Black History Month: Middle Grade

Updated February 1, 2024
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The journey of little Charlie
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Ebook
Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis brings his trademark humor and heart to the story of a boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His dad just died, the share crops are dry, and Cap'n Buck--the most...
Dragons in a bag
Elliott, Zetta
Paper Book
The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering...
From the desk of Zoe Washington
Marks, Janae
Paper Book
Featured title at regional and national previews with teachers and librarians and preview events with wholesalers, including extensive galley distribution Featured in NCTE 2019 coupon ad as an "ARE to Get Excited About" Big Mouth ARE mailing Featured title in Great Books for...
Look both ways : a tale told in ten blocks
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book UK Carnegie Medal winner An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019 A Time Best Children's Book of 2019 A...
Ghost boys
Rhodes, Jewell Parker
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller This was one of my most anticipated 2018 books and I was not disappointed. A must read." -Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give 'tender, timely ... surprising and hopeful' - Observer A...
A comb of wishes
Stringfellow, Lisa
Paper Book
Big Mouth ARE mailing to a curated list of influential librarians and educators    Featured title at school & library conferences and preview events (virtual and in-person)   Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to...
One crazy summer
Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Paper Book
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A strong option for summer reading--take this book along on a family road...
Remember us
Woodson, Jacqueline
Paper Book
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life's burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future. It seems like Sage's whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade....

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