African Town by Latham, Irene 

Paperback(Putnam, 2023)

BTSB #: 544442 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 790

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse Black people - Fiction Slave trade - Fiction Africa - Fiction

Summary: Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.

Black gold by Obuobi, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)

BTSB #: 689166 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.1 LG

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Black people - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Individuality - Fiction

Summary: A joyous, empowering, poetic celebration of Black children and a reminder of the universe's boundless love.

Cinderella is dead by Bayron, Kalynn 

Paperback(Bloomsbury, 2020)

BTSB #: 098684 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 4.9 UG

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Fantasy fiction Lesbians - Fiction Feminism - Fiction Sexism - Fiction Black people - Fiction Characters and characteristics in literature - Fiction

Summary: Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella.

Clock striker, volume 1 : "I'm gonna be a Smith!" [Clock Striker (Manga) Volume: v. 1]by Galadima, Issaka 

Paperback(Rockport Publishers, 2023)

BTSB #: 363883 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 13-16   


Genres:

Subjects: Heroes - Fiction Adventure fiction Black people - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Naruto meets Batman as a young Black girl becomes an apprentice to the SMITHS, legendary warrior engineers who once traveled the world making it safer for everyone. In manga graphic novel format.

Elijah of Buxton by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2007)

BTSB #: 253829 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 7.8 3-5 Lexile: 980 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Freedom - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Black people - Fiction North Buxton (Ont.) - Fiction Canada - Fiction

Summary: In 1860, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, tries to bring to justice a preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

Elijah of Buxton by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2007)

BTSB #: 253846 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 7.8 3-5 Lexile: 980 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Freedom - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Black people - Fiction North Buxton (Ont.) - Fiction Canada - Fiction

Summary: In 1860, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, tries to bring to justice a preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

Patchwork prince by Paul, Baptiste 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 704179 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
F&P: N

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-son relationship - Fiction Clothing and dress - Fiction Imagination - Fiction Black people - Fiction

Summary: A story of a boy made royal by his mother's hand-stitched clothes.

You so black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 955394 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Stories in rhyme African Americans - Fiction Black people - Fiction

Summary: A celebration of the meaning of Blackness.