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1) Kneel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans.
3) Gifts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of unmaking--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
5) Partials
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by disease and war with a manmade race of people called Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in training--
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid, Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important, empowering read this year.From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a...
9) Voices
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this second novel in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, Ursula K. Le Guin brings readers a haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance, and magic.
Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unflinching story about Shania, a white girl who, after moving to a gentrifying city, reckons with her role in racism there, the historical and present day effects of white supremacy, and the danger in silence"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Enduring racism when her Pakistani family moves to Texas, 17-year-old Zara resolves to keep her head low while her family awaits green-card approval, before a bullying classmate vandalizes her home, leading to a crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk.
12) The hate u give
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Banned Books throughout American History
Celebrate Black History Month- Kids and Teens
Greenhorn Valley Book Club 2023
NYT - Young Adult Hardcover
Celebrate Black History Month- Kids and Teens
Greenhorn Valley Book Club 2023
NYT - Young Adult Hardcover
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
14) How it went down
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anti-racist educators Toni Graves Williamson and Ali Michael explain the concept of systemic racism to young adult readers and how to recognize it in themselves and the world around them. Along the way, Williamson and Michael provide tools for taking action to challenge systems of inequity and racism as they move into adulthood"--
16) A Cut Too Far
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story. School has never been fun for Chace. Because of his huge jaw and crooked teeth, he rarely gets through a day of classes without bullies like Ivan taunting him. Things worsen when Chace's mom starts dating an Iranian man and Ivan's harassment takes a racist turn. Chace has had...
17) Fragments
Author
Series
Partials sequence volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
With the help of Samm and Heron, Kira sets out on a desperate search for clues as to who she is, while Marcus and the remaining human population gear up for war with the Partials.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When high school senior Asha Jamison is called a towel head at a pool party, she and her best friend Carey start a club to raise awareness of mixed-race students that soon sweeps the country, but the hubbub puts her Ivy League dreams, friendship, and beliefs to the test.
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