ANTI-RACISM RECOMMEDED READS FOR OLDER CHILDREN J COLB, B
J DAY, C
THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN
WE STILL BELONG
Brandy Colbert
Christine Day
When the only two black girls in their town discover a box of old journals in an attic, they team up to figure out exactly who's behind them and why they got left behind. Soon they discover shocking and painful secrets of the past and learn that nothing is quite what it seems.
J HUDS, W
THE RECKONING Wade Hudson Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.
Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.
J KORM, G
LINKED Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing?