Black Lives Matter
The black mage
Daniel (Daniel Howard) Barnes
GRAPHIC NOVEL Barnes
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult, Graphic Novels
"When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizarding school, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes that the wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps toward inclusivity. Or is it? When Tom Token, the beneficiary of the school's "Magical Minority Initiative," begins uncovering weird clues and receiving creepy texts on his phone, he and his friend, Lindsay, stumble into a conspiracy that dates all the way back to the American Civil War, and could cost Tom his very soul"--Amazon.
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
Ibram X. Kendi
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Read Woke, Young Adult, Nonfiction
"A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"--
Added by Anne W
Black enough : Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Ibi Aanu Zoboi
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
Added by Anne W
Light it up
Kekla Magoon
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Young Adult, Diverse Characters, Read Woke
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.
Added by Anne W
Pride
Ibi Aanu Zoboi
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
After the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri is forced to find common ground with Darius, while struggling with her four wild sisters, a handsome boy vying for her attention, and college applications.
Added by Anne W
The crossover
Kwame Alexander
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Added by Anne W
Say her name
Zetta Elliott
811.6/Elliott
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls.
Added by Anne W
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
Added by Anne W
The hate u give
Angie Thomas
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
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.
Added by Anne W
The poet X : a novel
Elizabeth Acevedo
eBOOK
Black Lives Matter, Diverse Characters, Read Woke, Young Adult
"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers--especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems"--Dust jacket.
Added by Anne W
Added by Anne W