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Books for Young Readers
The Audacity of Hope
by
Barack Obama
ISBN: 9780307237699
Publication Date: 2006-10-17
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by
Malcolm X; Alex Haley (As told to)
ISBN: 9780345379757
Publication Date: 1992-09-29
The Battle of Jericho
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9780689842320
Publication Date: 2003-06-01
A Beach Tail
by
Karen Lynn Williams; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781590787120
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
Black Boy (American Hunger)
by
Richard Wright; Jerry W. Ward (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780060929787
Publication Date: 1998-08-05
The Crossover
by
Kwame Alexander
ISBN: 9780544107717
Publication Date: 2014-03-18
Dreams from My Father
by
Barack Obama
ISBN: 9780307383419
Publication Date: 2007-01-09
Ezra Jack Keats
by
Dean Engel; Florence B. Freedman; Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781881889656
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Fake ID
by
Lamar Giles
ISBN: 9780062121844
Publication Date: 2014-01-21
Forged by Fire
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442489141
Publication Date: 2013-07-23
Goggles
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670880621
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Hi, Cat!
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670885466
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Jabari Jumps
by
Gaia Cornwall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763678388
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Just Another Hero
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781416907008
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
Kaffir Boy
by
Mark Mathabane
ISBN: 9780684848280
Publication Date: 1998-10-07
A Letter to Amy
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780140564426
Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
by
Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399233425
Publication Date: 2013-06-13
Monster
by
Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780064407311
Publication Date: 2004-12-14
Native Son
by
Richard Wright
ISBN: 9780060837563
Publication Date: 2005-08-02
Peter's Chair
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780140564419
Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Regards to the Man in the Moon
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689711602
Publication Date: 1987-07-15
Salt in His Shoes
by
Deloris Jordan; Roslyn M. Jordan; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689833717
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Slam!
by
Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9780590486682
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
The Snowy Day
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780140501827
Publication Date: 1976-10-28
Tears of a Tiger
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442489134
Publication Date: 2013-07-23
When the Beat Was Born
by
Laban Carrick Hill; Theodore Taylor (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596435407
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
Whistle for Willie
by
Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670762408
Publication Date: 1964-09-04
Books for Young Readers
Brown Girl Dreaming
by
Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
Publication Date: 2014-08-28
Copper Sun
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9780689821813
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Double Dutch
by
Sharon M. Draper; O'Lanso Gabbidon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689842306
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
The Hate U Give
by
Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498533
Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Heaven
by
Angela Johnson
ISBN: 9780689822292
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya Angelou; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780812980028
Publication Date: 2009-04-21
Jumped
by
Rita Williams-Garcia
ISBN: 9780060760915
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Mare's War
by
Tanita S. Davis
ISBN: 9780375857140
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
Misty Copeland
by
Richard Corman (Photographer); Cindy Bradley (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780692493236
Publication Date: 2015-07-31
Panic
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442408975
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Pinned
by
Sharon G. Flake
ISBN: 9780545057189
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
Pointe
by
Brandy Colbert
ISBN: 9780399160349
Publication Date: 2014-04-10
Romiette and Julio
by
Sharon M. Draper; Adam Lowenbein (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689842092
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
The Skin I'm In
by
Sharon G. Flake
ISBN: 9780786804443
Publication Date: 1999-02-24
Tiny Pretty Things
by
Sona Charaipotra; Dhonielle Clayton
ISBN: 9780062342393
Publication Date: 2015-05-26
Zora and Me
by
Victoria Bond; T. R. Simon
ISBN: 9780763643003
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
Diverse Graphic Novels
Aya
by
Marguerite Abouet; Clément Oubrerie (Illustrator); Helge Dascher (Translator)
ISBN: 9781894937900
Publication Date: 2007-02-20
Beware the Kitten Holy
by
Noelle Stevenson; Grace Ellis; Brooke; Brooke Allen (Illustrator); Shannon Watters
ISBN: 9781608866878
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
March
by
John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781603093002
Publication Date: 2013-08-13
Miles Morales
by
Jason Reynolds; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781484787489
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Ms. Marvel - No Normal
by
Marvel Comics (Text by); Adrian Alphona (Artist); G. Willow Wilson; Jacob Wyatt (Artist)
ISBN: 9780785190219
Publication Date: 2014-10-28
Persepolis
by
Marjane Satrapi
ISBN: 9780375714573
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Saga
by
Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)
ISBN: 9781607066019
Publication Date: 2012-10-23
The Underground Abductor
by
Nathan Hale
ISBN: 9781419715365
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
Yummy
by
G. Neri; Randy Du Burke (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781584302674
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
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