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Written by Rita Williams-Garcia Published by Quill Tree Books in 2011 ISBN:978-0060760908 Plot Summary: Delphine and her younger sisters are going to visit their mother Cecile in California for the summer as she abandoned them several years ago. When they arrive, they find out she lives in a normal house even though they believed she was homeless. Their mother tells them to order takeout and then tells them to stay out of the kitchen. 3 Black Panthers arrive and ask for their mother's help with doing printing. Her mom tells the Black Panthers that they need to take her 3 daughters so she can work so the girls end up at a Black Panther's facility that is like a daycare. They learn about what is means to be a Panther as well as learning what their culture should and shouldn't do. Delphine starts to get along with her mother and Delphine decides to take her sisters out to see the sights around San Francisco. When they get back, the find out their mother has been arrested. At a

  Written by Ibi Zoboi Published by Balzer and Bray in 2017 ISBN: 978-0062473042 Plot Summary: Fabiola is a Haitian immigrant who moves back to the US where she was born. Immigration police take Fabiola's mother into custody as they think she is planning on staying here illegally. Fabiola is forced to move up north to Detroit where her aunt and cousins live. She doesn't like American school but her cousins are doing well so she spends her time with them. One of her cousin's boyfriend's name is Dray and he's a drug dealer. Fabiola is approached by a detective saying that he can help her mom if she can find evidence against him but as she is searching she finds out that her aunt and cousins are the ones that are into the illegal activities. Kasim is Fabiola's love interest and also the friend of Dray as well. Kasim shows up at the party where they are planning on busting Dray for selling drugs and when Fabiola hears this she tries to go to the party to stop it. Ka

  Written and Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 978-0316341578 Plot Summary: The 3 billy goats are looking longingly across the water to a field full of grass and flowers that the goats could eat. A troll lives under the bridge and doesn't allow anyone to come across without threatening to eat them. The smallest goat tries to make his way across the bridge but is stopped by the troll. The troll lets him go across because he is so small. The next goat tries to go across the bridge and is stopped by the troll and he is let go as well so that the troll could eat the biggest goat. The biggest goat takes the challenge and headbutts the troll into the water where a fish threatens to eat the troll. The goats are all able to get across the bridge whenever they would like as the troll looks on in defeat.  Critical Analysis (Including Cultural Markers): This book has wonderful illustrations and the onomatopoeia used in the book helps creat