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Author
Lexile measure
GN 370L
Language
English
Description
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman....
Author
Publisher
First Second
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"One summer day, Ren meets Luna at a beachside basketball court and a friendship is born. But when Luna moves to back to Oahu, Ren's messages to her friend go unanswered. Years go by. Then Luna returns, hoping to rekindle their friendship. Ren is hesitant. She's dealing with a lot, including family troubles, dropping grades, and the newly formed women's basketball team at their high school. With Ren's new friends and Luna all on the basketball team,...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Goldie, Diane, and Cheryl find themselves jetsetting to sunny Los Angeles. Goldie befriends a silent film star and takes on a case of stolen film memorabilia."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
BOOM!Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The adventures of Goldie Vance, teen super sleuth, continue in the second volume of this hit comic adventure. Sixteen-year-old Marigold Goldie Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mum, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters...
Author
Publisher
BOOM!Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance has an insatiable curiosity with dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily, she lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and with a rotating roster of guests and events, there's bound to be some mystery afoot! With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to find who is sabotaging the drivers before the...
Author
Publisher
Rosarium Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
A Black graduate student named Lyndsey's life is turned upside down when she discover a mysterious box that always seems to appear during the most violent and troubled times in Africana history. As she uncovers secrets that connect the box to major events in Black history for her dissertation, she must decide whether or not to open the box. But soon the lines between fact and fiction begin to blur, and Lyndsey starts to feel like she's losing her...
Author
Publisher
Rosarium Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (45 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Black graduate student Lyndsey Ford is writing a dissertation on mysterious box called the Box of Bones. When questioned about her research by faculty, she shares a story of her grandfather who was brutally attacked by a group of white classmates as a teenager along with his friend Gauge who was raped. Gauge used the Box of Bones to enact her revenge on their attackers, and Lyndsey has begun to discover connections between the box and violent events...
9) Abbott
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
While investigating police brutality and corruption in 1970s Detroit, journalist Elena Abbott uncovers supernatural forces being controlled by a secret society of the city's elite. In the uncertain social and political climate of 1972 Detroit, hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Forces that took her husband...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a fight between Superman and Mongul crashes into a small northwestern town, a local teenager named Naomi starts looking into what happened the last time a super-being visited her hometown--and how that visit might tie into her own origins as an adopted child. But Naomi's seemingly harmless curiosity exposes more than just her family's startling secrets--it attracts the attention of forces that could threaten the Earth itself! Learning the truth...
Author
Publisher
BOOM!Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Move over Nancy, Harriet, & Veronica. There's a new sleuth on the block! Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees...
12) Nubia: Real one
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nubia has always been a little bit...different. As a baby she showcased Amazonian-like strength by pushing over a tree to rescue her neighbor's cat. But despite her having similar abilities, the world has no problem telling her that she's no Wonder Woman. And even if she were, they wouldn't want her. Every time she comes to the rescue, she's reminded of how people see her: as a threat. Her moms do their best to keep her safe, but Nubia can't deny...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lunella Lafayette is one of the most brilliant minds in the Marvel-Verse--and she's only a fourth grader! Moon Girl has brawn to back up her brains, too--in the form of her big red T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur! Together, they're making a huge impression on the world--including bringing some holiday cheer to New York! Then, it's a rite of passage for any young hero to share a team-up with Spider-Man...but can Lunella, Devil and Spidey withstand the menace...
Author
Series
Goldie Vance volume 4
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Marigold 'Goldie' Vance has an insatiable curiosity and dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily for Goldie, with the St. Pascal Rockin' the Beach Music Festival coming to town, there's plenty of inexplicable shenanigans keeping her gumshoe brain busy, from mysterious power outages, to missing musicians, to Russian spies hiding in the shadows."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Jennifer's Journal volume 1
Description
"By turns funny, poignant, melancholic, and life-affirming, Jennifers Journal: The Life of a SubUrban Girl is a graphic memoir that chronicles the life of a quirky, petite, freckled-faced African American illustrator and artist. The journal depicts Jennifers struggles with work, depression, sex and sexuality, and religion while poking fun at the stereotypes she encounters along the way." --
Author
Series
Jennifer's Journal volume 1
Publisher
Rosarium Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
54 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"By turns funny, poignant, melancholic, and life-affirming, Jennifers Journal: The Life of a SubUrban Girl is a graphic memoir that chronicles the life of a quirky, petite, freckled-faced African American illustrator and artist. The journal depicts Jennifers struggles with work, depression, sex and sexuality, and religion while poking fun at the stereotypes she encounters along the way." --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie Freedman is a gifted young African American girl who drops out of school when her family falls on hard times. It is only when she meets Nellie Bly, a journalist on an amazing mission, that Rosie starts to dream again"--Cover verso. Includes factual information about the status of women in 19th-century America, Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, and famous journeys around the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
121 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act" --