Satch & Me
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 73
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: paige, satchel, baseball, time travel, negro leagues, african americans [X], segregation, african american leagues, baseball stories, science fiction [X]
Kindred
Dana is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 50
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: african american women, slaveholders, time travel, slavery, slaves, los angeles (calif.), southern states, fourth dimension, science fiction, psychological fiction, science fiction [X], psychological fiction, time-travel fiction, audiobooks, african americans [X], electronic books
Shattered
Living with other "mechs" since her wealthy parents transplanted her brain into a mechanical body to prevent her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia becomes a pawn in a religious leader's movement to outlaw "mech" technology and eradicate machines such as herself.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 140
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: interpersonal relations, high school students, african americans [X], voyages and travels, murder, homicide, horror fiction, cyborgs, science fiction, science fiction [X], families, family life, theft, missing persons
Parable Of The Sower
When an environmental and economic crisis leads to social chaos and violence in California, fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina, who feels others' pain as her own, loses her family and home, and flees into the unprotected American landscape.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: twenty-first century, world history, emotions, science fiction, california, african americans [X], california, southern, science fiction [X], southern california
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
N.K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: short stories, american, speculative fiction, short stories, fantasy fiction, african americans [X], speculative fiction, american, science fiction [X]
The Last Last-day-of-summer
"When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 47
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: adventure fiction, time, supernatural, cousins, african americans [X], juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / concepts / date & time, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), juvenile fiction / social issues / bullying, juvenile fiction / boys & men, juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / african american, juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / general, science fiction [X], paranormal fiction, adventure fiction, large print books, action and adventure fiction
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky
Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left Black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 111
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: characters and characteristics in literature, self-confidence, african americans [X], adventure stories, characters in literature, science fiction, adventure and adventurers, supernatural, science fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, paranormal fiction, adventure fiction, large print books, anansi
A Phoenix First Must Burn
"Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic"--Publisher provided.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], girls, blacks, magic, fantasy fiction, science fiction [X], short stories, african american girls, fantasy fiction, american, science fiction, american, short stories, american, fantasy
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
FIC
year:
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: characters and characteristics in literature, self-confidence, african americans [X], adventure stories, characters in literature, adventure and adventurers, supernatural, adventure fiction, science fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, paranormal fiction
Riot Baby
"Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], siblings, racism, family life, revolutions, riots, dystopian fiction, science fiction [X]
Miles Morales
"Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the mainstream Marvel Universe, but he's also become a card-carrying Avenger! And he'll soon be a media sensation in this all-new, all-different New York--because when the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes fall, Miles must stand alone against a villain with the power to destroy the planet! Meanwhile, the Black Cat tries to get her claws into this new Spider-Man, and a new mutant threatens to grab the spotlight.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: spider-man, superheroes, good and evil, science fiction graphic novels, superhero comics, science fiction comics, graphic novels, cartoons and comics, science fiction comic books, superhero comic books, science fiction [X], avengers (fictional characters), fantasy graphic novels, african americans [X], fantasy comics
Survive The Dome
"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable Dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: race relations, protest movements, computer hackers, police, african americans [X], hispanic americans, gays, baltimore (md.), social problem fiction, science fiction [X], latinos (u.s.)
Okoye To The People
As a new recruit of the Dora Milaje on her very first mission outside of Wakanda, Okoye is sent to Brownsville, a neighborhood of Brooklyn that's experiencing extreme gentrification.
FIC
year:
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: black panther, black panther (fictional character), wakanda (africa : imaginary place), urban renewal, drugs, africans, african americans [X], science fiction, adventure fiction, brownsville (new york, n.y.), science fiction [X], adventure fiction
A Phoenix First Must Burn
"Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic"--Publisher provided.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african american girls, blacks, fantasy fiction, american, science fiction, american, magic, short stories, american, african americans [X], girls, fantasy, fantasy fiction, science fiction [X], short stories
Nothing Interesting Ever Happens To Ethan Fairmont
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius inventor, Ethan Fairmont, along with his ex-best friend Kareem, and new-kid Juan Carlos stumble across an extraterrestrial visitor they name Cheese, who is stuck on Earth in need of serious repairs, spicy snacks, and total secrecy.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: extraterrestrial beings, friendship, schools, family life, african americans [X], science fiction, juvenile fiction / science fiction / alien contact, juvenile fiction / social themes / prejudice & racism, science fiction [X], novels