Alexander, Kwame.
Summary: Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AlexaAlexander, Kwame
Summary: From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 306.362 AlexanderAlexander, Kwame
Summary: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION AlexAlexander, Kwame.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION AlexAlexander, Kwame
Summary: "A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION AlexanderAlexander, Kwame
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blink 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION AlexAlexander, Kwame
Summary: "The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 811.54 AlexanderAlexander, Kwame.
Summary: Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019