Theodore Taylor
1) The cay
Author
Language
English
Description
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks the musical interludes between verses longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated ABC book that makes children from all parts of America feel that they belong and can be their true selves"--
Join Lil Nas X and Panini the pony on a joyous journey through the alphabet from sunup to sundown. Experience wide-open pastures, farm animals, guitar music, cowboy hats, and all things country.
Author
Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III"--
5) Ice drift
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while stranded on an ice floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.
6) Off the wall
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Missing the city life, a young girl starts to feel a sense of belonging in her new town when she discovers vibrant graffiti splashed throughout the neighborhoods, proving street art can be found everywhere--as well as a sense of home.
Author
Language
English
Description
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
10) Sniper
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private zoological preserve.
13) The bomb
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
161 pages : map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1945, when the Americans liberate the Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that the next year he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat.
14) The hostage
Author
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
xii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jamie has second thoughts about harboring a killer whale that his father and he captured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and plan to sell to a sea amusement park.
15) Tuck triumphant
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
150 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Helen, her blind dog Friar Tuck, and her family face some dramatic challenges when they discover that the Korean boy they have adopted is deaf. Sequel to "The Trouble with Tuck."
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1882, Black botanist and mycologist Charles S. Parker sprouted up in the lush, green Pacific Northwest. From the beginning, Charles's passion was plants, and he trudged through forests, climbed mountains, and waded into lakes to find them. When he was drafted to fight in World War I, Charles experienced prejudice against Black soldiers and witnessed the massive ecological devastation that war caused. Those experiences made him even more determined...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one's supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He's even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has...
19) Woke baby
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
A lyrical and empowering book that celebrates both what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"This beautiful picture book tells the little-known story of Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company and an inspiration to Misty Copeland. When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only...
