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1) All American boys

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Reynolds, Jason

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Books We're Free to Read!

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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.

2) The hate u give

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Thomas, Angie

Language

English

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Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Teen Summer Challenge: Books by Authors of Color

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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

3) Brown girl dreaming

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Woodson, Jacqueline

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English

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Social Justice for Kids

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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...

4) The weight of blood

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Jackson, Tiffany D

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English

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"An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on...

5) Amari and the Great Game

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Alston, B. B

Language

English

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Immediately regretting her decision not to become the new leader of the secretive League of Magicians, Junior Agent Amari is forced to take part in the Great Game to save her brother and determine the future of magiciankind.

6) Concrete rose

Author

Thomas, Angie

Language

English

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Celebrate Black Voices
Darien's Favorite YA 2021
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors

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"A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning 'The Hate U Give'"--

7) Separate is never equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation

Author

Tonatiuh, Duncan

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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Social Justice for Kids
Women's History Month

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"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--

8) Monster

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

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English

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Black Lives Matter

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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

9) One crazy summer

Author

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Language

English

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Celebrate Black Voices
Children's Historical Fiction
Social Justice for Kids
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023

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In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

10) Punching the Air

Author

Zoboi, Ibi

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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Poetry and Novels-In-Verse

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New York Times and USA Today bestseller * Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor * Walter Award Winner * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Time Magazine Best Book of the Year * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

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11) Me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor

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Saad, Layla F

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English

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Read These Books on Race

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"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy...

12) The Hundred Dresses

Author

Estes, Eleanor

Language

English

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Be Kind: Books for School-Age Kids

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In print since its 1944 publication, this story has been restored to capture the original color of Slobodkin's artwork. In addition the restoration work, the new edition contains a letter written by the author's daughter

13) Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action

Author

Miller, Michael

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

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Experts have documented an explosive rise in the number of hate groups since the turn of the century, driven by anger over immigration and demographic projections showing that whites will no longer hold majority status in the United States by 2040. The rise accelerated with the elections of presidents Obama and Trump. Extremists are increasingly diffuse, moving to the web and away from organized, on-the-ground activities. What is a hate group and

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14) A ceiling made of eggshells

Author

Levine, Gail Carson

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

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From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.

15) Black bird, blue road

Author

Pasternack, Sofiya

Language

English

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Best Children's Books 2022
New Children's Books December 2022
YA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023

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"As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and even more alarming, Pesah has a vision: the Angel of Death...

16) When you look like us

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Harris, Pamela N

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English

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Black Lives Matter

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Jay is forced to continually cover for his sister, Nicole, who hangs out with the wrong crowd; however, Jay can't deal with it any more. Soon after, Nic fails to return home. When she's deemed missing, the police barely bother to search for her; she's just another lost Black girl. Jay feels guilty and he thinks, "If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be home spending time with our grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior...

17) Yes, no, maybe so

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Albertalli, Becky

Language

English

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Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.

18) Something to say

Author

Ramée, Lisa Moore

Language

English

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Mental Health Awareness for Children

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"A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team."--NoveList.

19) A very large expanse of sea

Author

Mafi, Tahereh

Language

English

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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature!

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.

It's 2002, a year after 9/11. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone

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20) A Good Kind of Trouble

Author

Ramée, Lisa Moore

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

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Social Justice for Kids

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From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what's right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.

Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best

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1) All American boys

2) The hate u give

3) Brown girl dreaming

4) The weight of blood

5) Amari and the Great Game

6) Concrete rose

7) Separate is never equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation

8) Monster

9) One crazy summer

10) Punching the Air

11) Me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor

12) The Hundred Dresses

13) Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action

14) A ceiling made of eggshells

15) Black bird, blue road

16) When you look like us

17) Yes, no, maybe so

18) Something to say

19) A very large expanse of sea

20) A Good Kind of Trouble

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