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Chapter Books: Anti-Racism

A list of chapter books books to start a discussion on race, racism and social justice for young readers and their families.

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  • Dictionary for a Better World

    Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes From A to Z

    Latham, Irene,
    Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world.
    Book, 2020Minneapolis, Minnesota : Carolrhoda Books, 2020. — J 170.44 LAT
  • A young girl named Genesis grapples with colorism, poverty, and her father's addictions, while learning to love herself despite her dark skin and the challenges her family faces.
    Book, 2019New York : Atheneum, [2019] — J WIL
  • A story about Mia Tang, a young Chinese-American girl who juggles managing a motel with her immigrant parents, navigating social issues like racism and poverty, while pursuing her dream of becoming a writer.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Scholastic Inc., 2019. — ON ORDER
  • Stamped

    Racism, Antiracism, and You

    Reynolds, Jason,
    A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — J 305.800973 REY
  • The Antiracist Kitchen

    21 Stories (and Recipes)

    The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) is a celebration of food, family, activism and resistance in the face of racism.
    Book, 2023Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Books Publishers, 2023. — J 305.8 ANT
  • Pirate Queen

    a Story of Zheng Yi Sao

    Becker, Helaine,
    The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s.
    Book, 2020Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2020. — J 364.164092 BEC
  • When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world.
    Book, 2018New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2018. — J WOO
  • After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J RAM
  • Look Both Ways

    a Tale Told in Ten Blocks

    Reynolds, Jason,
    A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school.
    Book, 2019New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — J REY
  • Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018] — J DRA
  • Powwow

    a Celebration Through Song and Dance

    Pheasant-Neganigwane, Karen
    Part of the nonfiction Orca Origins series for middle readers. Illustrated with photographs, Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance in North America.
    Book, 2020Custer, Washington : Orca Book Publishers, 2020. — J 394.3 PHE
  • When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
    Book, 2016New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016 — J DRA
  • Malala

    My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights

    Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-
    Malala retells her story of speaking out for girls' education rights for chapter book readers.
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — J 371.822 YOU
  • Twelve-year-old Kingston James grapples with grief over his brother's death, his own emerging sexuality, and the secret of his best friend's abusive home life, while navigating a small Louisiana town and its secrets.
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. — J CAL
  • Eleven-year-old Ella seeks information about her father while enjoying a visit with her mother, a jazz singer, in Boston in 1944, then returns to the harsh realities of segregated, small-town South Carolina.
    Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — J PAR
  • When middle school journalist Riley Dunne learns that an important and beloved club is being shut down, she uses the power of the pen to instigate much-needed social change.
    Book, 2019New York : Aladdin, 2019. — J HAR
  • Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.
    Book, 2019New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019. — J LOC
  • Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Yearling, [2019] — ON ORDER