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The Only Black Girls in Town
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Publisher's Summary
Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past.
Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for years. Alberta's best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can't understand. When the bed and breakfast across the street finds new owners, Alberta is ecstatic to learn the family is black - and they have a 12-year-old daughter just like her.
Alberta is positive she and the new girl, Edie, will be fast friends. But while Alberta loves being a California girl, Edie misses her native Brooklyn and finds it hard to adapt to small-town living.
When the girls discover a box of old journals in Edie's attic, they team up to figure out exactly who's behind them and why they got left behind. Soon they discover shocking and painful secrets of the past and learn that nothing is quite what it seems.
Critic Reviews
"The Only Black Girls in Town is a tender, humorous, and suspenseful story about navigating the turbulent waters of middle school friendship. Alberta and Edie prove that Blackness is not a monolith and remind us that if you keep looking, there's always more to see and learn about the people and places we love. Colbert's middle grade debut is an unputdownable tale. Readers will want to hang out with Alberta and Edie long after the story ends." (Renée Watson, author of Some Places More Than Others)
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- Sweetendmilk
- 02-03-21
great listen
I am a very much grown up but my niece has this book so I wanted to get the audio so she can read along.
I actually have listened to this book more than her and I enjoyed it 100%.
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- Jamie
- 03-15-20
loved it!
I loved this honest middle grades story! Fresh characters, beautiful setting, authentic, contemporary feel-a total winner! I'll hand it to my students, knowing that it will make them think about race and friendship and family in a little different way! Great book to start constructive dialogues about these subjects!
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- Brandii Keith
- 01-13-22
I love the book so much and it is so beautiful too
love the book and lot and it so good too and fun .
love it
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- mimioutcast
- 06-23-21
Great story with diverse charaters.
Really enjoyed this book. I loved the emphasis on family and culture. interesting charaters and variety of subjects included.
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- Sara Silvio
- 03-25-21
So good!!!
This story was so addictive! I couldn’t stop listening to it. Great for kids and anyone that likes to be sucked into the book.
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- L.Long0112
- 07-29-20
Great Listen!
I enjoyed this book. I think every black girl should listen to this book, especially since it talks about many challenges in life. This book discussed racism, bullies, the meaning of family, and much more. The narration was also very good. I would recommend this book!
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 276
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Look Into Being the Child of a "Convict"
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By: Janae Marks
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A Good Kind of Trouble
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Book belongs in every middle school library!
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A Soft Place to Land
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23
Joy Taylor has always believed home is the house she lived in her entire life. But then her dad lost his job, and suddenly, home becomes a tiny apartment with thin walls, shared bedrooms, and a place for tense arguments between Mom and Dad. Hardest of all, Joy doesn’t have her music to escape through anymore. Then a friendly new neighbor her age lets Joy in on the complex’s best-kept secret: the Hideout, a cozy refuge that only the kids know about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good 😊
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet
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It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but 12-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly’s mother’s girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Lolly’s always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My 7th graders enjoyed it!
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Black Brother, Black Brother
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Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother", Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan, he's suspended from school and arrested for something he didn't do.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
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Blended
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
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