Angela Johnson (A)

List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Deception and Self Discovery – 2010)

You never know what’s gonna come down — in Heaven.

At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma’s hands and Pops’s love for ice cream, that her brother doesn’t get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack…

Jason Reynolds (A)

List Price: $12.99 (Paperback – Fiction / Coming of Age / Finding Strength – 2016)

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book.

Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might…

Kirkus Prize Finalist * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * An SLJ Best Book of the Year * A Rise: A Feminist Book Project honoree * A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year * Nautilus Silver Award Winner * Amazon August Editors’ pick

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Ibi Zoboi (A) 

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Coming Of Age / Haitian Teen – 2017)

American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything; Bone Gap; and All American Boys.

In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing…

Ijeoma Oluo (A)

List Price: $18.99 (Paperback – Race Relations / Social Justice – 2019)

In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America

Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy — from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans…

Tochi Onyebuchi (A) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Science Fiction / Myth – Search for Home – 2018)

In the sequel to the acclaimed Beasts Made of Night, Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary–including using the most deadly magic–to track him down.

Taj is…

A funny and affirming illustrated guide, in New Yorker cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa’s signature style, that offers a unique approach to finding love (or not).

This illustrated dating guide by cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa, rooted in her experiences as a Black woman in her late twenties, encourages…

Rita Williams-Garcia (A)

List Price: $5.99 (Mass Market Paperback – Family / Pregnancy – 1998)

When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old and her baby, Jose down to Georgia, to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There’s nothing to do, nowhere…

Walter Dean Myers (A) and Guy A Sims (A) and Dawaud Anyabwile (ILT) 

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Juvenile Justice / Narrative – 1999)

A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’s New York Times bestseller Monster.

Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery.…

John Lewis (A), Andrew Aydin (A) and Nate Powell (ILT)

List Price: $14.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Biography /African American History – Civil Rights Era – 2015)

Declaration: Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence…

This amazing collaboration brings together two inspirational Black artists, NYT bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk and actress Lexi Underwood, for a story about the transformative power of art as protest and its capacity to change the world.

When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High, it’s her opportunity to forget everything that happened at her old school.…

Ermila Moodley (A)

List Price: $10.95 (Paperback – Young Adult Fiction / Relocation / Culture Confusion – 2007)

When her father is transferred from his position as a professor at a Capetown, South Africa university to Buena Vista, California, Thandie Sobukwe says goodbye to her friends, family and favorites places and hello…

When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He’s perfect, except . . .

Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather…

Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) and Brian Stelfreeze (ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Black Super Hero – 2016)

Description:  A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME) takes the helm, confronting T’Challa with a dramatic upheaval in…

Jerry Craft (A) 

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – 7th Grade / New School – 2019)

Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature!

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school…

Deborah Day (A)

List Price: $12.95 (Paperback – Curriculum / Health, Culture and Life Skills – 2004)

The Mindful Messages Mentoring Program is an innovative Africentric Health Education, Culture and Life Skills Curriculum for youth ages 11-18. Its perfect for Home Scholars, Rites of Passage, After School and Church Youth…

Amanda Gorman (A)

List Price: $15.99 (Hardcover – Presidential Inaugural Poem – 2021)

Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition.

“Stunning.” —CNN 
“Dynamic.” —NPR
“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue

On January 20, 2021, Amanda…

Pusch Commey (A) and Innocent Dembetembe (ILT)

List Price:  $19.99 (Paperback – African Kings and Queens – 2014)

Volume one of 100 GREAT AFRICAN KINGS AND QUEENS chronicle the amazing exploits of 10 extraordinary monarchs of the African continent. Spanning over…

Steve Sheinkin (A)

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Social Justice / Military / Mutiny – 2014)

An astonishing Civil Rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300…

Ben Philippe (A)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – New Friendship / Fiction – 2020)

From the award-winning author of The Field Guide to the North American Teenager comes a whip-smart and layered romantic comedy. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han. 

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just…

One of the most decorated and celebrated women’s basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring journey to teach readers how to live bravely, unapologetically, and with purpose.

“Candace Parker has been a trailblazer on and off the court, inspiring us all with her resilience,…

Kimberly Jones (A) and Gilly Segal (A)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Two Strangers / Chaos – 2019)

“An absolute page turner, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact. “—Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give

Over the course of one night, two…

American Medical Association and Amy B. Middleman (EDIT) and Kate Gruenwald (A)

List Price: $18.00 (Paperback – Teen Self Help / Girls / Puberty / Health – 2006)

Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every girl’s life. It?s even more important to…

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (A)

List Price: $12.99 (Paperback- Fantasy / Futuristic Africa / Albino Heroine – 2011)

Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she’s albino. She’s a terrific athlete, but can’t go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be…

Joel Christian (A and ILT) Henry Louis Gates (FRWD)

List Price: $23.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel –  True Stories – 2014)

Strange Fruit Volume I is a collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the nine illustrated chapters chronicles…

Renee Watson (A)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Teen/Choices / Opportunities – 2017)

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller”Timely and timeless.” –Jacqueline Woodson”Important and deeply moving.” –John Green Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often…

Samhita Arni (A) and Mona Chirakar (ILT) 

List Price: $24.95  (Hardcover –  India / Graphic Novel / War /  A  Woman’s Opinion -2011)

The Ramayana is an epic poem by the Hindu sage Valmiki, written in ancient Sanskrit sometime after 300 BC. It is an allegorical story that contains important Hindu teachings, and it…

Jason Alexander (A) and Ibrahm X. Kendi (A) 

A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism–and antiracism–in America

This is NOT a history book.
This…

Everyone knows The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E ) are six-time Tag Team Champions – including the longest reign in WWE history – but now, for the first time, discover the true origins of this unforgettable trio.

IT’S THE NEW DAY GRAPHIC NOVEL, YES IT IS!

WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston,…

Kevin Powell (A) Hill Harper (Foreward)

List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Self Help / Mentoring / Man to Man Conversations – 2008)

The Black Male Handbook is a collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning. Kevin Powell taps into the social and political climate rising in the Black community,…

Gregory Walker (A) 

List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Ancient Egyptian History / Queen Mother Nefertari –  2014)

In world history there has never been a national hero celebrated for as long nor revered as much as Ancient Egypt’s Queen Mother Ahmesh Nefertari. She was a real African heroine who changed the course of…

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, Liam, and all the characters that fans first met in New Kid, winner of the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Award!

In this…

Bryan Stevenson (A)

List Price: $10.99 (Racism  and Social Justice -2019)

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy–now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature!

In this very personal work–adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New…

Na’im Akbar (A)

List Price: $14.00 (Paperback – Black Manhood – 1991)

Visions For BlackMen raises issues which are not only important to black men but to all of us. How do we restore African manhood to those whom the society has not viewed as the chosen people? Discover the startling prediction of…

Zakiya Dalila Harris (A)

List Price: $27.00 (Hardcover – Adult Fiction – 2021) 

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Good Morning America, Esquire, and Read with Marie ClaireBook Club Pick and a People Best Book of Summer

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Time, TheWashington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Marie…

Justin Simien (A) and Ian O’ Phelan (ILT)

List Price: $18.99  (Hardcover – Race Relations / Life On A White College Campus – 2014)

“A Guide to Inter-Racial Harmony in Post-Racial America”

In the satirical tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book to the…

Wade and Cheryl Hudson and Various Amazing Authors, Illustrators and Poets

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Anthology of Poetic Advice to Children – 2018)

Fifty of the foremost diverse children’s authors and illustrators–including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander–share answers to the question, “In this divisive world, what shall we tell our…

Hill Harper (A)

List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Mentoring / Boys / Guidance and Life Skills – 2007)

Offering inspirational advice in a down-to-earth style, this unique compilation of letters provides wisdom, guidance, and heartfelt insight to help the reader chart their own path to success.

Based on the author…

Ta-Nehisi Coates (A), Brian Stelfreeze (ILT) and Chris Sprouse (ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Black Super Hero – 2017)

The full truth of the People’s revolution – and the power players supporting it – has been revealed! Now, T’Challa must fight like never before for the fate of his…

Carter G. Woodson (A)

List Price: $9.95 (Paperback – Denounces Eurocentric Education / Supports Black Studies – First Pub. 1933)

The Mis-Education of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever written. Carter G. Woodson shows us the weakness of Euro-centric based curriculums that fail to include African American…

Langston Hughes (A)

List Price:$11.99 (Paperback – Poetry / Harlem Renaissance – 1996)

Illustrated in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney’s scratchboard art on every…

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that…

John Lewis (A), Andrew Aydin (A) and Nate Powell (ILT)

List Price: $19.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Biography / African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2015) 

Don’t miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One!

“With March, Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of some…

Uzodinma Iweala (A)

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Africa  / Guerilla Fighting Boys – 2006) 

The harrowing, utterly original debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala about the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country—now a critically-acclaimed Netflix original film directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and starring Idris Elba (Mandela, The…

Mary Buffett (A) and Sean Seah (A)

List Price: $17.00 (Paperback – Business / Investing – 2019)

A clear, simple, and complete guide for beginning investors from bestselling author Mary Buffett and Sean Seah that explains Warren Buffett’s techniques of Value Investing and his proven strategies to ensure long-term success.

For twelve…

Keela Magoon (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Activism / Choices / Decision Making – 2013)

What means more, shared values or shared blood? Maxie’s choice changes everything in this acclaimed companion to The Rock and the River.

Bad things happen in the heat, they say.

Maxie knows all about how fire…

Wes Moore (A)

List Price: $12.99 (Paperback – Biography / Parallels Two Lives / Same Name – 2013)

For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes…

Herb Boyd (A) and Shey Wolvek Pfister (ILT)

List Price: $14.95. (Paperback – Graphic Novel / African History – 2007)

African History For Beginners explores the rich history of this continent of contrasts. Discover the glory of the Pharaohs and Towers of Zimbabwe, the cosmology of the Yoruba, the courage of the Masai…