American Street by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2017)

BTSB #: 924580 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction Haitians - United States - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Cousins - Fiction School stories Interpersonal relations - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - Fiction

Summary: On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's West Side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself.

Enemy : Detroit, 1954 by Holbrook, Sara 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2017)

BTSB #: 456538 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 MG Lexile: 740

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Middle school students - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Families - Fiction Cold War - Fiction Nineteen fifties - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - Fiction

Summary: Set in 1954, this compelling historical novel tells the story of a young girl's struggles and triumphs in the aftermath of World War II.

Love radio by LaDelle, Ebony 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2023)

BTSB #: 536610 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 760

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Dating (Social customs) - Fiction Disc jockeys - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - Fiction

Summary: Prince Jones, a seventenn-year-od self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.

Love, love by Chang, Victoria 

Paperback(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 206676 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Chinese Americans - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Sisters - Fiction Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Fiction School stories Suburban life - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Chinese-American girl, Frances Chin, doesn't quite fit in at school. Worse, she's invisible at home where everyone is worried about her sister, Clara, whose hair is inexplicably falling out. Frances is determined to solve the mystery of Clara's condition. But a chance meeting with a tennis coach leads Frances to a surprising discovery about herself.

President of the whole sixth grade [Brianna Justice Volume: 2]by Winston, Sherri 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2015)

BTSB #: 937095 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.6 3-5 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Field trips - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Fund raising - Fiction Friendship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - Fiction

Summary: Second book--Brianna Justice is the president of her Detroit middle school's sixth grade, but she is finding the position a real headache--beside the normal troubles of being in a new school, and the sudden coldness of her old friends, there is a class trip to Washington, D.C. coming up and she needs to figure out how to raise the rest of the money so that the class can go.