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Hanna Alkaf
In 1969 Kuala Lumpur, sixteen-year-old Melati Ahmad is caught amid racial violence while trying to reach her mother. Melati loves music, films, and the Beatles, and she has OCD. She believes a djinn threatens her with visions of her mother’s death unless she follows counting and tapping rituals. As fighting surrounds her, Melati must find a way home safely.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
On the Come UpAngie ThomasBri, a sixteen-year-old African American rapper, wants to follow her late father’s path in hip-hop. With money scarce at home, she sells candy at her largely white arts high school. After a security check leads to her being handcuffed and rumors that she dealt drugs, Bri turns her anger over the treatment of Black and brown students into a rap song. The song spreads online, bringing attention and controversy as Bri pursues her ambitions.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL550LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Accused! The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth AmendmentLarry Dane BrimnerThis nonfiction account examines the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers falsely accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. Set during the Great Depression, it follows their ordeal through a racist judicial system after two white women made the accusations. The book includes archival photographs as well as a bibliography, footnotes, and an index, documenting a case shaped by false charges, prejudice, and the legal system.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Weight of the StarsK. AncrumRyann Bird dreams of traveling among the stars, though she sees no route to a career in space from her trailer-park home. She meets Alexandria, an isolated girl whose mother volunteered for a one-way mission to the edge of the solar system. Alexandria listens each night for radio contact from her mother, and Ryann helps her reach the roof to do so. Their silence becomes friendship and then a romantic relationship.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details