Dhonielle Clayton
1) Blackout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark.
3) The Belles
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Belles volume 1
Language
English
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Rebellious and outspoken Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials--a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans.
Author
Series
The mirror volume 2
Language
English
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In 1920s New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Zora, banished after an incident in Harlem, struggles with her overbearing family, magical powers, love of jazz, and forbidden romance with a white man. 1928. Zora Broussard arrived in New Orleans with not much more than a bag of clothes, a beautiful voice, and a pair of enchanted red shoes. Her magic caused a tragic accident, and now Zora wants to avoid her overbearing aunt and mean-spirited cousins. As a Black...
Author
Series
Marvellerverse volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
Author
Series
Marvellers volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this first novel in the series, "eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy--some Marvellers mistrust her magic. Eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher Masterji Thakur and fellow misfits Brigit and Jason. When a dangerous...
8) Eternas
Author
Series
Belles volume 2
Publisher
RBA Libros
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
Description
La favorita ha ca�ido en desgracia. Y han puesto precio a su cabeza. Camelia Beauregard, la antigua Belle favorita, debe encontrar a la desaparecida princesa Charlotte. Pero las fuerzas imperiales de la perversa reina Sophia no se detendr�an ante nada para impedir que Camelia y sus aliados devuelvan a la princesa al palacio y a su leg�itimo lugar como reina. Con la ayuda de un movimiento clandestino de resistencia llamado las Damas de Hierro,...
9) Bellas
Author
Series
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Primera edici�on.
Language
Español
Description
In a world where beauty is a commodity only a few control, beautiful Camellia learns the dark secrets behind her powers and is asked to choose between saving herself or changing her world forever.
10) The Rumor Game
Author
Language
English
Description
All it takes is one spark to start a blaze. At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC's elite, a single rumor has the power to ruin a life. Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all-the perfect boyfriend, a bright future in politics, and even popularity thanks to her best friend, cheer captain Cora. Then one mistake sparked a scandal that burned it all to the ground. Now it's the start of a new school year and...
11) Whiteout
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Language
English
Description
Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout!
As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm?
No one is prepared...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. However, getting what she wants might cost her everything--including the only boy she's ever loved. Legacy dancer Bette is determined to clear her name after she was suspended and accused of hurting her rival, Gigi. Even if she returns, though, will she ever regain the spotlight she craves? And Gigi is not going to let Bette--or the other dancers who bullied her--go unpunished. But as revenge...
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Presents a diverse collection of vampire tales features supernatural characters engaged in social-justice movements, attempting to take selfies without reflections and avoiding family matchmaking.
15) Meet cute
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories exploring the moment when a couple meets for the first time--from an African American girl in upstate New York who simultaneously finds a prom dress and a date to a transgender girl who confronts the student blocking her right to use the school restroom.
16) Whiteout
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2022]
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"A snowstorm like this hits Atlanta only once every hundred years. As the city grinds to a halt, a group of teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm?"--Book jacket.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Now a Netflix TV show! Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this soapy, drama-packed novel featuring diverse characters who will do anything to be the prima at their elite ballet school.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton, and the author of the acclaimed Symptoms of a Heartbreak, Sona Charaipotra.
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their...
18) Black Enough
Author
Language
English
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi and featuring some of the most acclaimed, bestselling black authors writing for teens today-Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and black in America. Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is… three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland,
...