Jason Reynolds
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English
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"There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will." --
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English
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"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
"A history of racist and antiracist...
3) Ghost
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Series
Track ; 1
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English
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Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons, all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems,...
6) Sunny
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Series
Track ; 3
Language
English
Description
"Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves." --
7) Patina
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Series
Track ; 2
Language
English
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"Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash and was chosen for the Defenders "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders, an elite middle school track team. She runs for many reasons -- like to escape the taunts from the kids at her new school. She runs from the reason WHY she's not able to live with her "real" mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom's legs will one day take her away forever....
9) Lu
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Series
Track ; 4
Language
English
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
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English
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"New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling...
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Series
Stuntboy ; 1
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English
Description
"Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them." --
15) As brave as you
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English
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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
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English
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Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.
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Series
Stuntboy ; 2
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English
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"Portico Reeves, or Stuntboy the greatest superhero people have never heard of, tries to manage his frets and navigate his new normal with divorced parents, bullies in his building, and a newfound friend."--
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Don’t miss this “fresh and conversational” (TIME Magazine), “potent and provocative” (The San Francisco Chronicle), #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism—and antiracism—in America.
This is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where...
This is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where...
19) Ghost
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Series
Publisher
Milan
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Français
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"Ghost", finaliste du National Book Award a été 5 semaines d'affilé sur la liste "New York Times Best Sellers". C'est le 1er livre de la tétralogie "GO !", qui raconte la vie de 4 gamins qui ont tous des problèmes, des horreurs à fuir ou des choses à prouver. 4 gamins qui vont adorer courir ensemble, à toute allure !
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Publisher
Destino Infantil & Juvenil México
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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Description
Un superhéroe extraordinario que intenta pasar desapercibido bajo la identidad de Portico Reeves, un chico que vive en la casa más grande de la ciudad y a quien de vez en cuando le da la temblorina. Bueno, tal vez los adultos dirán que vive en un departamento normal, en un edificio común y corriente, y que tiene ataques de ansiedad. Lo importante es que esto no evita que Stuntboy cumpla con su papel: ser el superhéroe de su abuela, su mamá o...
