Brittney Morris
1) Slay
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him.
3) The jump
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
FIrst edition.
Language
English
Description
The stress of an oil refinery being built in their backyard, threatening their families' livelihood, prompts four working-class teens to join a dangerous scavenger hunt where the reward of power could change their families' fates and save the city they love so much.
Author
Language
English
Description
Miles Morales has a lot going on, what with moving to a new neighborhood, dealing with the loss of his father, and the whole gaining superpowers thing. After a misunderstanding with the law, Miles questions what it means to be a hero when people are ready to believe the worst of you. Tempted by the power and freedom of his new abilities, Miles must decide what kind of Spider-Man he wants to be. When Vulture starts wreaking havoc across the city with...
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories set during life in lockdown includes a tale of a girl with a mask-making business and her potentially famous crush, and the story of a connection sparked with the help of two balcony herb gardens.
