Booklists for Educators

Explore Our Booklists for Youth:

• 1st Grade
• African American History & Heritage for Kids
• Children Book Club Kits
• Teen Book Club Kits
• Libros en español para niños
• A New Home
• Hispanic Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Young Children
• Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Young Children
• Explore the Universe
• Teen E-books
• Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Kids
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Middle Graders
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
• Black Lives Matter for Young Children
• Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
• Black Lives Matter for Kids
• Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders
• Pride for Young Children
• Pride for Kids
• Pride for Middle Graders
• LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
• Famous African Americans for Teens
• African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
• Women's Equality Day 2020 - Teen Reads
• Hispanic Heritage for Young Children
• Hispanic Heritage for Middle Graders
• Hispanic Heritage for Teens
• Voting for Young Children
• Voting for Kids
• Voting for Middle Graders
• Vote! Teen Reads
• Native American Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Middle Graders
• Native American Heritage for Teens
• Great Books for Middle Graders 2020
• Great Books 2020 for Teens
• Great Books for Young Children 2020
• Great Books for Kids 2020

Black Lives Matter - Teen edition

This is My America
by Kim Johnson

Sending weekly letters to an organization she hopes will save her innocent father from death row, 17-year-old Tracy uncovers racist community secrets when her track star brother is wrongly accused of murder. Ages 12+

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The Black Kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed

With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble. Ages 15+

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I Am Alfonso Jones
by Tony Medina

The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family & friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while. Ages 12+

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I’m Not Dying With You Tonight
by Kimberly Jones

Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot. Ages 15+

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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas

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. Ages 14+

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All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds

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. Ages 14+

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Say Her Name
by Zetta Elliott; illustrated by Loveis Wise

Poems Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign,centering on the experiences of black women, girls, and femmes & pay tribute to victims of police brutality. Ages 12+

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Just mercy: adapted for young adults: a true story of the fight for justice
by Bryan Stevenson

Lawyer & social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned. Ages 14+

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We are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide.
by Carol Anderson; Tonya Bolden.

From the Civil War to America today, an acclaimed historian re-frames the conversation about race. Ages 12+

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