Boy in the black suit by Reynolds, Jason 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 748510 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 MG+RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 760 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Funeral homes - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Grief - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Boy in the black suit by Reynolds, Jason 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 748642 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 MG+RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 760 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Funeral homes - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Grief - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Boy in the black suit by Reynolds, Jason 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02865 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Funeral homes - Fiction Grief - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction

Summary: Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can't handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who's dealt with a lot more--and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down.

How to be a girl in the world by Carter, Caela 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 195322 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Sexual harassment - Fiction Body image - Fiction Single-parent families - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Magic - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lydia, feeling threatened by the attention her changing body is getting from boys and men, finds a way to take control of her own skin.

When I was the greatest by Reynolds, Jason 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 749269 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   
AR: 4.8 UG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres:

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Neighborhoods - Fiction Violence - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.