Denene Millner
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Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the "Strawberry Letters" segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure...
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Series
Fresh Princess volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"This is Destiny, but everyone calls her Fresh Princess. She's got style. She's got flair. In all things fresh and princessy, she's got it licked! That is, until she moves to a brand-new neighborhood, where nothing looks quite the same as it did at her old house. And to make matters worse, she thinks everyone is a better double Dutch jumper than she is. This move is NOT fresh at all. But Destiny ALWAYS has a plan. She'll stop at nothing to find the...
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Series
Hotlanta volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Wealthy and beautiful African American twins Sydney and Lauren both face boyfriend problems as they continue to delve into a murder mystery that somehow involves both their father and stepfather.
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Early Sunday Morning follows June, Mommy, Daddy, and brother Troy through their weekend routine as June prepares for a special performance leading the children's choir at church on Sunday morning. Readers spend the weekend with June as she collects helpful pieces of advice on how to be less nervous about her big solo. Along the way, she visits the barbershop with Mommy and Troy, gets her hair done by Mommy, receives a special dress from her aunt,...
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Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Sarah is the first in her family to be born free in Delta, Louisiana. But being free doesn't mean that Sarah doesn't have to work. She cooks, she cleans, she picks cotton, she does laundry, and she babysits. And when she works, she wraps up her hair. One day, Sarah's hair starts to fall out! It's itchy, crunchy, patchy, and won't grow. Instead of giving up, Sarah searches for the right products. And then she invents something better than any shampoo...
6) One blood
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Pub. Date
2023
Description
"Join New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner as she explores the lives of three generations of women tied together by love, hope, dreams, ambition...and family secrets in this epic novel. Meet Grace: raised by her beloved grandmother in tension-filled, post-segregation Virginia, Grace is barely a teenager when she loses her grandmother. Shellshocked, she is shipped up North to live with her formidably ambitious Aunt Hattie--a woman who firmly...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.