Independent Reading Suggested Books for Examining Personal Identity in Short Texts
Additional Texts By Authors In This Unit
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
- Rolling Warrior by Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (HL800L)
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (750L)
- Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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