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100 7th & 8th Grade Level Books with African Americans

Books with Black characters or written by Black authors. Updated and originally published Jun 26, 2018

Pima County Public Library

100 items

  • Kamala Harris

    History-making US Vice President

    Roland, James
    BookSan Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, [2022] — 92 H2425r 2022 TEEN
  • They Better Call Me Sugar

    My Journey From the Hood to the Hardwood

    Rodgers, Sugar, 1989-
    BookBrooklyn, New York : Black Sheep, [2021] — 92 R6167t 2021 TEEN
  • The Burning

    Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

    Beard, Hilary
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — 976.68605 B3802b 2021 CHILD
  • Miles Morales

    Shock Waves : a Spider-Man Graphic Novel

    Reynolds, Justin A.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2021. — Fiction Spiderman CHILD
  • BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : InkYard Press, 2022. — Fiction Sabreen TEEN
  • We're Better Than This

    My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy

    Cummings, Elijah
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021 — 92 C9124w 2021 CHILD
  • PaperbackNew York : Penguin Workshop, [2021] — Fiction Woodfolk Pbk TEEN
  • Graphic NovelNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — 92 T7908t 2021 CHILD
  • Kite to Freedom

    The Story of a Kite-Flying Contest, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and the Underground Railroa

    Kirkwood, Iris M.Dinan, Kathleen A.
    eBookCity of Light Publishing, 2021
  • PaperbackNew York : Penguin Workshop, 2021. — Fiction Woodfolk Pbk TEEN
  • BookNew York : Kokila, 2021. — Fiction Ewing CHILD