Walter Dean Myers shares poems honoring the people of his hometown-Harlem.
Uploaded Feb 17, 2021Six students participate in a weekly talk in the ARTT room. They're on their own, and it's up to them to figure out how they'll run their weekly talks. It's a little weird and awkward at first, but they soon realize that they're each other's safe place and can talk to each other about their fears, hopes, anything that's going on in their lives.
Uploaded Feb 10, 2021This is a collection of poems by Langston Hughes, an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. The editors give thoughtful insight and interpretation of Hughes' poems and Andrews' illustrations beautifully complement the poems.
Uploaded Feb 04, 2021Beatrice "Bea" Fox dies in a tragic car accident and is sent to purgatory. Her job there is to help the souls there figure out what's keeping them out of heaven so that they can make their way there. One of the souls she has to help happens to be Caleb, who is the reason Bea died.
Uploaded Jan 28, 2021Five years ago Sal Singh was accused of allegedly killing his girlfriend, Andie Bell, and then committed suicide, but Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't sure he is responsible for what Sal allegedly did, so for her senior capstone project, Pip decided to review the case to discover what really happened and prove who really is responsible for murdering Andie Bell.
Uploaded Jan 19, 2021Darius Kellner has never really fit in at school or in family, but when his family visits his mom's side of the family in Iran, Darius finds a good friend in his grandparents' neighbor, Sohrab. Darius starts to feel a bit better about himself, has more self confidence, and feels like he truly belongs.
Uploaded Jan 19, 2021Samantha Kingston seems to have it all...great friends, grades, popularity...until she dies in a car accident and relives that fateful day over and over. In the process, she realizes the type of person she is and what's really important.
Uploaded Jan 12, 2021On Christmas Eve, Almight, the Sullivans' grandma, announces to the family that she does not have much time to live and has changed her will-cutting them all out of her will...unless the person who deeply offended her confesses.
Uploaded Dec 15, 2020This book follows the (somewhat intertwined) stories of three high school couples as they face being couples during the holidays.
Uploaded Dec 08, 2020Huitzitzilin, or Hummingbird, is an old woman who tells her life story to Father Benito, a Spanish priest. She tells him of her life from being an Aztec princess to being a slave during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. In retelling her story, she forces Father Benito to see the conquest through the point of view of the conquered.
Uploaded Dec 01, 2020Even, part Native American, is a senior in high school and sets out to have the offensive Indian mascot changed. In the process he encounters bullying and violence, but he also learns about his ancestry, his heritage, and himself and his place in the world.
Uploaded Dec 01, 2020This book tells of the contributions of the Navajo Marines during World War Two, and how their language was instrumental in helping the United States win the war.
Uploaded Nov 17, 2020