by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurélia Durand
This book is written for the young person who doesn’t know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn’t able to understand the role racism pl...
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better....
by Alicia Williams
This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself.There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about he...
by Jerry Craft
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is ...
by Jacqueline Woodson
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 ...
by Rita Garcia Williams
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. "This vibrant and m...
by Jason Reynolds
A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is sl...
by Mildred D. Taylor
Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers.Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integr...
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about a hilarious family on a road-trip at one of the most important times in America’s history. This special edition makes a perfect gift and includes...
by David Barclay Moore
"The right story at the right time. . . . It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for." —The New York TimesA New York Times Notable BookA Time Magazine Top 10 Children’s Books of the...
by Sharon Draper
Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this "timely but genuine" (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of M...
by Lisa Moore Ramée
From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and bighearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson...
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates th...
by Linda Williams Jackson
Washington Post 2017 KidsPost Summer Book Club selection!It’s Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can’t wait to move north. But for now, she’s living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man’s cotton pl...
by Ilyasah Shabazz & Renée Watson
A New York Public Library Best Children’s Book of 2018A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She be...