SJPL Recommends: Antiracist Nonfiction for Grades 9-12Like this list

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• Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook. "From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be a (young) Antiracist

  Kendi, Ibram X.,

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "This young adult edition of the #1 New York Times best-seller empowers teen readers to help create a more just society, encouraging them to think critically and build a more equitable world in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sum of Us

  How Racism Hurts Everyone : Adapted for Young Readers

  McGhee, Heather, 1980-

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  Grades 9-10. Also available as an eBook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "This book is a call to action. McGhee examines how damaging racism is, not only to people of color but also to white people. She offers hope and real…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Accountable

  the True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  Slater, Dashka,

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "recounts the discovery of a racist social media account in the small town of Albany, California, that forever changes the lives of a group of high school students and leaves everyone wondering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rise Up!

  How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy

  Fleming, Crystal Marie, 1981-

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  Grades 9-10. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "This urgent book explores the roots of racism and its legacy in modern day, all while empowering young people with actionable ways they can help foster a better world and become antiracists."…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 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

• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

  Mendoza, Jean,

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Racial Profiling

  Behnke, Alison,

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  Grades 6-12. Also available as an eBook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions--such as law enforcement agencies,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sigh, Gone

  a Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in

  Tran, Phuc, 1974-

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  Grades 9+ (Adults books for young adults). Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?

  Being Young and Arab in America

  Bayoumi, Moustafa

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  Grades 9+ (Adult books for young adults. Print only. "A study of the Arab- and Muslim-American experience as reflected by the lives of seven young men and women in Brooklyn evaluates their daily encounters with such factors as prejudice, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Grades 7-12. Also available as an eAudiobook, and available as an eBook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "Stamped traces the history of racism and the many political, literary, and philosophical narratives that have been used to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Is Anti-racist

  Jewell, Tiffany

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  Grades 5-12. Also available as an eBook, and available as an eAudiobook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When They Call You a Terrorist

  a Black Lives Matter Memoir

  Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984-

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  Grades 9+ (Adults books for young adults). Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "A memoir by the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement explains the movement's position of love, humanity, and justice, challenging perspectives that have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Land Is Our Land

  the History of American Immigration

  Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-

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  Grades 6-10. Also available as an eBook in a separate catalog entry under the same title. "American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and oppressed; anyone, no matter his or her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Not Yet Equal

  Understanding Our Racial Divide

  Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine),

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  Grades 9-12. Also available as an eBook. "From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Friend

  on Being a Better White Person

  Joseph, Frederick (Activist),

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  Grades 7-12. Also available as an eBook. "Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  Grades 9+ (Adults books for young adults). Book one of three. Also available as an eBook. "This autobiographic graphic novel series in three volumes shares the story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of U.S. Congressman John Lewis, one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So You Want to Talk About Race

  Oluo, Ijeoma,

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  Grades 9+ (Adults books for young adults). Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "A Seattle-based writer, editor and speaker tackles the sensitive, hyper-charged racial landscape in current America, discussing the issues of privilege, police…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Born a Crime

  Stories From a South African Childhood

  Noah, Trevor, 1984-

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  Grades 9+ (Adults books for young adults). Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South African mother and a white European father at a…Read moreRead more of this annotation