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1) Jaded
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What Jade Morgan wants: for her parents to get back together. Instead her dad proposes to his new girlfriend, who has the nerve to ask Jade to be a bridesmaid. Like that'll ever happen. Her new boyfriend, Terrence, thinks she should give her future stepmom a chance, try to get to know her. Yet Jade barely knows Terrence—who is cute and cool, but is seriously hiding something. He's busy all the time and he won't invite her to his house. Yeah,...
2) The promise
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Since she broke up with the hottest basketball player in school, seventeen-year-old Courtland Murphy has been the subject of a million rumors. The fallout from her relationship with Allen Benson has made Courtland more sure than ever that waiting to have sex is the right decision. But the drama's not over, especially with her own father acting strangely and Allen out to make her life hell--with his teammates' help. All except Aidan Calhoun,...
3) Family ties
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Hill's Family Ties tells the story of D'Ray Reid, who has put prison behind him and wants to repair his broken relationship with his mother. But when D'Ray comes home, lies and legal troubles haunt his every move.
4) Capital city
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In the 1990s, four black men, seeking money, power, and respect, discover the ultimate price of making fast cash in the harsh inner city of Washington, D.C.
5) The pact
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Indigo Summer novels volume 2
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Break up for the summer…That's the deal Indigo Summer makes with her boyfriend, Marcus Carter. That way, they can both enjoy their vacations, no guilt, no questions asked. Not that Indigo isn't worried when Marcus heads to Texas to spend time with his estranged mother—kissing Marcus goodbye is hard enough, and who knows who'll be kissing him in Houston? But Indigo barely has time to think about her temporarily ex-boyfriend by the time she gets...
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Indigo Summer novels volume 1
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When fifteen-year-old Indigo's perfect world falls apart she turns to her neighbor, sixteen-year-old Marcus Carter, for help but now that she has realized what a great guy he is, so does someone else.
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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 and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is ... Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is ... two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and...
15) Hitting the ice
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Uptown downtown volume 5
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Vesey McCall and his girlfriend Charmian visit the ice rink and are intimidated by the Drake brothers until Vesey's friend Egon intercedes.
16) Wheels of danger
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Uptown downtown volume 4
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Vesey McCall finds himself caught between the two worlds of his best friends, but he learns lessons from both of them.
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Uptown downtown volume 2
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Teenager Vesey McCall falls in love with a mysterious young lady on the subway and becomes a hero while proving his love.
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Uptown downtown volume 1
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Vesey McCall, an African-American teenage boy, accepts a dare from two school friends that results in disaster.
20) The road south
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Uptown downtown volume 8
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Vesey McCall and his father make a nostalgic visit to North Carolina, where Mr. McCall grew up, and the two share a closer relationship as a result.