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.

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 In Bindery

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.