Garvey's Choice

Garvey's Choice
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1629797405

This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself. Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus, Garvey finds a way to accept himself, and a way to finally reach his distant father—by speaking the language of music instead of the language of sports.

Planet Middle School

Planet Middle School
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599902842

A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.

Race First

Race First
Author: Tony Martin
Publisher: The Majority Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1986
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780912469232

A classic study of the Garvey movement, this is,the most thoroughly researched book on Garvey's,ideas by a historian of black nationalism.,.

Drita, My Homegirl

Drita, My Homegirl
Author: Jenny Lombard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008-05-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101200545

A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn't speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
Author: Marcus Garvey
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 048611385X

This anthology contains some of the African-American rights advocate's most noted writings and speeches, among them "Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World" and "Africa for the Africans."

Touching Spirit Bear

Touching Spirit Bear
Author: Ben Mikaelsen
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2010-04-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062009680

In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life. After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, mischief-maker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given another option: attend Circle Justice, an alternative program that sends juvenile offenders to a remote Alaskan Island to focus on changing their ways. Desperate to avoid prison, Cole fakes humility and agrees to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his own anger cause him to examine his actions and seek redemption—from the spirit bear that attacked him, from his victims, and, most importantly, from himself. Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. A strong choice for independent reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.

The Leftovers

The Leftovers
Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429989130

With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers—now adapted into an HBO series—is a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss. What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down? That's what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children. Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin's own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin's teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet "A" student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he's distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start. A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011 A USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2011 Title One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011

Nothing to Fear

Nothing to Fear
Author: Jackie French Koller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152575823

When his father moves away to find work and his mother becomes ill, Danny struggles to help his family during the Great Depression.

Meet Danitra Brown

Meet Danitra Brown
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1997-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688154719

This spirited collection of poems introduces young readers to Danitra Brown, the most splendiferous girl in town, and her best friend, Zuri Jackson. "The poignant text and lovely pictures are an excellent collaboration, resulting in a look at touching moments of universal appeal."--School Library Journal.