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Youth Book List
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Afro-Bets Kids: I’m Gonna Be! by Wade Hudson
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Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
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American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
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Black like Kira, White like Me by Judith Vigna
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Blended by Sharon M. Draper
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Carol Willis Hudson & Bernette G. Ford
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By Any Means Necessary by Cam Montgomery
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola
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Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
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Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar
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For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
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Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? By Sandy Lynne Holman
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Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry & Vashti Harrison
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
How To Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters
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I Love My Hair! By Natasha Tarpley
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I Am Enough by Grace Byers
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Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher by Juanita Havill
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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena & Christian Robinson
Little Legends: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola
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My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron
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Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
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Read for Me, Mama by Vashanti Rahaman
Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden
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Sosu’s Call by Meshack Asare
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Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
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The Color of Us by Karen Katz
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The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey
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The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
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The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
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The Stars and The Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
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The Trouble With Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante
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Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
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Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson & Ellen Hagan
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When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk
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Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyn
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​You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson