People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Copper Sun
$12.99 Add to cartA Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
In this “searing work of historical fiction” (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 1416953485
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Spade
$12.99 Add to cart- Author: Raughley, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0063344394
- Language: English
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Rucker Park Setup
$12.99 Add to cartRucker Park–a place where basketball’s greatest pro players go up against street legends. Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament here. But when th… [more below]
- Author: Volponi, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 18 2008
- ISBN10: 0142412074
- Language: English
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The Making of Yolanda La Bruja
$12.99 Add to cartYolanda’s year is on fire – but it’s not the good kind.
Just as things are clicking at school and with her friends, a bad feeling rolls into the Bronx. A new white student sets Yolanda on edge, and h- Author: Avila, Lorraine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1646144481
- Language: English
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Sweet Clarity
$19.99 Add to cartA sweet, contemporary, sapphic romance of self-exploration and self-love by The Meet-Cute Project author Rhiannon Richardson.
Clarity Jones has her first kiss with Hannah Fitzpatrick while away at Chr- Author: Richardson, Rhiannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1665912383
- Language: English
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King of the Neuro Verse
$19.99 Add to cartA powerful, joyful novel in verse about a Black teen with ADHD who finds self-expression and first love during one epic summer school season, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and On the Come Up.
For- Author: Goodwin, Idris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1665973129
- Language: English
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The Color of a Lie
$12.99 Add to cartIn 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb.… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 0593118839
- Language: English
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Invisible Son
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love.
Life can c- Author: Johnson, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0593482131
- Language: English
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The Color of a Lie
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb.… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0593118804
- Language: English
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Split the Sky
$19.99 Add to cartIn this haunting story about family, legacy, and sacrifice, a young Black girl living in a Texas sundown town must find the courage to stand up for what’s right even when it means facing impossible ch… [more below]
- Author: Arnold, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0316582875
- Language: English
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The Glory Field
$12.99 Add to cartAn exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers’ bestselling paperbacks! With a Introduction by Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner Varian Johnson and bonus material by Co
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1546146938
- Language: English
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
$11.99 Add to cartNational Book Award Finalist * Newbery Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Award Winner
This towering classic from the esteemed author Virginia Hamilton “is like a thoughtfully designed African American qu
- Author: Hamilton, Virginia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0380651939
- Language: English
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Querido Martin / Dear Martin
$14.95 Add to cartJUSTYCE ES UN BUEN MUCHACHO, UN ESTUDIANTE DESTACADO A PUNTO DE MATRICULARSE EN YALE. POR QU? SE LO LLEVAN ESPOSADO?
Justyce McAllister est? entre los mejores de su clase en la preparatoria Braselto- Author: Stone, Nic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890982629
- Language: Spanish
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Mare’s War
$15.00 Add to cartMeet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African A… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Tanita S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0375850775
- Language: English
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This Could Be Forever
$19.99 Add to cartThis compelling and complex romance about love across cultures follows a Black girl and Brown boy who find themselves–and each other–while pursuing their passions the summer before college.
Deja’s g- Author: Ladelle, Ebony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1665948671
- Language: English
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Response
$12.00 Add to cartNoah and his friends go to a predominantly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, becom… [more below]
- Author: Volponi, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0142416037
- Language: English
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Play the Game
$19.99 Add to cartFrom debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from th
- Author: Allen, Charlene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 006321279X
- Language: English
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My Fairy God Somebody
$19.99 Add to cart“A richly drawn story that explores the precarious construction of identity and the pain of complex family dynamics.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author Charlene Allen blends mystery, romance, an
- Author: Allen, Charlene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0063212846
- Language: English
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He Said, She Said
$11.99 Read moreSparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Kwame Alexander He Said, She Said is
- Author: Alexander, Kwame
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 18 2014
- ISBN10: 0062118986
- Language: English
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
$9.99 Read moreWinner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation’s most notorious crimes… [more below]
- Author: Crowe, Chris
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0142501921
- Language: English
