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'Yo! Yes!' is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator Chris Raschka. ''Yo! Yes!'' was published by Scholastic in 1993.

Description
''Yo! Yes!'' is a paper back book measuring 7.60(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.20(d)

Plot
A Caucasian child and African-American child, who don't know each other, meet and on the street and go through a series of one word exchanges ending in them both high-fiving each other and becoming friends.

Critical Reception
Good Reads calls the book "An effective, unusual 34-word story of the beginnings of a friendship, accompanied by wild and wonderful illustrations." The review by Publishers Weekly says "the story relies on the expressiveness... and the raw energy of the artwork to hook the reader."'

Description
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad! is a hard cover book measuring 9.30(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.50(d)

Plot
A young African-American slave named Henry Brown struggles to find his age because there are no records kept for slaves.Henry gets taken away from his family and sold at a slave auction and is made to work in a warehouse. When he gets older and marries his family is yet again broke up and sold at the market. To escape slavery, Henry mails himself to the north and to freedom.

Critical Reception
Good Reads calls the story "A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom." Kirkus Reviews says the "powerful portraits add a majestic element to Levine’s history-based tale of Henry “Box” Brown".

Description
Echo is a hard cover book measuring 5.80(w) x 8.40(h) x 2.00(d)

Plot
After finding himself lost in an enchanted forest the Story's Main Character Otto finds himself at the center of a prophecy he looks to fulfill with three sisters he meets in the forest.

Critical Reception
The New York Times says "After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s enchanting new novel, you’ll never think the same way again." Kirkus Reviews calls Echo "A grand narrative that examines the power of music to inspire beauty in a world overrun with fear and intolerance, it’s worth every moment of readers’ time."https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pam-munoz-ryan/echo-Ryan/

Description
Roller Girl is a paper back book measuring 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Plot
During one summer,a young girl named Astrid struggles to keep up with the pack at her roller derby camp while trying to stay connected with her best friend Nicole who goes to dance camp, all while trying to start a new friendship. Through this process Astrid comes to find that she herself is stronger than she originally believed and she realizes that she more than capable of handling these challenges.

Critical Reception
Kirkus Reviewssays of the author "Jamieson captures this snapshot...brilliantly juxtaposing the nuances of roller derby with the twists and turns of adolescent girls' friendships." Publishers Weekly states that "Jamieson’s full-color cartooning has a Sunday comics vibe, and her pacing is faultless...readers will want to stand up and cheer."

Reception
Critical reception for The Crossover has been positive and the book has received praise from the Washington Post and New York Times.

Description
The Crossover is a hard cover book measuring 5.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)