Black Voices & Culture: Books for Teens

Updated January 3, 2024
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Promise boys
Brooks, Nick
Paper Book
Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal's murder to clear their own names. For fans of Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, and Karen McManus.The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As...
Blackout
Clayton, Dhonielle
Paper Book
The irresistible blockbuster YA romance of summer 2021 by six of the biggest voices in YA, as featured on ITV News. Soon to be a major film & TV franchise for Netflix and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama! Perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Netflix's Let it Snow and Bolu Babalola's...
Legendborn
Deonn, Tracy
Paper Book
SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. "I love the feeling of a magical world existing just beneath the surface of our own and this story gave me everything I wanted: incredible characters, ancient lore and secret societies - all grounded in our very real, very flawed world...
The getaway
Giles, Lamar
Paper Book
  'Timely, thrilling, and gripping from start to finish. An absolute page-turner.' --KAREN M. MCMANUS, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFONE OF US IS LYING NO ONE HAS EVER DIED IN KARLOFF COUNTY Welcome to the funnest place around . . . Jay is living his best life inside Karloff...
Barracoon
Hurston, Zora Neale
Paper Book
Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from...
You should see me in a crown
Johnson, Leah (Young adult author)
Paper Book
  The very first book pick for Reese Witherspoon's YA Book Club! '[A] super funny, joyful story that'll have you reliving your high school prom days!'- Reese's YA Book Club. Liz has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkwardto shine in her small, rich, prom...
Long way down
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
Don't miss this "fresh and conversational" (TIME Magazine), "potent and provocative" (The San Francisco Chronicle), #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America. ...
Twenty-four seconds from now : a love story
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
A brand-new novel from Carnegie winning, global sensation, Jason Reynolds - over 9 million books sold worldwide!
Dear Martin
Stone, Nic
Paper Book
'Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching! A must-read!' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give '​Painfully timely and deeply moving, this is the novel the next generation should be reading' Jodi Picoult 'Justyce's story...
Concrete rose
Thomas, Angie
Paper Book
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The hate u give
Thomas, Angie
Paper Book
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018. Winner of the 2018 Silver Inky Award #1 New York Times bestseller A Teen Vogue Best YA Book of the Year "Stunning."-John Green "A masterpiece."-The Huffington Post "An essential read for everyone."-Teen Vogue "Outstanding." -The Guardian Sixteen...
Young, gifted and black
Wilson, Jamia
Paper Book
"...to be revisited again and again...The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist..." -The New York Times "...diverse collection of iconic figures...vibrantly illustrated...beautifully crafted volume..." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred...
Punching the air
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of the Noughts & Crosses series and...
Black Enough Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Zoboi, Ibi.
Paper Book
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and black. "A powerful collection that opens the reader's eyes to the breadth and diversity of contemporary experience in America" June...

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