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"'The Juneteenth Cookbook' introduces the history of Juneteenth to kids through vibrant recipes, activities, and games drawn from Black American cultural traditions"--Provided by publisher.

Follows a young girl enjoying fun and exciting activities on a perfect summer day.

A girl contemplates what Juneteenth means to her, her family, and her community.

After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home to Portland, Oregon, and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.

High school football player Cade Webster buys a ring in a pawn shop, but when his wish that people stop acting scared of him seems to be coming true, he remembers the ring came with a warning--"When the strangeness begins, come back"--and suddenly people seem to have lost their fear of everything.

"Due to a memory spell gone wrong, seventeen-year-old Aoife, the mainstay of her family's social media empire, and eighteen-year-old Luna, the most powerful witch in Magical Boston, get stuck in a cycle of falling for each other and forgetting one another every time they break up"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Devon, her twin sister, and her friends face a demonic force who seemingly follows horror movie tropes, propelling the group to flip the script and use their horror movie knowledge in order to survive.

"Bringing to life the 150-year story of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas, and the origins of Juneteenth, this . . . picture book, with lyrical text and vibrant artwork, is an ode to the struggle, triumph, courage and joy of Black America"--Provided by publisher.

As she starts her senior year, six weeks after her brother Julian's suicide, Karmen struggles with strained family relationships, a distant best friend, and the search for understanding, but new friendships and a budding romance help her on her journey of healing and rediscovery.

"Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey - living in grandparents' homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, could not take care of her and her brothers. Together the family found a way to keep going even in the darkest of times. How Do I Draw These Memories? is a graphic novel memoir about nostalgia, faith, the preciousness of life, and unconditional love. From Jonell's devastatingly brilliant pen as a writer and an artist, it plumbs the depths of what family can be, and how joy and hope can be found in the most ordinary and extraordinary moments"--Provided by publisher.