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#1000BlackGirlBooks - Marley Davis, an 11-year-old lover of books, was over reading literature about “white boys and dogs,” according to FOX29.  She is currently collecting books with Black girls as main characters for a drive. Her goal is to collect 1000 books by Feb. 1 and so far she has collected 400 books. This has inspired us to take a look at 15 books with Black girl protagonists that everyone should know.(Photo: FOX)

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Yani & Shani’s Rainy Day - By Ayana Byrd and Shani Saxon-Parrish.(Photo: Kifani Press)

Photo By Photo: Kifani Press

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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale - By John Stepoe(Photo: Puffin Books Publishing)

Photo By Photo: Puffin Books Publishing

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Meet Addy: An American Girl - By Connie Porter and Pleasant Company(Photo: American Girl Publishing)

Photo By Photo: American Girl Publishing

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Brown Girl, Brownstones - By Paule Marshall(Photo: Martino Fine Books)

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Esperanza Rising - By Pam Munoz Ryan(Photo: Scholastic)

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Annie John - By Jamaica Kincaid(Photo: Macmillan Publishing)

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Zeely - By Virginia Hamilton(Photo: Aladdin Publishing)

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Breath, Eyes, Memory - By Edwidge Danticat(Photo: Vintage Publishing)

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The Bluest Eye - By Toni Morrison(Photo: Perfection Learning)

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November Blues - By Sharon M. Draper (Photo: Simon Pulse)

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Amazing Grace - By Mary Hoffman(Photo: Dial Books)

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - By Maya Angelou(Photo: Ballantine Books)

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The Color Purple - By Alice Walker(Photo: Courtesy of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)

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Shadowshaper - By Daniel José Older(Photo: Scholastic)

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NIOBE: She Is Life - By Amandla Stenberg(Photo: A STRANGER COMICS)