Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
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Punching the Air
$15.99 Add to cart“Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying… [more below]
- Author: Zoboi, Ibi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0062996495
- Language: English
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Monster
$15.99 Add to cartThis New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve’s ow
- Series: Monster
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05, 2019
- ISBN10: 0064407314
- Language: English
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Forever Is Now
$14.99 Add to cartSCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD WINNER ● A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me a
- Author: Lockington, Mariama J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1250806828
- Language: English
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Blue Beach
$19.99 Read morePerfect for fans of Promise Boys, this gripping historical mystery follows a teenager who finds a murdered girl on her family’s California beach–a discovery that will reveal the racism rampant in her… [more below]
- Author: Parsons, Karyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0316575755
- Language: English
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In the Country I Love
$19.99 Read moreTwo Iraqi American best friends–a struggling teen father and the community’s golden boy–confront dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime in this heartrending YA debut.
As- Author: Al-Barkawi, Alaa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1682638103
- Language: English
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My True Colours
$16.99 Add to cartA socially isolated teen overcomes the pressure to be homophobic and transphobic and instead finds the empathy inherent in his nature.
Jake, whose single mom is out working most of the time, keeps mo
- Author: Levitt, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1459420098
- Language: English
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No Preguntes de D?nde Soy / Don’t Ask Me Where I’m from
$16.95 Add to cartLiliana Cruz, una joven latina de primera generaci?n, quiere encajar a toda costa en su nueva escuela, ubicada en un exclusivo vecindario de Boston. Tendr? que cambiar su identidad, su nombre o habla… [more below]
- Author: de León, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890983015
- Language: Spanish
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Nigeria Jones
$15.99 Add to cartCoretta Scott King Author Award Winner!
“An unwavering proclamation of Black girlhood.” –Candice Iloh, author of National Book Award finalist Every Body Looking
From Ibi Zoboi, bestselling, award-winni
- Author: Zoboi, Ibi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0062888854
- Language: English
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Spilled Ink
$19.99 Add to cartIn this insightful and affecting YA novel by well-loved author of books for adults and middle graders Nadia Hashimi, an Afghan American teenager’s small town is thrown into controversy and violence wh
- Author: Hashimi, Nadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0063060493
- Language: English
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Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
$16.99 Add to cartHe thought I’d forged my mom’s name on the slip. How stupid is that? On this thing Mom just made a kind of squiggly shape on the page. That jerk didn’t even think about what he was saying, didn’t even
- Author: Guène, Faïza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0156030489
- Language: English
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True True
$12.99 Add to cartIn this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance.… [more below]
- Author: Hooper, Don P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0593462122
- Language: English
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For Lamb
$12.99 Add to cart- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0823458946
- Language: English
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Some Kind of Hate
$18.99 Read moreA Sydney Taylor Honor Book
“A critical, heart-wrenching, and hopeful book that not only shows how and why the seeds of hatred grow into a destructive force, but also the importance of owning one’s acti
- Author: Littman, Sarah Darer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338746812
- Language: English
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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
$10.99 Read moreThere are some friends you never forget.
It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spe- Author: McQueen, Daven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1989365167
- Language: English
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The Cost of Knowing
$12.99 Add to cartFour 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 he for- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1534445463
- Language: English
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All American Boys
$19.99 Add to cartA 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature.
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning novel, two teens–one b- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1481463330
- Language: English
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Slay
$19.99 Add to cartA 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 … [more below]- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1534445420
- Language: English
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We Light Up the Sky
$17.99 Read moreShould you save a world that doesn’t want to save you?
Pedro, Luna, and
Award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the haunting story of an alien invasion from the perspective of three Latinx teens.- Author: Rivera, Lilliam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1547603763
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Thief
$14.99 Read moreIn this spellbinding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Last Magician, Esta and Harte set off on a cross-country chase through time to steal back the elemental stones they need to save the f… [more below]
- Series: Last Magician #2
- Author: Maxwell, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1481494465
- Language: English
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Can’t Take That Away
$10.99 Read more“A charming, inspired story about being true to who you are.” – Phil Stamper, bestselling author of The Gravity of Us
An empowering and emotional debut about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to- Author: Salvatore, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608668
- Language: English
