Crystal Allen, HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-199272-8
Cocky, sharp-tongued, and a known prankster, 13-year-old Lamar Washington is a protagonist readers won't soon forget. Lamar lives for bowling, the sport his mother helped him discover before she died of cancer. Hoping to earn some money—both to...
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Crystal Allen. Skyhorse, $19.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-5107-5100-2
Allen, creative director of the crafting website Hello Creative Family, serves up “meowgical” DIY projects in her charming (and pun-filled) debut. In the introduction, Allen explains that her website’s purpose is to inspire parents to get creative...
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Crystal Allen. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $19.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-304729-7
A Black family must come together following a tragic event in this heartrending novel by Allen (How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy). Worried about his older brother Seth’s upcoming departure for Texas A&M on an athletic scholarship, 13-ye
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Crystal Allen. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-234233-1
In this entertaining first book in the Magnificent Mya Tibbs series, African-American fourth-grader Mya dreams of becoming a cowgirl someday, but her immediate goal is winning her school’s Spirit Week. The two winners from each grade get VIP tickets
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