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• Healing Racial Stress Workbook for Black Teens

  Skills to Help You Manage Emotions, Resist Racism & Feel Empowered

  Henry, Jessica,

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  Grades 6-12. Jessica S. Henry, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Georgia. She is the co-founder and vice president of program development and evaluation for the Black Mental Wellness Corp., and founder and CEO…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stay Up

  Racism, Resistance, and Reclaiming Black Freedom

  Dill, Khodi,

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  Grades 8-12. An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair

  a Love Letter to Black Women

  McLeod, Ella,

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  Grades 6-9. You're fifteen. You spend your time at school and at Val's hair salon with Baker, Val's son, who has eyes that are like falling off a cliff into space. The salon is a space of safety, but also of possibility and dreams. When you dream,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of a Lie

  Johnson, Kim, 1979-

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  Grades 7-10. In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb. A new social justice thriller from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poemhood, Our Black Revival

  History, Folklore & the Black Experience: a Young Adult Poetry Anthology

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook. "Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cool. Awkward. Black

  Strong, Karen (EDT)/ Fitzsimons, Isaac/ Giles, Lamar/ Ifueko, Jordan/ Johnson, Leah

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  Grades 9-10. Also available as an eBook. "This fandom-focused, genre-spanning anthology edited by Strong (Eden’s Everdark) is a love letter to geek culture, populated by Black teens who are unafraid to indulge in their interests, whether anime,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Racial Trauma Handbook for Teens

  CBT Skills to Heal From the Personal & Intergenerational Trauma of Racism

  Hill, Tamara,

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  Grades 8-12. Also available as an eBook. "The Racial Trauma Handbook for Teens presents evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you overcome personal and intergenerational trauma, increase self-awareness, and build lasting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Empowered Black Girl

  Joyful Affirmations & Words of Resilience

  Fièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica),

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  Grades 7-12. Even strong, fearless, and badass Black girls and Black women need affirmations. Now more than ever, we need to practice the art of self-care and give our minds and bodies the TLC they deserve. Author of Badass Black Girl and Happy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Victory. Stand!

  Raising My Fist for Justice

  Smith, Tommie, 1944-

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  Graphic Novel. "On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Deserve Monuments

  Hammonds, Jas,

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Description:When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revolution in Our Time

  the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers’ community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Resilient Black Girl

  52 Weeks of Anti-racist Activities for Black Joy and Resilience

  Fièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica),

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  Grades 7-12. As a social justice book for teens and a book about racism, it provides Black teen girls a better understanding of the effects of racism and equips them with skills for navigating spaces in their daily lives. An antiracist book for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Kids

  Hammonds Reed, Christina,

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  With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

• Monday's Not Coming

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.

• Who Put This Song On?

  Parker, Morgan,

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  17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored.

• Ace of Spades

  Abike-Iyimide, Faridah,

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  At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angel of Greenwood

  Pink, Randi,

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  Angel and Isaiah share a hidden love for black literature, and now each other, when tragedy and triumph emerge during the Greenwood Massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

• Color Me in

  a Novel

  Diaz, Natasha ( Natasha E.),

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  Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.

• Full Disclosure

  Garrett, Camryn,

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  Simone, seventeen, HIV-positive and in love for the first time, decides that facing potential bullies head-on may be better than protecting her secret.

• The Life I'm in

  Flake, Sharon G.,

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  In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char.…Read moreRead more of this annotation