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Published: September 5, 2024
Books of the month:
Books of the month:
Elementary
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues
Before he became a writer, James “Jimmy” Baldwin was a young boy from Harlem, New York, who loved stories and found joy in the rhythm of music, family, and books.
Middle Grade
One Big Open Sky
One Big Open Sky
Eleven-year-old Lettie, her mother, Sylvia, and eighteen-year-old Philomena, who is on her way to her first teaching job, tell the story of their perilous covered-wagon journey to Nebraska in 1879.
Young Adult
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
The thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies led by a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the years between World War I and World War II.
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