Tween Book List Inspired by The Two Lives of Sara

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Fiction and nonfiction books for tweens in grades 4-6 that feature similar themes to the 2023 One Book, One Village title, The Two Lives of Sara. Themes include civil rights, racial inequality, MLK, motherhood, female friendship, the 1960s, Memphis, jazz music and cooking.

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Book One crazy summer By: Williams-Garcia, Rita Call Number: J/FICTION/WILLIAMS-GARCIA,R Available	Weight for One crazy summer -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Clayton Byrd goes underground By: Williams-Garcia, Rita, Call Number: Y/FICTION/WILLIAMS-GARCIA,R Available	Weight for Clayton Byrd goes underground -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book The talk : conversations about race, love & truth Call Number: Y/305.8/TALK Available	Weight for The talk : conversations about race, love & truth -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America By: Pinkney, Andrea Davis Unavailable	Weight for Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March By: Levinson, Cynthia Unavailable	Weight for We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Child of the dream : a memoir of 1963 By: Robinson, Sharon, 1950- Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/973.92/ROBINSON,S Available	Weight for Child of the dream : a memoir of 1963 -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice By: Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- Call Number: Y/BIOGRAPHY/323/COLVIN,C/HOO Available	Weight for Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights By: Sheinkin, Steve Call Number: Y/940.545/SHEINKIN,S Available	Weight for The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the Selma Voting Rights March By: Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- Call Number: Y/BIOGRAPHY/323.119/LOWERY,L Available	Weight for Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the Selma Voting Rights March -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Defiant : growing up in the Jim Crow South By: Hudson, Wade, Call Number: Y/BIOGRAPHY/323/HUDSON,W Available	Weight for Defiant : growing up in the Jim Crow South -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride, 1961 By: Brimner, Larry Dane, Call Number: J/323.119/BRIMNER,L Available	Weight for Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride, 1961 -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910
Book Ida B. Wells By: Bailey, Diane, 1966- Unavailable	Weight for Ida B. Wells -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891011
Book Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box By: Dionne, Evette, Call Number: Y/323.34/DIONNE,E Available	Weight for Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891012
Book Stamped (for kids) : racism, antiracism, and you By: Cherry-Paul, Sonja, Call Number: J/305.8/CHERRY-PAUL,S Available	Weight for Stamped (for kids) : racism, antiracism, and you -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891013
Book Clean getaway By: Stone, Nic, Call Number: Y/FICTION/STONE,N Available	Weight for Clean getaway -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891014
Book The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 By: Curtis, Christopher Paul Call Number: Y/FICTION/CURTIS,C Available	Weight for The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891015
Book Freewater By: Luqman-Dawson, Amina, Call Number: Y/FICTION/LUQMAN-DAWSON,A Available	Weight for Freewater -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891016
Book Bud, not Buddy By: Curtis, Christopher Paul Call Number: ESL/FICTION/CURTIS,C All Copies Checked Out	Weight for Bud, not Buddy -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891017
Book Brown girl dreaming By: Woodson, Jacqueline Call Number: J/BIOGRAPHY/811.54/WOODSON,J Available	Weight for Brown girl dreaming -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891018
Book Giants of jazz By: Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 Call Number: Y/BIOGRAPHY/781.65/TERKEL,S Available	Weight for Giants of jazz -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891019
Book We were the fire : Birmingham 1963 By: Moses, Shelia P., Call Number: Y/FICTION/MOSES,S Available	Weight for We were the fire : Birmingham 1963 -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891020
Book Glory be By: Scattergood, Augusta Call Number: J/FICTION/SCATTERGOOD,A Available	Weight for Glory be -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891021
Book Armstrong & Charlie By: Frank, Steven, 1963- Call Number: Y/FICTION/FRANK,S Available	Weight for Armstrong & Charlie -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891022
Book When Winter Robeson came By: Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.), Call Number: Y/FICTION/WOODS,B Available	Weight for When Winter Robeson came -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891023
eBook Night on Fire [eBook - hoopla] By: Kidd, Ronald Available	Weight for Night on Fire [eBook - hoopla] -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891024
Book Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel By: Pinkney, Andrea Davis, Call Number: J/FICTION/PINKNEY,A Available	Weight for Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891025
Book Red, white, and whole By: LaRocca, Rajani, Call Number: Y/FICTION/LAROCCA,R Available	Weight for Red, white, and whole -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891026