Black Brilliance Youth Books

After accidentally starting a barn fire in his aunt's small Midwestern town, twelve-year-old Andy spends his summer renovating the owner's mansion which previously belonged to a famous magician thought to be responsible for the town's infamous murder.

"Everything is changing, and twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson hates it. She's dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. But things are just different after her father passed away. Without him, nothing about her world feels the same start to get a little better when Rowan brings her dad's old camera to Central Park to take pictures. But as she's snapping photos, she notices a strange mirror-like...

"From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood"--

"If Kamala can, so can I! From the newly-announced Young People's Poet Laureate comes a powerful and inspiring picture book that shares how each milestone and moment in Kamala Harris's life represents something that lies within young readers' reach, too-building community, asking for answers, learning from elders, standing up for what's right, pride, friendship, strength, and most of all-knowing that nothing is out of the reach of their future!"--...

When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.

"Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, girls and girlhood are celebrated in their many forms, all beautiful, not for how they look but for how they look into the face of fear."--Provided by publisher.

"Cynthia Erivo fell in love with performing when she was only five years old and sang "Silent Night" as a solo in a school Christmas play. When she grew up, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before beginning her career as a professional actress and singer. Cynthia made her Broadway debut in 2015 as Celie Harris in The Color Purple. This performance earned her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2017, she won her first Grammy...

"Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history"--

"From sunrise to sunset, a group of young Black boys joyously spend the day together as they live their best lives freely in their community. ƯWith confidence and a touch of swag, these friends do everything with one another: build a time machine, tend to the community garden, roleplay in the park, read, take a group selfie, and play basketball."--Provided by publisher. "From sunrise to sunset, a group of young Black boys joyously spend the day...