Bound To Stay Bound

Black brother, black brother by Rhodes, Jewell Parker 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 749454 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.4 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Fencing - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Racism - Fiction Private schools - Fiction School stories Family life - Massachusetts - Fiction Massachusetts - Fiction

Summary: Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

Paradise on fire by Rhodes, Jewell Parker 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 749474 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.3 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Adventure Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Wilderness areas - Fiction Wildfires - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Grief - Fiction Orphans - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.

Soul Step by Rhodes, Jewell Parker 

BTSB Prebound New title, awaiting publication or binding.(Little Brown)

BTSB #: 749514 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 8-12   


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Summary: Follows one girl’s journey to discover the history and joy of step, as she explores what it means and learns from her mother how to do it. This is a loving ode to sisterhood and the tradition of step that lets women and girls, and people of all backgrounds, be loud and proud.

Towers falling by Rhodes, Jewell Parker 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2016)

BTSB #: 749491 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.3 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 410 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction

Summary: While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Deja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world.

Treasure island : runaway gold by Rhodes, Jewell Parker 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 749457 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.4 MG+

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Buried treasure - Fiction Adventure fiction African Americans - Fiction Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three kids must navigate the city's hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure.