BCALA and ALSC Social Justice Reading List 5th-8th grade

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Community, Connecting, Cultivating & Constructing Conversations Through Literacy This list was a collaborative effort between the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

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Book A good kind of trouble By: Ramée, Lisa Moore, Call Number: Y/FICTION/RAMEE,L Available	Weight for A good kind of trouble -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Betty before X By: Shabazz, Ilyasah, Unavailable	Weight for Betty before X -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Black brother, black brother By: Rhodes, Jewell Parker, Call Number: Y/FICTION/RHODES,J Available	Weight for Black brother, black brother -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Black enough : stories of being young & black in America Call Number: TEEN/FICTION/BLACK Available	Weight for Black enough : stories of being young & black in America -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Blended By: Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills), Call Number: Y/FICTION/DRAPER,S Available	Weight for Blended -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world By: Hudson, Cheryl Willis, Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/920.72/HUDSON,C Available	Weight for Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Brown girl dreaming By: Woodson, Jacqueline Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/811.54/WOODSON,J Available	Weight for Brown girl dreaming -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Clean getaway By: Stone, Nic, Call Number: Y/FICTION/STONE,N Available	Weight for Clean getaway -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Dictionary for a better world : poems, quotes, and anecdotes from A to Z By: Latham, Irene, Call Number: Y/170.44/LATHAM,I Available	Weight for Dictionary for a better world : poems, quotes, and anecdotes from A to Z -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Finding Langston By: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, Call Number: Y/FICTION/CLINE-RANSOME,L Available	Weight for Finding Langston -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book For black girls like me By: Lockington, Mariama, Call Number: Y/FICTION/LOCKINGTON,M Available	Weight for For black girls like me -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book From the desk of Zoe Washington By: Marks, Janae, Call Number: Y/FICTION/MARKS,J Available	Weight for From the desk of Zoe Washington -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891011
Book Genesis begins again By: Williams, Alicia, 1970- Call Number: Y/FICTION/WILLIAMS,A Unavailable	Weight for Genesis begins again -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891012
Book Ghost boys By: Rhodes, Jewell Parker, Call Number: Y/FICTION/RHODES,J Available	Weight for Ghost boys -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891013
Book Hidden figures [Young readers' edition] : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space By: Shetterly, Margot Lee, Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/510.925/SHETTERLY,M Available	Weight for Hidden figures [Young readers' edition] : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891014
Book March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine By: Beals, Melba, Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/323/BEALS,M/BEA Available	Weight for March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891015
Book One crazy summer By: Williams-Garcia, Rita, Unavailable	Weight for One crazy summer -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891016
Book One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance By: Grimes, Nikki, Call Number: J/811.54/GRIMES,N Available	Weight for One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891017
Book Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson By: Johnson, Katherine G., Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/510/JOHNSON,K Available	Weight for Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891018
Book Say her name By: Elliott, Zetta, Unavailable	Weight for Say her name -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891019
Book Schomburg : the man who built a library By: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- Call Number: E/BIOGRAPHY/002.075/SCHOMBURG,A/WEA Available	Weight for Schomburg : the man who built a library -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891020
Book Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you By: Reynolds, Jason, Call Number: TEEN/305.800973/REYNOLDS,J Available	Weight for Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891021
Book The Parker inheritance By: Johnson, Varian, Call Number: J/MYSTERY/JOHNSON,V Available	Weight for The Parker inheritance -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891022
Book The season of Styx Malone By: Magoon, Kekla, Call Number: J/FICTION/MAGOON,K Unavailable	Weight for The season of Styx Malone -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891023
Book This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality By: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen, Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/379.263/BOYCE,J Available	Weight for This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891024
Book We rise, we resist, we raise our voices Call Number: J/303.4/WE Available	Weight for We rise, we resist, we raise our voices -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891025
Book What lane? By: Maldonado, Torrey, Call Number: Y/FICTION/MALDONADO,T Available	Weight for What lane? -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891026
Book The usual suspects By: Broaddus, Maurice, Call Number: J/FICTION/BROADDUS,M Unavailable	Weight for The usual suspects -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891027