After Tupac & D Foster by Woodson, Jacqueline 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2008)

BTSB #: 964718 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 UG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: Shakur, Tupac,|d1971-1996 - Fiction Bildungsromans Friendship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: In 1996 Queens, NY, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.

Brown girls : a novel by Andreades, Daphne Palasi 

Paperback(Random House, 2023)

BTSB #: 061268 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Bildungsromans Minority women - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: This story brings you deep into the hearts and souls of a tight-knit group of friends--girls growing up in Queens, the polyglot borough of New York, where the streets sprawl for miles and echo with voices from all over the world, and the scent of bubbling oil, chopped garlic, and grilled meats waft through open windows as night comes to the neighborhood. Here Nadira, Mae, Trish, and Aisha become friends for life--or so they vow. Together they learn to survive all that the street throws at them.

Kiki in the middle by Malaspina, Ann 

Paperback(West 44 Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 597588 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Police brutality - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Novels in verse Queens (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Kiki is a teen artist living with her Greek-American family in Queens. After a man with mental illness is killed by police, protests fill the streets. Kiki's into art, not activism, and would rather observe from the sidelines than participate, but she reluctantly joins her friends on a march.