The only black girls in town
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Name: The only black girls in town /
Author: Colbert, Brandy

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Colbert, Brandy

Published

New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

ISBN

9780316456388 (hardcover), 0316456381 (hardcover), 9780316456401 (paperback), 0316456403 (paperback)

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2023 Caudill Award Nominees
BBD Black History Month
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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LC Subjects

African American girls -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
California -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Gay fathers -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adutl fiction.

Local Subjects

Rebecca Caudill Award, 2023 -- Nominee.

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Edition

First trade paperback edition.

Physical Desc

355 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

Accelerated Reader

MG
Level 4.4, 9 Points

Notes

Description

In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.

Study Program Information

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 9 508494.

Awards

Rebecca Caudill Award, 2023

Awards

Caudill Award, 2023

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Colbert, B. (2021). The only black girls in town. (First trade paperback edition). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Colbert, Brandy. 2021. The Only Black Girls in Town. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Colbert, Brandy. The Only Black Girls in Town. Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Colbert, B. (2021). The only black girls in town. First trade paperback edn New York: Little, Brown and Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Colbert, Brandy. The Only Black Girls in Town. First trade paperback edition, Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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