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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Those Who Saw the Sun

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

Jetta Grace Martin

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Trust the Grind How World-Class Athletes Got to the Top

Jeremy Bhandari

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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The Boy Who Carried Bricks A True Story (Older YA Cover)

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Sugar Changed the World A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Discovering Wes Moore

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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We are Not Broken

George Matthew Johnson

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Rising from the Ashes Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

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The Story of Ruby Bridges

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Social Topics • African American & Black

If Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Young Adult Nonfiction, Social Topics, African American & Black and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Brandy Colbert, Tony Keith Jr, Elizabeth Acevedo, Ann Bausum, and others.

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