more than anything in the world. So she is determined to go trick-or-treating again this year despite the fact that her parents think she is officially too old... But when the night rolls around, something feels...off. No one is answering their door. The moon is an unnatural shade of orange. Strange children wander the streets, wearing creepy costumes that might not be costumes at all" --
Author
Series
Feylawn Chronicles volume 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
To protect Feylawn and the creatures living there, twelve-year-old Rufus and his cousin Abigail must prevent their grandfather's property from being sold to ruthless goblins.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
450L
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kayla places her tooth in a Tooth Fairy pillow, but it disappears before the Tooth Fairy has a chance to visit--can her dog King help Kayla find the missing tooth?
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Rufus Takada Collins discovers feylings on his grandfather's farm and it is up to him and his cousin Abigail to find the magical train cars that will carry them safely home.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1911, the famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted an animated version of his popular newspaper strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland. Loosely inspired by Sigmund Freud's research on dreams, the film was one of the very first of its kind. McCay is largely forgotten today, but his work helped unleash the creative energy of animators like Otto Messmer, Max Fleischer, Walt Disney, and Chuck Jones. Their origin stories, rivalries, and sheer genius, as Reid...
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
420L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Trying to communicate with his human owner (and detective partner) can be frustrating for King the golden retriever as he uncovers clues in a missing dog case.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious letter written in code arrives at King's house for his human, Kayla, he follows the trail of the person who left it.