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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tells the story of black, eleven-year old Pecola Breedlove. She prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blonde, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom, Pecola's life changes in painful, devastating ways.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister,...
3) A mercy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Criminal lawyer Jake Brigance faces the fight of his life when he is asked to defend Carl Hailey, who, in a rage of anger, shot and killed the men on trial for the rape of his daughter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Karma and her friends are excited for the MC Grillz concert in their neighborhood. When the famous rapper's bus breaks down and the show is cancelled, Karma takes on the challenge of putting on her own concert, the Shine-a-Thon.
10) Amara's farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
There are many plants on Amara's farm. Today is the day she looks for her pumpkins.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for...
12) Skin like mine
Author
Series
Kids like mine volume 2
Publisher
Kids Like Mine
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
"Skin Like Mine is a fun, easy-to-read for beginners as well as advanced readers. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Guaranteed to make you smile and a bit hungry." -- Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"Melody is an optimistic, enthusiastic girl growing up in Detroit, Michigan during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. She is excited and proud to share a special surprise with her family. She's been chosen to sing a solo for Youth Day at her church! But what song will she choose? She gets advice from her big brother, and is also inspired by her older sister, but it's the inspirational words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that help her pick the...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"In 1975 Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of rich, black soil carved out of a Chicago ghetto, cradling sparkling apartment towers and emerald lawns, where the elite of black professionals live in privilege... But what is shut out of those gates is another matter entirely: 35th street, where the lure of loud music, housing projects, and row upon row of battered brownstones and dilapidated...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
Author
Publisher
Fortress Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The stories of girls of color are often overlooked and ignored rather than valued and heard. Instead of relegating these young women to the margins, minister and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams brings their stories front and center where they belong. Thought-provoking and inspirational, Parable of the Brown Girl is a powerful example of how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to teach us the most important lessons in life.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Shayla, an aspiring writer growing up in a poor section of Houston, can't figure out the new girl next door, Kambia Elaine, who tells fantastic stories. She slowly realizes that Kambia Elaine needs help, but Shayla doesn't know where to find it.