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261) Where there's smoke
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Former drug dealer Alec, having been reunited with a customer he sold to sixteen years earlier, finds out he is the father of her son and decides to try and help the boy who is caught up in the business Alec thought he had left behind.
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Auditioning for a New York City performing arts high school could help Etta escape from her Nebraska all-girl school, where she is not gay enough for her former friends, not sick enough for her eating disorders group, and not thin enough for ballet, but it may also mean real friendships.
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In this new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series, the Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday. But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change. Our beloved Harlem family is putting the VAN in Vanderbeekers as they hit the highway to give their dad the best birthday surprise EVER! Re-creating a road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own...
267) Drop squad
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The DROP Squad is an outlaw organization that abducts and "deprograms" African Americans who exploit and/or deny their cultural heritage. But as the group's methods become increasingly violent, its charismatic leader must wrestle with a disturbing question: has his organization lost its way as surely as the brothers and sisters they seek to reform?
268) Waiting for Pumpsie
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In 1959 Bernard is a young Red Sox fan, troubled by the lack of Black players in major league baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team--but change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green.
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Alec "Smoke" Avery's old girlfriend begins stalking Smoke and causes a rift in his relationship with Anne Phillips, who thinks that Smoke is cheating on her; meanwhile, their son Isaiah tries to keep his life in order, but things are complicated when his nemesis, Hood, shows up on campus.
270) Menace II society
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Follows a young African American man in South Central Los Angeles in the summer following his graduation from high school.
272) Men of honor
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The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible--Container.
273) Calico Girl
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Callie struggles to understand slavery when her stepbrother is sold away at the start of the Civil War, but is determined her whole family will be free one day. Includes historical notes.
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