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Middle School & Teen Titles for Black History Month February 2025 |
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Will's race for home : a western
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In 1889, a young Black family hears about a land rush, so Will and his father set out from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others on a difficult journey to where land is free.
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Radiant
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
As school begins in 1963, Cooper Dale wrestles with what it means to“shine” for a black girl plus faces bullying in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh, in a historical novel told in verse.
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My life as an ice cream sandwich
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
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Uncomfortable conversations with a black boy
by Emmanuel Acho
Based on the author's viral video series and adapted for younger audiences, an introduction to systemic racism and racist behavior offers safe, judgment-free answers to common questions about uncomfortable subjects, from white privilege to how to disrupt community racism.
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Barracoon : adapted for young readers
by Ibram X. Kendi
An award-winning historian presents the remarkable true story of Cudjo Lewis, the only person alive to recount the years he spent in slavery, from being captured and held in a barracoon for sale by human traders to being enslaved until the end of the Civil War.
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Mirror girls
by Kelly McWilliams
Biracial twin sisters--one who presents as black and the other as white--are determined to put the ghosts of the past to rest and to uncover the truth behind their parents' murders in the Jim Crow South
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Angel of Greenwood
by Randi Pink
Angel and Isaiah share a hidden love for black literature, and now each other, when tragedy and triumph emerge during the Greenwood Massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Nothing burns as bright as you
by Ashley Woodfolk
Over the course of one wild and reckless day, two best friends become something more and the depth of their past, the confusion of the present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to
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Flamboyants : the queer Harlem renaissance I wish I'd known
by George M. Johnson
Profiling the Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, an Emmy nominated, award-winning Black nonbinary author and activist interweaves personal stories to bring these flamboyant writers, artists and activists to life, detailing their contributions to American thought and culture that have profoundly impacted our world.
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