Independent Reading Suggested Books for Facing Prejudice: All American Boys
Additional Texts by the Author
- As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds (750L)
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds (730L)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (720L)
- Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds (750L)
- Lu by Jason Reynolds (570L)
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds (HL710L)
- Patina by Jason Reynolds (710L)
- Sunny by Jason Reynolds (700L)
- The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (HL760L)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes (HL400L)
- Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (HL780L)
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone (HL720L)
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (HL360L)
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon (HL560L)
- I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal (HL740L)
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers (670L)
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (HL550L)
- Punching the Air by Ibi Zobi and Yusef Salaam (NPL)
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (750L)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (HL590L)
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (HL800L)
- This Is My America by Kim Johnson (HL640L)
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff (1010L)
- Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson (1040L)
- March (Trilogy) by John Lewis (GN760L)
- Stamped: Rasim, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (1000L)
- This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurelia Durand (930L)
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