BHM Book Recs

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Summary: When Dani, the daughter of the richest, most famous Black family in Texas, and Camila, the daughter of working class Colombian Americans, are placed as roommates at Peach Tree Hills, a treatment center in rural Georgia, the girls think they'll never get along. The girls' backgrounds and inner demons appear to be complete opposites as Dani struggles with drugs, alcohol, and other destructive behaviors while Camila struggles with self-harm. But when they discover a mysterious music box filled with letters from a former resident of PTH, they find common ground and work together to uncover the identity of the letters' author. Genre: Realistic Fiction

Summary: After meeting dream-guy Tye Brown at an open mic event for her cousin, Nala Robertson is sure the activist and community organizer won't like her for who she is: a movie and ice cream loving romantic. So, she tells him a few white lies to get him to notice her. As she begins spending time with Tye, her lies get harder and harder to keep and she wonders if Tye can truly love her for who she is. Genre: Romance

Summary: Cheerleaders and best friends Eleanor "Leni" and Chanel "Nelly" begin a rocky start to their senior year of high school as Leni recovers from a concussion due to a cheer stunt gone awry and Nelly faces mounting pressures with college applications. Triggering further fractures in their relationship, the cheer team decides to take a knee to show solidarity with a professional football player from their hometown, but Nelly, who is black, faces the brunt of the criticism, even though Leni, who is white, is the cheerleading captain. Leni's dating of the school's black quarterback Three doesn't help matters, neither does Nelly's hiding of a vaping addiction. As the girls struggle to keep their friendship from falling apart, they first must face the controversies that divide them in order to understand how to be each other's true ally. Genre: Realistic Fiction

Summary: When Ada leaves home for her freshman&nbsp;year at a Historically Black College, it’s the first time she’s ever been so far from her family—and the first time that she’s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past—her mother’s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father’s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. Genre: Realistic Fiction / Novel in Verse

Summary: In this reboot of Stephen King's novel "Carrie," biracial Madison Washington has been forced to present as white to those around her by her racist and uber-religious father, but it hasn't saved her from being the target of school bullies. When a rainstorm in gym class exposes her hair texture, the taunts and teasing turn to vicious bullying and a viral video that gives the school bad press. White class president Wendy decides to promote the school's first interracial prom and convinces her star quarterback Black boyfriend to ask Madison to the prom. But Madison is beginning to manifest unusual powers and her untapped rage reaches terrifying heights on prom night. Genre: Horror

Summary: When Jay Murphy's sister Nicole disappears from their black neighborhood, everyone--including Jay--assumes she got caught up with her drug dealer boyfriend. Yet, Nicole doesn't return and Jay begins to worry. After the police dismiss his report, he decides to take matters into his own hands and begin the search for his sister. Genre: Mystery

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Summary: Jay discovers that mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates. Genre: Horror

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Summary: A young journalist named Jamal Lawson heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man's death at the hands of police, but things take a turn when the city implements a new safety protocol: the Dome. The Dome turns Baltimore into a highly militarized zone under martial law where no one is allowed in or out. Jamal soon meets a hacker named Marco and Catherine, an AWOL basic training graduate whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome, and the trio works together to challenge the chief of police and bring the Dome down. Genre: Dystopian

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