M. C. Higgins, The Great
As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: family life [X], african americans, coming of age, mountain life, ohio, mining, afro-americans, blacks [X], newbery medal, families
Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World
Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: sex role, grandfathers, ranch life, family life [X], african americans, families, blacks [X], grandparent and child
Never Forgotten
A lyrical story-in-verse that details the experiences of an African boy who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
398.2
year: 2011
copies: 51
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 710
subjects: families, slavery, four elements (philosophy), blacksmiths, blacks [X], family life [X], cosmology, african americans, novels in verse, family
The Jacob Ladder
After his father leaves their family, twelve-year-old Uton Hinds, known as Tall T, tries to earn extra money in his Jamaican village and tries to further his education as he ponders how he feels about his father's behavior.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
Everett Anderson's Year
Chronicles, in verse, the month-to-month activities of seven-year-old Everett Anderson throughout the seasons of the year.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: seasons, family life [X], stories in rhyme, blacks [X], families, african americans, climate
A Raisin In The Sun
A play about a black family's struggle to buy a house in a white neighborhood, after the father dies.
812
year: 2013
copies: 246
call number/section: 812
lexile:
subjects: african american families, african americans, chicago (ill.), audiobooks, social classes, plays, drama, blacks [X], urban life, poverty, african-americans, chicago, family life [X], historical drama, audiobooks, american drama, electronic books, domestic drama, american drama, electronic books
Sam
Sam is too small to share many things with his family but mother finds a job in the kitchen for which he is just right.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Blood Like Magic
After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: bildungsromans, blacks [X], families, magic, science fiction, witches, coming of age, love, family life [X], bildungsromans, science fiction, black people, witch fiction, fantasy fiction
Our Story Starts In Africa
"When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
All That It Ever Meant
Reeling from the death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Mati's family leaves England to visit their native Zimbabwe, where Mati finds comfort in Meticais, a gender-neutral spirit or ghost who only she can see, and who helps her navigate her mercurial interpersonal relationships and feelings of grief.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: grief, family life [X], supernatural, blacks [X], zimbabwe, paranormal fiction, families, black people