Black Brilliance Youth Books


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"Nova is horrified when she learns about the world's plastic problem and the trash islands floating in the ocean. Good thing she has a super-secret lab in her basement. No problem is too big for Supa Nova or for science! But things go spectacularly awry when she creates a plastic-eating monster who won't stop eating and growing. Will Supa Nova be able to save the day--and the planet?"--
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"Nansi has never lost a race--until snobby Tania beats her in an unofficial event. Surely it's Tania's flashy shoes that gave her the edge? Nansi has to get a pair before the track tryouts. But how will she kick up $338? Incorporating Jamaican culture and the West African trickster character Anansi, debut author Carl Brundtland has created [a] ... self-absorbed heroine who always goes the distance--even if it's the wrong way"--
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In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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"When Tia Valor takes a test on a whim for an exclusive NASA program for middle schoolers, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she never really fit in at school. In fact, she's been skipping school most days to work at her brother's auto shop instead. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees potential in Tia, and before she knows it, she's part of a team of other talented kids training to launch to an advanced space station orbiting the earth....

5. Weirdo

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"Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr., loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony struggles with the hurt of not being accepted and tries to conform to other people's expectations. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self-love that will require him to become the hero of his...