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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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The Road to Memphis

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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Liselle Sambury

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

If You Still Recognize Me — Cynthia So

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

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With the Fire on High

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

The Legend of Buddy Bush — Shelia P. Moses

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Freedom Bird A Tale of Hope and Courage — Jerdine Nolen

Freedom Bird A Tale of Hope and Courage

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Who are Your People? — Bakari Sellers

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Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Summer in Savannah — Christine Platt

Summer in Savannah

Christine Platt

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

One Crazy Summer: the Graphic Novel — Rita Williams-Garcia

One Crazy Summer: the Graphic Novel

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Greatness — Kahran Bethencourt

Kahran Bethencourt

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

The People Remember — Ibi Aanu Zoboi

The People Remember

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Black Star — Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Rebound — Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Big Papa and the Time Machine — Daniel Bernstrom

Big Papa and the Time Machine

Daniel Bernstrom

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

These Hands — Margaret H. Mason

Margaret H. Mason

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

March Forward, Girl — Melba Pattillo Beals

March Forward, Girl

Melba Pattillo Beals

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

The Glory Field — Walter Dean Myers

The Glory Field

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry — Mildred D. Taylor

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

Brazilian Culture Exchange — Geiszel Godoy

Brazilian Culture Exchange

Themes: Multigenerational • African American & Black • People & Places

If The Poison Place by Mary E. Lyons is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Multigenerational, African American & Black, People & Places and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Rita Williams-Garcia, Tanita S. Davis, Mildred D. Taylor, Angie Thomas, and others.

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