Scorpions

ScorpionsThe thought provoking Newbery Honor Book about loyalty, freedom, and what it means to be a man in 1980s Harlema story that has gripped generations of readers. Jamal has been struggling since his older brother, Randy, was arrested. His mom has to work around the clock to try to earn the money to pay for Randys appeal, and though Jamal is now the man of the house, he cant even stand up to bullies like his school principal. How is he going to help his

Clotee has taught herself to read and write

Young readers will delight at taking a familiar text and poking fun at it all while learning about scientists and how they changed the world

among other things

She makes it into a kite that soars over the top of the iron bars

and funeral

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it's that and so much more

President Barack Obama awarded Katherine Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and her incredible life inspired the Oscar-nominated film

but there are not enough leaves in her yard to make the leaf pile of her dreams

this biographical picture book from husband-and-wife team James Ransome and Lisa Cline-Ransome includes a foreword from Robert Battle himself as well as a bibliography

and her grandma Rosa and aunt Mac-N-Cheese are both actresses

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