Middle Grade Antiracism & Social Justice Stories

This is a huge area and we've picked just a handful, trying to narrow it by stories with a modern social justice bent and African American main characters.

Middle Grade Social Justice Books

 

 

 

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Ghost Boys (Paperback)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316262262
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019
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A Good Kind of Trouble (Paperback)

By Lisa Moore Ramée
$7.99
ISBN: 9780062836694
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Balzer + Bray - June 16th, 2020
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Two Naomis (Paperback)

By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Audrey Vernick
$7.99
ISBN: 9780062414267
Availability: Backordered. Not in stock at store and may take a number of weeks to arrive.
Published: Balzer + Bray - June 5th, 2018
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The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold) (Paperback)

By Varian Johnson
$7.99
ISBN: 9780545952781
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019
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New Kid (Paperback)

By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062691194
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Quill Tree Books - February 5th, 2019
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (Hardcover)

By Ibi Zoboi
$16.99
ISBN: 9780399187353
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - August 27th, 2019
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Love Like Sky (Paperback)

By Leslie C. Youngblood
$7.99
ISBN: 9781368019392
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 8th, 2019
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Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story #1) (Hardcover)

By Renée Watson, Nina Mata (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781547600564
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - April 28th, 2020
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The Only Black Girls in Town (Hardcover)

By Brandy Colbert
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316456388
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Hardcover)

By Janae Marks
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062875853
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020
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For Black Girls Like Me (Hardcover)

By Mariama J. Lockington
$16.99
ISBN: 9780374308049
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - July 30th, 2019
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Black Brother, Black Brother (Hardcover)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020
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Shuri: A Black Panther Novel (Marvel) (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338585476
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Scholastic Inc. - May 5th, 2020
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Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference (Paperback)

By Chelsea Clinton
$8.99
ISBN: 9780525514381
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Puffin Books - January 14th, 2020
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The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World (Hardcover)

By Robert Ball (Illustrator), The Staff of The Undefeated
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328940629
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - December 24th, 2019
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Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World (Hardcover)

By Cheryl Hudson, Erin K. Robinson (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525645818
Availability: Not in stock at store. Will, in most instances, ship from our warehouse in 7-10 days
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020
Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree Cover Image

Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree (Hardcover)

By Katie McCabe, Jabari Asim
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250229007
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Roaring Brook Press - December 15th, 2020
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Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter (Hardcover)

By Shani King, Jr Martin, Bobby C. (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780884488897
Availability: On our shelves now (while supplies last)
Published: Tilbury House Publishers - January 19th, 2021