Kekla Magoon
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
4) Light it up
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Joining a secret group called the "Minus-One Club," whose members have all suffered the tragic loss of someone they loved, fifteen-year-old Kermit finds his crush Matt's headstrong approach to life helping to relieve his constant despair.
6) Prom babies
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A multi-generational novel beginning with three teen girls who become pregnant on prom night, and picking up as their three teens head to prom eighteen years later"--
9) Simone Biles
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
This exciting chapter book biography introduces readers to Simone Biles, the most decorated US gymnast of all time, who uses her fame to speak up on important issues and to help others.
10) Camo girl
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A poignant novel about a biracial girl living in the suburbs of Las Vegas examines the friendships that grow out of, and despite, her race.
11) Ruby Bridges
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A chapter book biography of Ruby Bridges, part of the She Persisted series"--
16) Infinity riders
Author
Series
Voyagers volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A spaceship piloted by children travels to Planet Infinity where the youngsters must navigate underground tunnels in search of the fourth element of a power source needed to save Earth.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Finding a mysterious letter from her late Grandpa, Dally is led straight to a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, and she must find the courage to write her own life story as she “checks out” adventure after adventure.
18) X: a novel
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies -- after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to...
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Formats
Description
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland,
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