Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm by Kimberly Behre Kenna (ISBN-13: 9781685132439 Publisher: Black Rose Writing Publication date: Series: Brave Girls Collection, Ages 9-12) In the end, his war could cost him everything he wants the most. But the more enmeshed Gil becomes in school politics, the more difficult it becomes to balance not only his life at home with his friends and family, but a possible new romance with a girl he’d move mountains for. Using Sun Tzu’s The Art of War as his guide, Gil wages his own clandestine war against the racist administration, parents and students, and works with the other Black students to ensure their voices are finally heard. If the school isn’t going to carve out a space for him, he will carve it out for himself. But Gil intends to leave his mark on Augustin anyway. Then after a racist run-in with the school’s golden boy on the first day ends in a fight that leaves only Gil suspended, Gil understands the truth about his new school-Augustin may pay lip service to diversity, but that isn’t the same as truly accepting him and the other Black students as equal. If it weren’t for the partial scholarship, the school’s robotic program and the chance for a better future, Gil wouldn’t have even considered going. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels like it’s a different world entirely compared to Gil’s predominately Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn. This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year-on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance. Hooper (ISBN-13: 9780593462102 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication date:, Ages 12-17) But their plans are interrupted when Nikki’s little sister Vae goes missing. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince her to stay in Texas, or to at least graduate high school. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. Nikki can’t wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career. For fans of I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest and Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan. Filled with heart and humor, this novel captures complex family drama, friendship, and love. My Week with Him by Joya Goffney (ISBN-13: 9780063254749 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication date:, Ages 13-17)įrom Joya Goffney of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, comes a stirring YA coming-of-age, best friends-to-lovers romance about a girl named Nikki who plans to run away from small-town Texas, but ultimately finds that her oldest friend, Mal, just might be the one who’s been there for her all along.
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