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They call me La Furia. It did not happen all at once. It was born the moment I realized I did not have to stay quiet. On the field, I am faster than the fear that tries to chase me. I am stronger than the expectations that try to contain me. When I run, I feel my heart open like a door to the world. There, I am not what anyone says I am. I am what I choose to become.
What if a school’s mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade novel in verse, two best-selling BIPOC authors tackle this hot-button issue.
Jacqueline Woodson’s Before the Ever After is a powerful novel in verse that explores the unseen costs of sports through the eyes of a young boy watching his father fade from repeated head injuries. Told with honesty and hope, it invites readers to reflect on family, memory, and resilience.
What would you sacrifice to protect your town? The Winners is a powerful conclusion to the Beartown trilogy, where hockey fuels loyalty, grief, and redemption in a community still healing from its past.
Basketball, politics, and propaganda collide in 1936 Berlin. Games of Deception tells the gripping true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team—and the dark truths hidden behind the Olympic spotlight.