BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FICTION
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
by Ben Philippe�Call# FIC PHI
Children of Blood and Bone�by Tomi Adeyemi
Call# FIC ADE
X: A Novel�by Ilyasah Shabazz
Call# FIC SHA
American Street
by Ibi Zoboi�Call# FIC ZOB
Jackpot
by Nic Stone
Call# FIC STO
Shadowshaper�by Daniel Jose Older
Call# FIC OLD
Between the Lines�by Nikki Grimes
Call# FIC GRI
Let Me Hear a Rhyme�by Tiffany Jackson
Call# FIC JAC
All American Boys�by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely�Call# FIC REY
The Sun is Also
A Star�by Nicola Yoon
Call# FIC YOO
A Blade So Black�by L.L. McKinney
Call# FIC MCK
The Hate U Give�by Angie Thomas
Call# FIC THO
Monday’s Not Coming
by Tiffany Jackson�Call# FIC JAC
Boy 21�by Matthew Quick Call# FIC QUI
Dreamland Burning
by Jennifer Latham - CALL# FIC LAT
Some bodies won't stay buried.
Some stories need to be told.
When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the present and the past.
A Long Way Down
by David Levithan - CALL# FIC REY
And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Belles�by Dhionelle Clayton
Call# FIC CLA
BLACK HISTORY MONTH NONFICTION
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Getting Away with Murder�by Chris Crowe�Call# 364.15 CRO
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks�by Rebecca Skloot�Call# 616 SKL
Double Victory�by Cheryl Mullenbach
Call# 940.53
In the Shadow of Liberty
by Kenneth Davis�Call# 920 DAV
The 57 Bus�by Dashka Slater�Call# 364.15 SLA
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop �(Young Reader’s Edition)�by Jeff Chang
Call# 782 CHA
Life In Motion -
An Unlikely Ballerina (Young Reader’s Edition)
by Misty Copeland�Call# 921 COP
It’s Trevor Noah:
Born A Crime�(Young Reader’s Edition)�by Trevor Noah
Call# 921 NOA
Lucent Library Of Black History Book Set
by Lucent Books, an imprint of Thomson/Gale
Hip-Hop Artists (Essential Library) Book Set
by Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
FEATURED SERIES
This series introduces hip-hop's best and brightest names, highlighting prominent artists in the hip-hop industry and how their music has made a mark. Books will focus on the career of these talented artists, exploring how they got their start in the business and following their rise to fame and highlighting their musical inspiration, charity work, and business ventures.
Since African-American history is significant and integral to the larger history of the United States, this series places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the broad sweep of America's story.
Becoming�by Michelle Obama
Call# 921 OBA
The Rose That Grew from Concrete�by Tupac Shakur�Call# 811 SHA
145th Street: �Short Stories�by Walter Dean Myers�Call# 813.08 MYE
Say Her Name�by Zetta Elliott
Call# 811 ELL
March: Book One�by John Lewis�Call# 741.5 LEW
Black Enough�by Ibi Zoboi
Call# 813.08 ZOB
The Harlem Hellfighters
by Max Brooks�Call# 741.5 BRO