My life as an ice cream sandwich by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 924582 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 830 F&P: Z

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Imagination - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.

Nutcracker in Harlem by McMorrow, T. E. 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2017)

BTSB #: 629609 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.8 LG

Genres: Holidays Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - New York (State) - Harlem - Fiction Christmas - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In Harlem in the 1920s, in the middle of a family Christmas party, Marie receives a nutcracker from her Uncle Cab, which leads to a marvelous dream in this resetting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's familiar tale. Includes historical notes.