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Booklists for Educators

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Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson editors

What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? 50 diverse creators lend voice and comfort to young activists.

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This Book Is Anti-Racist

This Book Is Anti-Racist
by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurélia Durand

Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation.

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New Kid

New Kid
by Jerry Craft

Seventh grader Jordan Banks makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, and finds himself torn between two worlds.

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Black Girl Magic

Black Girl Magic
by Mahogany L. Browne; illustrated by Jess X. Snow.

This poem considers pressures that African American women experience, inspiring readers to be proud of their culture and who they are.

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The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects
by Maurice Broaddus

Thelonius Mitchell, a special education student known for his pranks and tired of being labeled, is falsely accused of hiding a gun at a neighborhood hangout and tries to clear his name.

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Ghost Boys

Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys.

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A Good Kind of Trouble

A Good Kind of Trouble
by Lisa Moore Ramée

Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, and she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.

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Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson

Woodson shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South.

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Clean Getaway

Clean Getaway
by Nic Stone

An 11-year-old boy confronts the realities of race relations, past and present, and his unconventional grandmother’s mysterious agenda during a road trip through the once-segregated American South.

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The Only Black Girls in Town

The Only Black Girls in Town
by Brandy Colbert

In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.

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Black Brother, Black Brother

Black Brother, Black Brother
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A black boy at an elitist prep school is unfairly suspended in the wake of an incident involving the school bully, whom he tries to defeat in a fencing competition.

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One Last Word : Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

One Last Word : Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera

In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

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