Native Son
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 146
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: african american men, thomas, bigger (fictitious character), thomas, bigger (fictional character), bildungsromans [X], chicago (ill.), death row inmates, trials (murder), murderers, homicide, african americans, blacks [X], feature films, film adaptations, audiobooks, murder, spanish language
Yoruba Girl Dancing
Remi Foster, born into a privileged Nigerian family, finds her life uprooted at age six when her father sends her to an exclusive boarding school in England.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: blacks [X], boarding schools, private schools, bildungsromans [X], england, yoruba (african people), nigeria
Under Water
After her beloved grandmother's death, seventeen-year-old Khosi is left with an empty house, her younger sister, and her promise to finish school, but violence in Imbali may take even that.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bildungsromans [X], coming of age, healers, sisters, zulu (african people), blacks [X], south africa, bildungsromans, promises
Blood Like Magic
After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: bildungsromans [X], blacks [X], families, magic, science fiction, witches, coming of age, love, family life, bildungsromans, science fiction, black people, witch fiction, fantasy fiction