Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds #1 (Hardcover)A genie informs twelve year old Amira and her younger brother Hamza that they are the chosen ones who must defeat a monstrous demon of Islamic folklore to save the Earth and a parallel dimension.

these online dialogues provide an introduction to the work of Black feminist icons like Angela Davis

and the tenacity of women who choose to tell their stories despite those who wish to silence them

the gun that was his brother's gun

Zelie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orisha hummed with magic

Black is urban and rural

Jen is in freefall as her future

sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them

but unlike her sister before her

Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circum-stances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence

all presented in searing

classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend

Somebody somewhere at some point was just as bored you are now