Mariama Lockington
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Sadie, a Black bisexual recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD WINNER ● A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us.
I'm safe here.
That's how Sadie feels, on a perfect summer day, wrapped in her girlfriend's arms. School is out, and even though she's been struggling to manage her chronic anxiety, Sadie is