Black Lives--Books for Kids

Black Lives Matter. Here are some books portraying Black lives for children and teens to read.

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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas, Nikki Giovanni (Foreword by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child (Hardcover)

By Tiffany Rose
$17.99
ISBN: 9781499809169
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Published: little bee books - October 1st, 2019
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Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson story (Hardcover)

By Susan Robeson, Rod Brown (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781609808822
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Published: Triangle Square - January 22nd, 2019
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Hair Love (Hardcover)

By Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525553366
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Published: Kokila - May 14th, 2019
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Who Will You Be? (Hardcover)

By Andrea Pippins
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984849489
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Published: Schwartz & Wade - April 7th, 2020
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Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) (Hardcover)

By Sharon Robinson
$16.99
ISBN: 9781338282801
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 3rd, 2019
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Sulwe (Hardcover)

By Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534425361
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 15th, 2019
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Class Act (Paperback)

By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062885500
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Published: Quill Tree Books - October 6th, 2020
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Behind You (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Woodson
$8.99
ISBN: 9780142415542
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Published: Puffin Books - July 8th, 2010
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The Undefeated (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
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The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) (Paperback)

By Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9781328575494
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Published: Etch/Clarion Books - September 24th, 2019
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Mansa Musa: The Richest Man In History (Paperback)

By Mike McCraw
$12.00
ISBN: 9780692770573
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Published: Mike the Wolf - September 5th, 2016
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Becoming Muhammad Ali (Hardcover)

By James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316498166
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Published: Jimmy Patterson - October 5th, 2020
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Juneteenth (On My Own Holidays) (Paperback)

By Drew Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Mark Schroder (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780822559740
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Published: First Avenue Editions (Tm) - January 1st, 2006
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Juneteenth Jamboree (Paperback)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan (Illustrator)
$10.95
ISBN: 9781600602481
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Published: Lee & Low Books - October 1st, 1995
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Oh, The Things We're For! (Hardcover)

By Innosanto Nagara
$17.95
ISBN: 9781644210147
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Published: Triangle Square - October 6th, 2020
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Juneteenth for Mazie (Fiction Picture Books) (Paperback)

By Floyd Cooper, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
$5.95
ISBN: 9781479558209
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Published: Picture Window Books - January 1st, 2016
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Amber and The Hidden City (Hardcover)

By Milton Davis
$24.95
ISBN: 9780996016773
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Published: Mvmedia, LLC - December 4th, 2017
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A Song Below Water: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bethany C. Morrow
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250315328
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Published: Tor Teen - June 2nd, 2020
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (Hardcover)

By Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062698728
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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 8th, 2019
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Hey Black Child (Hardcover)

By Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316360302
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 14th, 2017
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Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard (Hardcover)

By Echo Brown
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250309853
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - January 14th, 2020
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He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Hardcover)

By Kadir Nelson, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780803728509
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Published: Dial Books - September 8th, 2005
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Clap When You Land (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Acevedo
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062882769
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Published: Quill Tree Books - May 5th, 2020
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Baby Boy, What Will You Be? (Paperback)

By Terquoia Bourne, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$15.59
ISBN: 9781732318410
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Published: Terquoia - May 2nd, 2018
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Just Like a Mama (Hardcover)

By Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534461833
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Published: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books f - January 14th, 2020
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Woke Baby (Board book)

By Mahogany L. Browne, III Taylor, Theodore (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9781250308986
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - December 31st, 2018
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) Cover Image

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) (Paperback)

By Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780711245211
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - January 7th, 2020
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I Believe I Can (Hardcover)

By Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062667137
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Published: Balzer + Bray - March 3rd, 2020
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The Only Black Girls in Town (Hardcover)

By Brandy Colbert
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316456388
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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With the Fire on High (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Acevedo
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062662835
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Published: Quill Tree Books - May 7th, 2019
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Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Paperback)

By Kimberly Brown Pellum
$9.99
ISBN: 9781641527071
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Published: Rockridge Press - October 8th, 2019
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The Day You Begin (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780399246531
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 28th, 2018
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (Hardcover)

By Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062742469
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Published: HarperCollins - January 16th, 2018
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On the Come Up (Large Print / Library Binding)

By Angie Thomas
$32.49
ISBN: 9781432852849
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Published: Thorndike Press Large Print - February 27th, 2019
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Pet (Hardcover)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525647072
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Published: Make Me a World - September 10th, 2019
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation Cover Image

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (Hardcover)

By Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823443314
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Published: Neal Porter Books - August 27th, 2019
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History Cover Image

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History (Hardcover)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780823423620
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Published: Holiday House - February 1st, 2014
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Octopus Stew (Hardcover)

By Eric Velasquez
$17.99
ISBN: 9780823437542
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Published: Holiday House - September 17th, 2019
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Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm (Hardcover)

By Karen Deans, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780823419708
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Published: Holiday House - January 1st, 2015
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My Family Plays Music (15th Anniversary Edition) (Hardcover)

By Judy Cox, Elbrite Brown (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823440399
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Published: Holiday House - November 20th, 2018
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See No Color (Paperback)

By Shannon Gibney
$8.99
ISBN: 9780823445684
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Published: Holiday House - July 14th, 2020
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Jazz (Paperback)

By Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780823421732
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Published: Holiday House - September 15th, 2008
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Leaving Lymon (The Finding Langston Trilogy #2) (Hardcover)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome
$17.99
ISBN: 9780823444427
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Published: Holiday House - January 7th, 2020
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Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy) (Hardcover)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome
$16.99
ISBN: 9780823439607
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Published: Holiday House - August 14th, 2018
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Out of Darkness (Paperback)

By Ashley Hope Pérez
$9.99
ISBN: 9780823445035
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Published: Holiday House - September 10th, 2019
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Give Us the Vote!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot (Hardcover)

By Susan Goldman Rubin
$19.99
ISBN: 9780823439577
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Published: Holiday House - February 4th, 2020
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Paperback)

By Russell Freedman
$14.99
ISBN: 9780823421954
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Published: Holiday House - February 28th, 2009
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America Cover Image

Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America (Paperback)

By Russell Freedman
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ISBN: 9780823435685
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Published: Holiday House - January 30th, 2016
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Overground Railroad (Hardcover)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823438730
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Published: Holiday House - January 7th, 2020
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Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi (Paperback)

By Susan Goldman Rubin
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ISBN: 9780823435579
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Published: Holiday House - January 30th, 2016
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Before She Was Harriet (Paperback)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780823444298
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Published: Holiday House - June 11th, 2019
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New Shoes (Paperback)

By Susan Lynn Meyer, Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780823435739
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Published: Holiday House - January 30th, 2016
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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones (Paperback)

By Daven McQueen
$10.99
ISBN: 9781989365168
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Published: Wattpad Books - June 16th, 2020
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Paperback)

By Phillip Hoose
$12.99
ISBN: 9780312661052
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Published: Square Fish - December 21st, 2010
Freedom Summer For Young People: The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy Cover Image

Freedom Summer For Young People: The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy (Paperback)

By Bruce Watson, Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)
$22.95
ISBN: 9781644210109
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Published: Triangle Square - November 10th, 2020
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How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (Paperback)

By Maureen Johnson
$21.99
ISBN: 9781250168368
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Published: Wednesday Books - May 15th, 2018
One Person, No Vote (YA edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally Cover Image

One Person, No Vote (YA edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally (Hardcover)

By Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden
$18.99
ISBN: 9781547601073
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Published: Bloomsbury YA - September 17th, 2019
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden
$10.99
ISBN: 9781547602520
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - October 29th, 2019
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Betty Before X (Paperback)

By Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson
$7.99
ISBN: 9781250294180
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Published: Square Fish - December 31st, 2018
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Rosa (Paperback)

By Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780312376024
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Published: Square Fish - December 26th, 2007
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Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (Hardcover)

By Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Theodore Taylor, III (Illustrator), Jason Reynolds (Contributions by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250311207
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 10th, 2020
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Stella by Starlight (Paperback)

By Sharon M. Draper
$9.99
ISBN: 9781442494985
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - March 29th, 2016
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SLAY (Hardcover)

By Brittney Morris
$18.99
ISBN: 9781534445420
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 24th, 2019
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Dear Martin (Paperback)

By Nic Stone
$9.99
ISBN: 9781101939529
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Published: Ember - September 4th, 2018
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme (Paperback)

By Tiffany D. Jackson
$11.99
ISBN: 9780062840332
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - May 19th, 2020
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (Paperback)

By Ibi Zoboi
$8.99
ISBN: 9780399187360
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Published: Puffin Books - July 7th, 2020
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For Black Girls Like Me (Hardcover)

By Mariama J. Lockington
$16.99
ISBN: 9780374308049
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - July 30th, 2019
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Some Places More Than Others (Hardcover)

By Renée Watson
$16.99
ISBN: 9781681191089
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - September 3rd, 2019
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Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson (Paperback)

By Katherine Johnson
$7.99
ISBN: 9781534440845
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - May 5th, 2020
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One Crazy Summer (Paperback)

By Rita Williams-Garcia
$7.99
ISBN: 9780060760908
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Published: Quill Tree Books - December 27th, 2011
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Dear Justyce (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984829665
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020
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New Kid (Paperback)

By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062691194
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Published: Quill Tree Books - February 5th, 2019
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Booked (The Crossover Series) (Paperback)

By Kwame Alexander
$8.99
ISBN: 9781328596307
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Published: Clarion Books - March 5th, 2019
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life Cover Image

The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Mr. Thai Neave (By (photographer))
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544570979
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Published: Clarion Books - February 14th, 2017
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481438285
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 8th, 2019
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Ghost (Track #1) (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481450157
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 30th, 2016
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Long Way Down (Paperback)

By Jason Reynolds
$11.99
ISBN: 9781481438261
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - April 2nd, 2019
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Black Brother, Black Brother (Hardcover)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020
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Ghost Boys (Paperback)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316262262
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019