English Language Arts / 8th Grade / Unit 1: Facing Prejudice: All American Boys / Independent Reading Suggested Books

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 (A Marvel YA Novel) by Jason Reynolds and Kadir Nelson (710L)
Patina by Jason Reynolds (710L)
Sunny by Jason Reynolds (700L)
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (760L)

Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes (400L)
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (780L)
Dear Martin by Nic Stone (720L)
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon (560L)
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones (740L)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (670L)
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (550L)
Punching the Air by Ibi Zobi
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (930L)
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (750L)
Angie Thomas by (HL590L)
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
This is My America by Kim Johnson (640L)

Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

A Young People’s History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror (For Young People) by Howard Zinn (1010L)
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Byran Stevenson (1130L)
Stamped: Rasim, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds (1000L)
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

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