Young Adult Nonfiction
Freedom Summer for Young People: The Violent Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
Supplier: Triangle Square This latest edition in Triangle Square's For Young People series is a gripping account of the summer that changed America.In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than...
$40.00
Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
Supplier: Crown Books for Young Readers As the fight for equal rights continues, Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a young Black man growing up in the South...
$17.99
Concrete Kids
Supplier: Penguin Workshop Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us."I will close my eyes and disappear into the...
$8.99
Black in America
Supplier: Referencepoint Press "Racial bias against African Americans remains part of the fabric of American life, 400 years after the first African slaves stepped off a ship docking near Jamestown, Virginia. Black people often face violent attacks simply because they...
$31.95
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Supplier: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the...
$19.99
Allies: Real Talk about Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again
Supplier: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) This book is for everyone. Because we can all be allies.As an ally, you use your power—no matter how big or small—to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In...
$16.99
A History of Racism in America
Supplier: Referencepoint Press Racism against Blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asians has been a part of American history from the beginning. Despite legislation passed in the 1960s and 1970s intended to end discrimination, the systems created by past government policies...
$31.95
Zero O'Clock
Supplier: Black Sheep For sixteen-year-old Geth Montego, zero o’clock begins on March 11, 2020. By June, she wonders if it will ever end. "An insightful, eye-opening, and inventive story. C.J. Farley has penned a novel that sheds an important light...
$15.95
Why We Fly
Supplier: Sourcebooks Fire From the New York Times bestselling authors of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight comes a story about friendship, privilege, sports, and protest. With a rocky start to senior year, cheerleaders and lifelong best friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot...
$17.99
When You Look Like Us
Supplier: Quill Tree Books “A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections.” (School Library Journel) A timely, gripping teen novel about a boy...
$17.99
Tyler Johnson Was Here
Supplier: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers A young man searches for answers after the death of his brother at the hands of police in this striking debut novel, for readers of The Hate U Give.When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes...
$38.08
$28.00
This Is My America
Supplier: Random House Books for Young Readers "Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinThe Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont...
$17.99
The Voting Booth
Supplier: Disney-Hyperion From Stonewall Award-winning author Brandy Colbert comes an all-in-one-day love story perfect for fans of The Sun is Also A Star. Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She’s always been driven to make a difference in the...
$18.99
The Taking of Jake Livingston
Supplier: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee.Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a...
$17.99
The Problem with the Other Side
Supplier: Soho Teen A searing YA debut that follows the joys, complexities, and heartbreaks of an interracial romance between high school sophomores that blossoms during a volatile school electionUly would rather watch old Westerns with his new girlfriend, Sallie, than get...
$18.99
The Day Tajon Got Shot
Supplier: Shout Mouse Press, Inc. Meet Tajon. Tajon is sixteen and black. He's tall and skinny, and he has dreadlocks. Tajon works hard and tries his best to be good. He does O.K. in school. He has plans. He's determined....
$14.99
The Cost of Knowing
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Four starred reviews!Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when...
$18.99
The Black Kids
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers A New York Times bestsellerA William C. Morris Award Finalist“Should be required reading in every classroom.” —Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin“A true love letter to Los Angeles.” —Brandy Colbert, award-winning author...
$18.99
Slay
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!“Gripping and timely.” —People“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that’ll...
$18.99
Slave Day (Reprint)
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers From the creator of Veronica Mars comes a timely novel that looks at a high school fundraising tradition of auctioning off students as “slaves.”At Robert E. Lee High School, the traditional fundraising event is...
$14.29
$10.99