Ordinary Hazards
By: Nikki Grimes
4.40
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
In her own voice, author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a mem…
Want to Read $ 10.99"I didn't have much in the world, but my fears were my own."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand, except for this: Magicians rarely share their secrets."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"Trauma is a memory hog, It gobbles up all available space in the brain, leaves little room to mark daily happenstances, or even routine injuries which are less than life-threatening."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"MY BLACK ME My father fed me Invisible Man, Native Son, No Longer at Ease, Black Man's Burden, and the more I read, the madder I got, and I already had reason to scream, but my father kept me dreaming of what words I might bring to the world."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
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I’ve known it since last night: It’s been too long to expect them to return. Something’s happened… read more
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"I am Mavis Elizabeth Betterly. I am used to hard work. I can run a household better than Mrs. Oblinger ever could. What does it matter, those things that hold me back? What does it matter when I make…"-Caroline Starr Rose, May B.
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3. Please Ignore Vera Dietz
By: A.S. King
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Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years… read more
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"No one living understands dying."-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
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"I wish for world peace, because it's about as likely to occur anything else I can wish for."-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
4. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
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Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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5. Apple: Skin to the Core
By: Eric Gansworth
3.78
Format: 339 pages, None
Apple: Skin to the Core, is a YA memoir-in-verse. Eric Gansworth tells the story of his life, of a… read more
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6. Punching the Air
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more
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"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"They believed those lies about me and made themselves a whole other boy in their minds and replaced me with him"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
7. Everywhere Blue
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more
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8. Ain't Burned All the Bright
By: Jason Reynolds
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more
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"What is life in a house underwater?"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
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4.07
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A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
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Format: 480 pages, Paperback
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"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
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4.12
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4.26
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"Eve ate the apple because Adam was afraid"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
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4.57
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16. Ordinary Hazards
By: Nikki Grimes
4.40
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
In her own voice, author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a mem… read more
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- biography
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- mental health
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- family
- adult
- audiobook
"I didn't have much in the world, but my fears were my own."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand, except for this: Magicians rarely share their secrets."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"Trauma is a memory hog, It gobbles up all available space in the brain, leaves little room to mark daily happenstances, or even routine injuries which are less than life-threatening."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"MY BLACK ME My father fed me Invisible Man, Native Son, No Longer at Ease, Black Man's Burden, and the more I read, the madder I got, and I already had reason to scream, but my father kept me dreamin…"-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
17. The Name She Gave Me
By: Betty Culley
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more
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"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me
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4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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19. Forever Is Now
By: Mariama J. Lockington
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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20. Six Truths and a Lie
By: Ream Shukairy
3.97
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more
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21. The Speed of Falling Objects
By: Nan Fischer
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of When Elephants Fly comes an exceptional new novel about falling down, risking ev… read more
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