Literature About People of Color
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Brown Girl Dreaming Author: Jacqueline Woodson Published: 2015 Awards: National Book Award, Newberry Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Award Summary: Jacqueline Woodson shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960's and 1970's. Written in verse and dedicated to remembering all the relatives in her life. |
One Crazy Summer
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia Published: December 27, 2011 Awards: 2010 National Book Award Finalist, 2011 Newberry Honor Book, 2011 Coretta Scott King Award, 2011 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Summary: Three sisters travel to spend the summer with the mother who abandoned them. Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. When they arrived they discover that Cecile is nothing like them. The girls had brought money with them to spend at Disneyland, but they soon discover they won't be going. During this Crazy Summer they learn a lot about their family, their country, and themselves. |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor Published: Awards: Newberry Medal 1977 Summary: Set in Mississippi in the 1930's the Logan family facing many struggles to exist. Growing up as an African American was challenging as much so as the Great Depression. Ninth Ward
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Published: 2012 Awards: August 16, 2010 Summary: Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in New Orleanes’ Ninth Ward. Lanesha's mother died during childbirth and was then lived with her caretaker Mama Ya-Ya. Mam Ya-Ya is a wise old woman who also is able to predict the future. So when Mama Ya-Ya’s visions show a powerful hurricane–Katrina–fast approaching, Mama Ya-Ya and Lanesha prepare for the storm of a lifetime. |