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The Cruisers The Cruisers Walter Dean Myers Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruis… OL14913009W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [adaptation] Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [adaptation] Clay Stafford Adaptation of [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53908W). When Huck Finn and Jim run away from "civilized" life, they end up in some of the wildest adventures--as dar… OL15132300W
Secret of the old red barn Secret of the old red barn Sandra L. Zaugg In 1860 Michigan, as twelve-year-old Zach and his father become involved in a new, unnamed church and befriend neighbors who are freed slaves, they have conflicts with townspeople and with Zach's mot… OL15468834W
Edgar Allan Edgar Allan John Neufeld When the Fickett family decides to adopt a little black boy, they are faced with threats, angry phone calls, a burning cross on the lawn, and an ultimatum from their oldest daughter. OL16037893W
Freedom school, yes! Freedom school, yes! Amy Littlesugar When their house is attacked because her mother volunteered to take in the young white woman who has come to teach black children at the Freedom School, Jolie is afraid, but she overcomes her fear af… OL16515814W
The vow The vow Jessica Martinez Mo is not only eighteen-year-old Annie's best friend, he is the one who helps her cope with the loss of her older sister, so when he learns he must leave Kentucky and return to Jordan with his family… OL17873354W
Grandma's general store Grandma's general store Dorothy Carter In the 1930s when their parents go north to Philadelphia to find work, five-year-old Pearl and seven-year-old Prince must stay behind with their grandmother in Florida and help her run her small stor… OL1805685W
What if the zebras lost their stripes? What if the zebras lost their stripes? John Reitano If the zebras lost their stripes and became different from one another, some white and some black, would they turn and fight each other and stop living life as loving friends? OL1860198W
Mississippi morning Mississippi morning Ruth Vander Zee Amidst the economic depression and the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy discovers a horrible secret of his father's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan. OL1966196W
Boy bites bug Boy bites bug Rebecca Petruck Will didn t plan to eat a stinkbug. But when his friend Darryl called new kid Eloy Herrera a racial slur, Will did it as a diversion. Now Will is Bug Boy, and everyone is cracking up inventing insect… OL19740223W
Moriah's Pond Moriah's Pond Ethel Footman Smothers While she and her older sisters are staying with their great-grandmother, ten-year-old Annie Rye learns about prejudice first hand when a local white girl causes Annie's sister to be unjustly punishe… OL1995925W
Lives of Our Own Lives of Our Own Lorri Hewett After her wealthy parents divorce, Shawna returns with her father to the small Georgia town where he grew up, and there she experiences new attitudes toward race relations, learns something shocking … OL2010382W
Edgar Allan Edgar Allan John Neufeld Written from the point of view of a 12 year old boy, this is the story of what happens to a middle-class, suburban white family that decides to adopt a black child. OL20423W
Rebound Rebound Bob Krech Determined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town. OL26454824W
Sister Anne's hands Sister Anne's hands Marybeth Lorbiecki Seven-year-old Anna has her first encounter with racism in the 1960s when an African American nun comes to teach at her parochial school. OL2692390W
My Mother the Cheerleader My Mother the Cheerleader Robert Sharenow,Rob Sharenow Louise Collins was pretty certain that nothing all that exciting would happen in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she lived with her mother in their boarding house, Rooms on Desire. Every day was… OL278119W
Call me Charley Call me Charley Jesse Jackson A large type edition of the story of a twelve-year-old Negro boy who moves to an all-white suburban neighborhood where his parents work for a doctor and he must prove himself before the board of educ… OL3269019W
Learning by heart Learning by heart Ronder Thomas Young In the early 1960s, ten-year-old Rachel sees changes in her family and her small Southern town as she tries to sort out how she feels about her young black maid, racial prejudice, and her responsibil… OL3336677W
Christmas in Canaan Christmas in Canaan Kenny Rogers In the early 1960s in a rural, racially-charged Texas town, a poor white boy struggling to get through school and a book-loving black classmate find the common ground on which to build true friendshi… OL3356136W
Jackie and me Jackie and me Dan Gutman Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special ta… OL41323W
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