The
Return of Gabriel (2004)
Armistead, John
In the summer of 1964, a thirteen-year-old white boy whose best friend
is black is caught in the middle when civil rights workers and Ku Klux
Klan members clash in a small town near Tupelo, Mississippi.
North
by night: a story of the Underground Railroad
Ayres, Katherine
Presents the journal of a sixteen-year-old girl whose family operates a
stop on the Underground Railroad.
McKendree
Belton, Sandra
In 1948, while spending the summer with her aunt in West Virginia to find
her family roots, Tilara begins visiting the "colored" old folks'
home called McKendree, makes new friends, and learns to love herself.
Stealing
Freedom
Carbone, Elisa Lynn
A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland
who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated
from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada.
Born
in Sin
Coleman, Evelyn
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, fourteen-year-old Keisha pursues
her dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer and medical doctor.
Bucking
the Sarge
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings
in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running
the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college
and becoming a philosopher.
Jason & Kyra (2004)
Davidson, Dana
Handsome and popular Jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent
father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious Kyra.
Battle
of Jericho (2003)
Draper, Sharon M.
A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what
seems to be a "reputable" school club.
Copper
Sun
Draper, Sharon.
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape
their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida,
a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Double
Dutch
Draper, Sharon M.
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship
jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's
missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class
bullies.
The
Skin I'm In
Flake, Sharon
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark,
meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about
how to love who she is and what she looks like.
Jazmin's
Notebook
Grimes, Nikki.
Jazmin,
an Afro-American teenager who lives with her older sister in a small
Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping
a record of the events in her sometimes difficult life.
First
Part Last
Johnson, Angela
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father
and must care for his adored baby daughter.
Heaven:
A Novel
Johnson, Angela.
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven
is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real
parents.
Looking
for Red
Johnson, Angela.
A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved
older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of
Cape Cod.
Spite
Fences
Krisher, Trudy
Thirteen-year-old Maggie Pugh has lived in Kinship, Georgia, all her life.
In all that time almost nothing has changed. If you are poor, you live
on the west side of town. If you are rich, you live on the hill in the
north end and get to go boating at the country club in Troy. If you are
white you use one bathroom at Byer's Drugs and if you are colored you use
another.
Day
of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Julius Lester.
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother,
Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift
over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts,
Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including
Emma. |
Twists
and Turns
McDonald, Janet
With the help of a couple of successful friends, eighteen- and nineteen-year-old
Teesha and Keeba try to capitalize on their talents by opening a hair salon in
the run-down Brooklyn housing project where they live.
Legend
of Buddy Bush (2004)
Moses, Shiela P.
In 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae is sustained by her dreams of escaping
Rich Square, North Carolina, and moving to Harlem when her Uncle Buddy
is arrest for attempted rape of a white woman and her grandfather is
diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
Autobiography
of My Dead Brother
Myers, Walter Dean.
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life
in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
The
Glory Field
Myers,
Walter Dean
Follows a family's two hundred forty-one year history, from the capture
of an African boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as
their dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small
plot of land in South Carolina that they call the Glory Field.
Monster
Myers, Walter Dean.
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon
records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form
of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life
has taken.
What
They Found: Love on 145th Street
Myers, Walter Dean.
Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such
as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a
beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain
celibate until they marry.
Nightjohn
Paulsen, Gary
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous
when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
Caucasia
Senna, Danzy
A sensitive coming-of-age bestseller about two sisters divided by politics
and race at the beginning of the 1970s.
Another
Way to Dance
Southgate, Martha.
While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City,
fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of her parents'
divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African
American on her future as a dancer.
Sturm, James. Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete. This is a fictionalized account of a real-life sports hero.
The
Land
Taylor, Mildred D.
After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother,
finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white
folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own. Winner
of the Printz Award
Roll
of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Taylor, Mildred D.
A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice
and discrimination which their children don't understand. Winner
of the Newbery Medal
Like
Sisters on the Homefront
Williams-Garcia, Rita
Troubled 14-yr. old Gail is sent down South to live with her uncle & aunt,
where her life begins to change as she experiences the healing power of
family.
No
Laughter Here
Williams-Garcia, Rita.
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest
friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her
homeland, Nigeria.
Acting
Winston, Sherri
Longing to escape from her small Michigan town, sixteen-year-old Eve, an aspiring
actress, is forced to confront both her family's and her own expectations when
her twin sister announces her pregnancy.
Emako
Blue
Woods, Brenda
Monterey, Savannah, Jamal, and Eddie have never had much to do with each
other until Emako Blue shows up at chorus practice, but just as the lives
of the five Los Angeles high school students become intertwined, tragedy
tears them apart.
Hush
Woodson, Jacqueline
Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters
the witness protection program.
Lena
Woodson, Jacqueline.
Thirteen-year-old Lena and her younger sister Dion mourn the death of their mother
as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from their abusive
father.
Miracle’s
Boys
Woodson, Jacqueline
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie
changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette
for the death of their mother. |
