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Home of the Brave, Katherine Applegate

Home of the Brave

by Katherine Applegate

Rent: $6.39

Kek comes from Africa. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 47 min
Narrator: Dominic Hoffman
Published: 12/18/2007
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Tears of A Tiger, Sharon M. Draper

Tears of A Tiger

by Sharon M. Draper

Rent: $7.49

Coretta Scott King award-winner and National Teacher of the Year, Sharon M. Draper uses a...

Unabridged: 3 hr 46 min
The Hazelwood High Trilogy #1
Narrator: J. D. Jackson
Published: 10/10/2008
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Forged by Fire, Sharon M. Draper

Forged by Fire

by Sharon M. Draper

Rent: $6.49

Gerald is only three years old when his mama leaves him alone in the house while she visi...

Unabridged: 3 hr 43 min
The Hazelwood High Trilogy
Narrator: Thomas Penny
Published: 10/10/2008
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Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen

Nightjohn

by Gary Paulsen

Rent: $5.49

Life on the Waller plantation is harsh and bleak. Twelve-year-old Sarny knows that it won...

Unabridged: 1 hr 29 min
Sarny #1
Narrator: Michele-Denise Woo...
Published: 11/15/2013
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Song of the Trees, Mildred D. Taylor

Song of the Trees

by Mildred D. Taylor

Rent: $5.79

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newb...

Unabridged: 39 min
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Published: 02/20/2018
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The Gold Cadillac, Mildred D. Taylor

The Gold Cadillac

by Mildred D. Taylor

Rent: $5.79

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newb...

Unabridged: 31 min
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Published: 02/13/2018
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Hey Black Child, Useni Eugene Perkins

Hey Black Child

by Useni Eugene Perkins

Rent: $2.02

Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan C...

Unabridged: 5 min
Narrator: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem...
Published: 11/14/2017
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Sarny, Gary Paulsen

Sarny

by Gary Paulsen

Rent: $7.49

As the Civil War rages around the plantation where Sarny lives, she hears of other slaves...

Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min
Sarny #2
Narrator: Lynne Thigpen
Published: 02/28/2014
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The Well, Mildred D. Taylor

The Well

by Mildred D. Taylor

Rent: $7.59

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newb...

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min
Narrator: Andre Montgomery
Published: 10/10/2017
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Mississippi Bridge, Mildred D. Taylor

Mississippi Bridge

by Mildred D. Taylor

Rent: $5.79

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newb...

Unabridged: 53 min
Narrator: Danny Gerard
Published: 02/13/2018
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Booked, Kwame Alexander

Booked

by Kwame Alexander

Rent: $6.49

In this middle grade novel-in-verse by the Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King H...

Unabridged: 2 hr 26 min
Crossover #2
Narrator: Kwame Alexander
Published: 04/05/2016
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Jake the Fake Keeps it Real, Craig Robinson

Jake the Fake Keeps it Real

by Craig Robinson

Rent: $7.59

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting il...

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min
Jake the Fake #1
Narrator: Sullivan Jones
Published: 03/28/2017
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Full Cicada Moon, Marilyn Hilton

Full Cicada Moon

by Marilyn Hilton

Rent: $7.49

Inside Out and Back Again meets One Crazy Summer and Brown Girl Dreaming in this novel-in...

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Narrator: Cindy Kay
Published: 10/22/2019
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Little Black Girl Oh, the Things You Can Do!, Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Little Black Girl

by Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Rent: $3.99

An empowering and joyous picture book by actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman) ...

Unabridged: 3 min
Narrator: Kirby Howell-Bapti...
Published: 11/15/2022
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All the Right Stuff, Walter Dean Myers

All the Right Stuff

by Walter Dean Myers

Rent: $7.49

Paul DuPree is working at a soup kitchen in Harlem the summer his father dies, just tryin...

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min
Narrator: Brandon Gill
Published: 04/24/2012
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Junebug, Alice Mead

Junebug

by Alice Mead

Rent: $6.49

In the dingy Auburn Street project where Junebug lives, ten is the age when young boys st...

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min
Junebug #1
Narrator: Peter Francis Jame...
Published: 02/01/2013
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Jamaica's Find, Juanita Havill

Jamaica's Find

by Juanita Havill

Rent: $4.99

Jamaica has a problem. She's found a stuffed dog in the park, all dirty and worn from lot...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Kim Staunton
Published: 06/06/2008
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Little Black Boy Oh, the Things You Will Do!, Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Little Black Boy

by Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Rent: $3.99

A little Black boy finds the courage to go after his dreams in this empowering and inspir...

Unabridged: 3 min
Narrator: Larry C. Fields
Published: 11/15/2022
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EllRay Jakes the Recess King!, Sally Warner

EllRay Jakes the Recess King!

by Sally Warner

Rent: $6.49

Eight-year-old EllRay is down to one-and-a-half best friends, which leads his little sist...

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min
Ellray Jakes #8
Narrator: Corey Allen
Published: 06/26/2015
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Something Beautiful, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Something Beautiful

by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Rent: $3.99

For readers of Newbery Winner Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña.Everyd...

Unabridged: 6 min
Narrator: Sharon Dennis Wyet...
Published: 05/10/2022
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The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street, Sharon Flake

The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen...

by Sharon Flake

Rent: $7.59

Queen is a royal pain in the neck. Her Highness treats everyone as though they were her l...

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min
Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Published: 04/10/2007
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EllRay Jakes and the Beanstalk, Sally Warner

EllRay Jakes and the Beanstalk

by Sally Warner

Rent: $6.49

EllRay Jakes may be the shortest kid in his class, and he may get into trouble from time ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min
Ellray Jakes #5
Narrator: Corey Allen
Published: 10/03/2014
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EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer!, Sally Warner

EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer!

by Sally Warner

Rent: $6.49

EllRay Jakes is a small kid with big problems! EllRay Jakes may be the smallest kid in hi...

Unabridged: 2 hr 50 min
Ellray Jakes #4
Narrator: Corey Allen
Published: 06/06/2014
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Dope Sick, Walter Dean Myers

Dope Sick

by Walter Dean Myers

Rent: $6.49

Best-selling author Walter Dean Myers has received two Newbery Honors and was the first e...

Unabridged: 3 hr 33 min
Narrator: J.D. Jackson
Published: 05/08/2009
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Darnell Rock Reporting, Walter Dean Myers

Darnell Rock Reporting

by Walter Dean Myers

Rent: $6.49

Children and adults alike will cheer for this funny, uplifting story of a troublemaker wh...

Unabridged: 3 hr 29 min
Narrator: Peter Francis Jame...
Published: 06/12/2009
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The Legend of Buddy Bush, Shelia P. Moses

The Legend of Buddy Bush

by Shelia P. Moses

Rent: $7.49

Square, North Carolina. When her uncle, Buddy Bush moves back home from Harlem, it seems ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 47 min
Narrator: Cherise Boothe
Published: 03/05/2008
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EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays!, Sally Warner

EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays!

by Sally Warner

Rent: $6.49

Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he mus...

Unabridged: 2 hr 41 min
EllRay Jakes
Narrator: Corey Allen
Published: 10/16/2015
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EllRay Jakes Stands Tall!, Sally Warner

EllRay Jakes Stands Tall!

by Sally Warner

Rent: $6.49

EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min
EllRay Jakes #2
Narrator: Corey Allen
Published: 04/12/2016
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Jazmin's Notebook, Nikki Grimes

Jazmin's Notebook

by Nikki Grimes

Rent: $7.59

Jazmin Shelby was "born with clenched fists"-which is okay, since she's got a lot of figh...

Unabridged: 2 hr 5 min
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Published: 03/06/2018
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Princess Hair, Sharee Miller

Princess Hair

by Sharee Miller

Rent: $3.58

Princesses with curls wear pearls. Princesses with head wraps take long naps. And prince...

Unabridged: 3 min
Narrator: LaQuita James
Published: 01/26/2021
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Milo Imagines the World, Matt de la Pena

Milo Imagines the World

by Matt de la Pena

Rent: $3.99

The team behind the Newbery Medal winner and Caldecott Honor book Last Stop on Market Str...

Unabridged: 8 min
Narrator: Dion Graham
Published: 02/02/2021
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J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, J. Dillard

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle

by J. Dillard

Rent: $7.59

Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this h...

Unabridged: 1 hr 59 min
J.D. the Kid Barber #1
Narrator: Tivia Lynnell
Published: 02/23/2021
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Marley and the Family Band, Cedella Marley

Marley and the Family Band

by Cedella Marley

Rent: $3.99

A picture book that celebrates music, love, and family from New York Times bestselling au...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Cedella Marley
Published: 02/01/2022
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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence, Gretchen Woelfle

Mumbet's Declaration of Independe...

by Gretchen Woelfle

Rent: $5.99

Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. B...

Unabridged: 15 min
Narrator: Susie Berneis
Published: 02/10/2015
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I Am Every Good Thing, Derrick Barnes

I Am Every Good Thing

by Derrick Barnes

Rent: $3.99

An upbeat, empowering, important picture book from the team that created the award-winnin...

Unabridged: 4 min
Narrator: Joshua David Scarl...
Published: 09/01/2020
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Most Perfect You, Jazmyn Simon

Most Perfect You

by Jazmyn Simon

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Jazmyn Simon's debut is a moving love letter to children struggling to accept themselves ...

Unabridged: 5 min
Narrator: Jazmyn Simon
Published: 05/03/2022
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Evicted! The Struggle for the Right to Vote, Charly Palmer

Evicted!

by Charly Palmer

Rent: $4.99

Black hands in Fayette County, Tennessee, were free to pick cotton and corn but were barr...

Unabridged: 56 min
Narrator: Kim Staunton
Published: 04/19/2022
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Sam's Super Seats, Keah Brown

Sam's Super Seats

by Keah Brown

Rent: $3.99

A joyful picture book about a disabled girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school s...

Unabridged: 9 min
Narrator: Keah Brown
Published: 08/23/2022
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Always with You, Always with Me, Kelly Rowland

Always with You, Always with Me

by Kelly Rowland

Rent: $3.99

A loving ode to modern motherhood by Kelly Rowland and Jessica McKay Grammy Award&nd...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Kelly Rowland
Published: 04/26/2022
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J.D. and the Family Business, J. Dillard

J.D. and the Family Business

by J. Dillard

Rent: $7.59

Eight-year-old kid barber J.D. joins forces with his sister, who has beauty shop dreams, ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min
J.D. the Kid Barber #2
Narrator: Tivia Lynnell
Published: 08/03/2021
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J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown, J. Dillard

J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown

by J. Dillard

Rent: $7.59

Eight-year-old kid barber J.D. takes his talent to an Atlanta hair show in this illustrat...

Unabridged: 1 hr 59 min
J.D. the Kid Barber #3
Narrator: Tivia Lynnell
Published: 11/16/2021
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Dream Street, Tricia Elam Walker

Dream Street

by Tricia Elam Walker

Rent: $3.99

Caldecott Honor, three time Coretta Scott King Award winner, and New York Times bestselli...

Unabridged: 12 min
Narrator: Justin Nicholas-El...
Published: 11/16/2021
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Daddy Speaks Love, Leah Henderson

Daddy Speaks Love

by Leah Henderson

Rent: $3.99

A moving tribute to the joy and grounding that fathers bring to their children's lives.On...

Unabridged: 5 min
Narrator: Leah Henderson
Published: 01/04/2022
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Crowned with Glory, Dorena Williamson

Crowned with Glory

by Dorena Williamson

Rent: $3.99

An ode to Black hair and Black girl joy, this joy-filled rhyming picture book invite...

Unabridged: 6 min
Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Published: 02/08/2022
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When Winter Robeson Came, Brenda Woods

When Winter Robeson Came

by Brenda Woods

Rent: $7.59

The whole world seems to transform during the summer of 1965, when Eden’s cousin fr...

Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min
Narrator: Keylor Leigh
Published: 01/11/2022
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Sidewalk Story, Sharon Bell Mathis

Sidewalk Story

by Sharon Bell Mathis

Rent: $5.79

Council on Interracial Books for Children award winnerFrom the award-winning author of...

Unabridged: 1 hr 10 min
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Published: 12/04/2018
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Chocolate Me!, Taye Diggs

Chocolate Me!

by Taye Diggs

Rent: $3.49

*Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award*This program is read by Taye Diggs.The boy is tea...

Unabridged: 6 min
Narrator: Taye Diggs
Published: 01/08/2019
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The King of Kindergarten, Derrick Barnes

The King of Kindergarten

by Derrick Barnes

Rent: $3.99

A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery Honor...

Unabridged: 5 min
Narrator: Sullivan Jones
Published: 07/02/2019
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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence, Gretchen Woelfle

Mumbet's Declaration of Independe...

by Gretchen Woelfle

Rent: $4.83

"All men are born free and equal." Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Dec...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Book Buddy Digital...
Published: 08/01/2022
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Uptown, Bryan Collier

Uptown

by Bryan Collier

Rent: $8.14

"Narrator Ricky Smith does a commendable job of capturing the tone of the book. Subtle so...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Ricky Smith
Published: 02/01/2016