CRRL Teens: Our Stories: The African American Experience for Teens 2019-2020Like this list

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• Allegedly

  a Novel

  Jackson, Tiffany D.

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  Mary was put into a youth home for a crime, but it's not until she finds herself pregnant that she starts to speak up about what really happened.

• Anger Is a Gift

  Oshiro, Mark

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  Moss Jeffries’ anxiety following the murder of his father has plagued him for six years, but now he has the chance to turn that anxiety into action.

• As the Crow Flies

  Gillman, Melanie

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  Charlie and Sydney band together at an all-girl Christian backpacking camp to face stereotypes and fallacies about race, gender, faith, and friendship.

• The Belles

  Clayton, Dhonielle

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  The Belles, young women with the magical ability to transform appearances, are responsible for keeping the citizens of Orléans safe, but everything is not what is seems.

• Calling My Name

  Tamani, Liara

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  Taja Brown has grown up in a loving but sheltered family and is now discovering her own voice and power.

• City of Saints & Thieves

  Anderson, Natalie C.

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  Tina's mother was murdered, and she will stop at nothing to get her revenge, but, in the end, she might be wrong about everything.

• Claudette Colvin

  Twice Toward Justice

  Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

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  Claudette Colvin, the 12-year-old girl arrested months before Rosa Parks, is the focus of this picture book biography for older readers.

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic

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  Justyce McAllister writes letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to help herself deal with prejudice, race relations, fear, and anger.

• Dreamland Burning

  Latham, Jennifer

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  Rowan finds a skeleton that connects to an old, racially charged crime and launches an investigation of her own.

• Finding Yvonne

  Colbert, Brandy

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  Yvonne is not sure whether she wants to play violin and go to music school or be a chef like her dad; she can't decide which of two boys she likes, either.

• For Everyone

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Jason Reynolds inspires readers to allow their dreams to evolve and change as they grow and become who they will be.

• Ghost Boys

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker

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  When 12-year-old Jerome is shot and killed by a police officer, he joins the “ghost boys,” young men killed in acts of bigotry who try to stop history from repeating.

• The Great Greene Heist

  Johnson, Varian

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  Jackson Greene thought he had given up his life of pranks and cons - until he discovers that he has to prevent student council election fraud.

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie

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  After witnessing a friend being murdered by a police officer, Starr struggles to speak up about what really happened and to protect herself from what speaking out would surely mean.

• I Am Alfonso Jones

  Medina, Tony

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  Alfonso Jones is shot by an off-duty police officer and finds himself on a ghostly train with other victims searching for justice and understanding.

• Long Way Down

  Reynolds, Jason

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  When Will gets on the elevator to go avenge his brother's murder, he meets a stranger on each floor who might change his mind.

• The March Against Fear

  the Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

  Bausum, Ann

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  A single man's walk against fear and racism grew to 15,000 strong in an effort to unify and register black voters. This one is nonfiction.

• Miles Morales

  Spider-man

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Miles Morales is the new Spider-Man, and, in this novel, he takes down white supremacy and systemic racism when it appears in a villainous human form.

• Monday's Not Coming

  Jackson, Tiffany D.

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  Claudia's best friend Monday is missing, and no one seems to take that seriously except Claudia, who will stop at nothing to find her.

• Piecing Me Together

  Watson, Renée

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  Jade, a scholarship student at an elite prep school, is on a mission to educate her peers and be seen as more than an "at-risk" kid.