LibGuides: English Language Arts Grade 7: Racism

Book Lists: Racism

Recent Fiction Books in the MSHS Library: Racism

Anti-Racist List from the AES Destiny Library Catalog

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Call Number: F Realist WILLIAMS
ISBN: 9781481465809
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.
Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj
Call Number: F Realist BAJAJ
Publication Date: 2019
Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Call Number: F Romance YOON
Publication Date: 2019
High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all.
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz; Renée Watson; Renée Watson
Call Number: F History SHABAZZ
Publication Date: 2018
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
Call Number: F Realist COLES
Publication Date: 2018
When Marvin Johnson's twin brother, Tyler, is shot and killed by a police officer, Marvin must fight injustice to learn the true meaning of freedom.
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
Call Number: F Realist KONIGSBERG
Publication Date: 2019
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help a Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom;

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Recent Non-Fiction Books in MS/HS Library: Racism

Resist by Veronica Chambers; Tracy Turnbull (Illustrator); Paul Ryding (Illustrator)
Call Number: 303.48 CHA
Publication Date: 2018
A nonfiction collection of profiles of prominent activists for young readers.
Race and Policing by Rebecca Rissman
Call Number: 305.8 HAR
Publication Date: 2018
Examines the experience of minorities in the court and prison system, delving into the historical institutions and laws that underpin today's system and exploring what governments and activists are doing to face these issues.
Confronting Racism by Maryellen Lo Bosco
Call Number: 305.8 LO
Publication Date: 2018
Explores the contemporary trend toward hate crimes in today's polarized political and cultural environment and teaches readers what racial discrimination looks like in day-to-day life and discusses how to become empowered to speak out against it.
Race Relations by Barbara Diggs; Sudipta Dasgupta (Illustrator); Richard Chapman (Illustrator); Vincent Southerland (Foreword by)
Call Number: 305.8 DIG
Publication Date: 2019
Follows the evolution of race relations in America from the country's earliest beginnings until . . . [modern times].
Ink Knows No Borders by Patrice Vecchione (Editor); Alyssa Raymond (Editor)
Call Number: 811 INK
Publication Date: 2019
This collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first- and second- generation young adult immigrants and refugees, such as cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, human rights, racism, stereotyping, and questions of identity.

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Racism in the News

How to Respond to Microaggressions
New York Times - March 3, 2020