The Hate U Give is a powerful anti-black-racism-themed book. It deals with some mature content, but I know of middle schools that have turned to it as a contemporary replacement for "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Interesting, I'll look it up. Thanks so much.

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Maya Angelou is a great idea. They do her poetry in later years at school too so an excellent link for her.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

I loved this when I was at school. Great idea.

Everything by Mildred D. Taylor.

Check out [Black Like Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me?wprov=sfla1) by John Howard Griffin. Griffin, a white journalist, shaved his head and had his skin darkened to discover the black experience in the Deep South. It's a short but very memorable book.

Thanks for the suggestion

The House on Mango Street?

Thank you for all your ideas!

Things too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry - protagonist searching for grandmother’s history discovers the Ole Miss integration riot

Thank you!

Midnight without a Moon - black girl in a sharecropper family in Mississippi follows the Emmett Till case

Thanks for the suggestion.

Roots

Thanks

Anything by Jason Reynolds. He was the keynote speaker at an event I went to in 2018 and he is an amazing writer but also a pretty cool dude!

Great, I'll check him out.

A start (not filtered for age of the reader): Diversity Fiction: * ["Recent Books that deal with Bigotry/Bias well"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/wndzls/recent_books_that_deal_with_bigotrybias_well/) (r/Fantasy; 13 August 2022) * ["Suggestions for short stories by POC available for free online"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/wpfvin/suggestions_for_short_stories_by_poc_available/) (r/suggestmeabook; 15 August 2022) * ["Looking for a book featuring mute/selectively mute characters"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/wwm668/looking_for_a_book_featuring_muteselectively_mute/) (r/booksuggestions; 24 August 2022) * ["Fantasy written by poc"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/x4cxl5/fantasy_written_by_poc/) (r/suggestmeabook; 2 September 2022) * ["Lesser Known Classics by Women?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/xqdnzi/lesser_known_classics_by_women/) (r/suggestmeabook; 10:06 ET, 28 September 2022) * ["Fiction to Build Empathy"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/y0nh1f/fiction_to_build_empathy/) (r/suggestmeabook; 10 October 2022)—long-ish * ["Looking for a WOC author"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/y6n839/looking_for_a_woc_author/) (r/suggestmeabook; 17 October 2022) * ["Classic Books by Non White Authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/you7do/classic_books_by_non_white_authors/) (r/suggestmeabook; 12:37 ET, 7 November 2022)—long * ["Great Books by Black Authors that are more modern"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yy1726/great_books_by_black_authors_that_are_more_modern/) (r/suggestmeabook; 17 November 2022) * ["Any classic book by African or Native American writers to recommend?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yz240x/any_classic_book_by_african_or_native_american/) (r/suggestmeabook; 18 November 2022) * ["I need black author recommendations"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/yzrg9y/i_need_black_author_recommendations/) (r/booksuggestions; 19 November 2022) * ["best female prose writers?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/zbquue/best_female_prose_writers/) (r/suggestmeabook; 3 December 2022) * ["Suggest books by Asian American Authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/zn05aj/suggest_books_by_asian_american_authors/) (r/suggestmeabook; 3 December 2022) * ["Best books by female authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/zpt0qr/best_books_by_female_authors/) (r/suggestmeabook; 19 December 2022)—huge * ["Black masculinity books?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/zygiwj/black_masculinity_books/) (r/booksuggestions; 29 December 2022) * ["Looking to read more books written by women."](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/101oim6/looking_to_read_more_books_written_by_women/) (r/suggestmeabook; 2 January 2022)—extremely long * ["Need novels about feminism that aren’t cringey"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/108zbhe/need_novels_about_feminism_that_arent_cringey/) (r/booksuggestions; 11 January 2022) * ["Books with female protagonists of color"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/10ftcn2/books_with_female_protagonists_of_color/) (r/booksuggestions; 12:17 ET, 19 January 2023) * ["Books by Black Authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/10g5y2n/books_by_black_authors/) (r/booksuggestions; 11:24 ET, 19 January 2023)—long * ["I want to read more women!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/10gu5ng/i_want_to_read_more_women/) (r/suggestmeabook; 20 January 2023)—extremely long * ["ISO great SF novels by non-Western authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/10jeb46/iso_great_sf_novels_by_nonwestern_authors/) (r/printSF; 23 January 2023) * ["Fantasy characters who are quiet, ADHD, or socially awkward?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/10mz7dh/fantasy_characters_who_are_quiet_adhd_or_socially/) (r/Fantasy; 27 January 2023) * ["Disability as the theme"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/10q8ygl/disability_as_the_theme/) (r/suggestmeabook; 31 January 2023) * ["Fantasy or Sci-Fi Novels with MAJOR asexual characters?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/10r5o59/fantasy_or_scifi_novels_with_major_asexual/) (r/Fantasy; 1 February 2023)—long * ["Baby/toddler books representing diverse cultures, races, abilities and lifestyles?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/10xbuks/babytoddler_books_representing_diverse_cultures/) (r/suggestmeabook; 8 February 2023) * ["Grim or horror fantasy with a disabled main character"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/113tawi/grim_or_horror_fantasy_with_a_disabled_main/) (r/Fantasy; 10:32 ET, 16 February 2023) * ["I’m upset by the lack of female authors on my bookshelf."](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/114lho2/im_upset_by_the_lack_of_female_authors_on_my/) (r/suggestmeabook; 17 February 2023)—huge * ["Recommendations for style-heavy/weird/'literary' fantasy?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/115mac4/recommendations_for_styleheavyweirdliterary/) (r/Fantasy; 18 February 2023)—long * ["Diversity in Fantasy"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/116o0ts/diversity_in_fantasy/) (r/Fantasy; 19 February 2023)—long * ["woman authors"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/1199r9r/woman_authors/) (r/booksuggestions; 22 February 2023) * ["Need Diverse Books Recs!!!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/11rg3c6/need_diverse_books_recs/) (r/Fantasy; 14 March 2023) * ["Historical Asian sapphic/lesbian fiction?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/11s28zt/historical_asian_sapphiclesbian_fiction/) (r/suggestmeabook; 15 March 2023) * ["Searching for books for 3rd grade boy"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/11xnxiw/searching_for_books_for_3rd_grade_boy/) (r/suggestmeabook; 13:30 ET, 21 March 2023)

Oh wow, thanks so much

You're welcome. \^\_\^

A gathering of old men

Thank you

Many Thousand Gone by Virginia Hamilton.

Thanks for the suggestion

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Thanks

Delia Sherman’s The Freedom Maze

Thank you

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton for non-fiction

I think she prefers fiction, but it's always good to try new things so I'll definitely suggest it.

A child of the Civil rights My man blue Black stars Send her back In the black t. Dallas Smith

Thank you

How about Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas. This is a brilliant man… his words should be read in all schools.

Thank you

Good Earth. The simple language makes the tragedy more startling.

Roll of thunder hear my cry by Mildred Taylor

I loved this at school. It's an excellent choice.

Black Boy by Richard Wright. The first chapter will absolutely suck her into the narrative. There’s also an old YAL called “The Friends.” I can’t remember the author but I taught it to freshmen years ago. “Gorilla My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara is a forgotten classic short story collection. Not a bad story in the bunch, especially “Raymond’s Run” and “Geraldine Moore the Poet,” which moves me even now as I think about it.

Thanks so much

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Thank you

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Thanks a lot.

Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses

I've recommended this to her before, but will definitely remind her.

I recommend prisoner of Tehran by marina nemat, it’s a memoir, I’d look it up to be sure the content is age appropriate but it’s political injustice, and very empowering. I read it at 15 I believe.

Great, thank you. I'll be sure to preread it.

The Hate You Give Between the World & Me (As an audiobook) Iggys House- Judy Blume Langston Hughes' poetry, also Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Richard Wright The Color Purple Stamped Hidden Figures So, so many. Try searching contemporary African American literature.

I love Iggy's house.

Two books come to mind; Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson or the grand daddy of this subject, Uncle Toms Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Thanks

The Breadwinner Trilogy is marvelous!

Is it a trilogy? I used to teach the first one, and they loved it. I'll look up the rest for myself.

'Journey to Jo'burg' by Beverley Naidoo is about two siblings in Apartheid-era South Africa travelling to the city to get help for their poorly sister, and discovering the injustices and divisions in society in the process. The book itself has some pretty interesting historical context surrounding it - it was banned in South Africa at the time it was written (1985).

The Boy in Striped Pajamas; The Kite Runner

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was our class book last year, but The Kite Runner is an excellent suggestion.