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Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • 1973 • 76 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • 2013 • 21 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • 2020 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

176 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

fiction health middle grade sports emotional slow-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race

Beverly Daniel Tatum

464 pages • 1997 • 18 editions

nonfiction education psychology race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

384 pages • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

240 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction art race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

256 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

Margarita Engle

48 pages • 2015 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography childrens music emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review
A Gift from Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz

A Gift from Abuela

Cecilia Ruiz

38 pages • 2018 • 3 editions

fiction childrens emotional lighthearted slow-paced
5.0 libraryal...'s review