ADDENDUM BIBLIOGRAPY

BETWEEN THE COVERS:Embracing the Essence of Who We Are

Our Children Deserve the Best

NBCDI 42ND Annual ConferenceFort Lauderdale, FLOctober 6-9, 2012

Drs. Jonella Mongo, Vivian Johnson, Toni Walters

Dear Conferees,

This Addendum Bibliography complements the column Between the Covers: Our Children Deserve the Best in the Summer/Fall 2012 ChildHealth Talk (CHT) that you received at this conference. CHT is also available online. The combined lists are in keeping with our ongoing annual conference objective which is to provide you with titles of books by *African American authors and illustrators released during the year following the previous conference.

JM, VJ, & TW

*Allen, Crystal, (2011), How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won A Bubba-Sized Trophy. Balzer & Bray.

Bowling skill, hustling, trouble getting the girl, and sibling jealousy are things that 13-year old Lamar must learn to deal with the mend broken ties.Ages 8 & up

*Jones, Traci L., (2011), Silhouetted by the Blue. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.It was not supposed to be this way, but her mother’s death during Hurricane Katrina changed their family. Taking care of her younger brother while depression ate away at her father, 12 year-old Serena struggles to hold things together.Ages 10 & up

Aronson, M. and *Smith, C. (Eds.), Walter Dean *Myers, Bruce Brooks, Willie Perdomo*, Sharon *Flake, Robert Burleigh, Rita Williams-Garcia*, Joseph Bruchac, Adam Rapp, Robert Lipstye, (2012), Pick Up Game, Candlewyck Press.The setting is a court in NYC known as the Cage. The cast: Boo a basketball guard, an aspiring filmmaker, and Irene who has an interest in Chester another ball player become the story that is told chapter by chapter through the eyes of the above famous writers.Ages 14 & up

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*Flake, S., (2012), Pinned, Scholastic Press. Wrestling was her love, but for Autumn reading was more of a challenge than any match. Wrestling would be put on hold if she did not bring her reading level up. Would the smartest boy in school, without legs, help her despite the fact she got on his nerves?

*Magoon, Kekla, (2012), Fire in the Streets, Aladdin. Three best friends embark on a mission to become Black Panthers. Fourteen year-old Maxie has to make some hard decisions when she learns secrets that could make a difference for the Chicago Black Panther Party in 1968.Ages 8 & up

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*Magoon, Kekla, (2011), Camo Girl, Aladdin. Ella the only black student in her Las Vegas suburban school must learn to navigate her forever friendship with Z considered a “weird” white kid when she befriends Bailey a new popular black student who comes to the school.Ages 8-14

*Whittenberg, Allison, (2011), Tutored, Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Wendy, a suburbanite high school senior decided it was time for a change. Her father was determined to prevent her from being like “those people.” Volunteering to tutor at an urban community center open her eyes to another world. She was not prepared for Hakiam, the boy she knew her father would not accept. Ages 12 & up

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*McKissack, Patricia C., *McKissack, Fredrick, & *McKissack, Pat, Scholastic Press. The Clone Code Series. Ages 8 & up

*Ransome, James, (2012), My Teacher, Dial. An urban elementary teacher is dedicated to showing different ways of learning inside the school and community where she grew up.Ages 4-8

*Snow, DeShawn, illustrator *David A. Perrin, III, (2012), The Rumor: And the Truth Sets You Free. Carpenter’s Son Publishing. New to her school, fifth grader Shawnee wants to make friends while learning to stand her ground against bully Rayna. Along with the guidance of her parents and her trusted “friend” Nevaeh she finds the truths so important to establishing real friends.

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*Snow, DeShawn, illustrator * David A. Perrin, III, (2012), Taking Center Stage and Keeping Up with the Jones, Carpenter’s Son Publishing. Two more recent Lil Shawnee series books about Shawnee and friends Rebecca and Nia doing fifth graders’ things and working through friendships. Ages 7-12

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