Durango Street Frank Bonham
Dying Ground Nichelle Tramble
Getting It Alex Sanchez
Haters Alisa Valdes Rodriguez
Jubilee Journey Carolyn Meyer
Neecey’s Lullaby by Cris Burks
Not so the Drama Paula Chase Hyman
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Z.Z. Packer
Fortunate Son Walter Mosley
Kyra and Jason Dana Davidson
Emako Blue Brenda Woods
Romiette and Julio; Battle of Jericho; Copper Sun Sharon Draper
Who am I without him? Sharon Flake
Lucy the Giant Sherri Smith (this is an interesting book to have an African American author!)
New Boy Julian Houston
The Year the Gypsies Came Linzi Glass
The dear one; house you pass on the way; Lena; I hadn’t meant to tell you this; From the notebooks of melanin sun; Miracle’s boys; If you come softly; Behind you; Hush; Looking for Red Jacqueline Woodsen
The first part last; Bird Angela Johnson
Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes
I Know why the caged bird sings Maya Angelou
Rattlebone Maxine Clair
Dancer: Everybody has a dream Lorri Hewett
A Summer of Kings Han Nolan
Beautful Dreamer Christopher Bigsby
Harlem Hustle; Brother Hood Janet McDonald
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
Spellbound; Chill Wind; Project Girl Janet McDonald
Push by Sapphire (ALA recommended for college bound students)
Upstate Kalisha Buckhanno
When Kambia Elaine flew in from Neptune; Shayla’s double brown baby blues Lori Aurelia Williams
Like sisters on the homefront; Everytime a rainbow dies Rita Williams-Garcia
Hazelwood High Trilogy: Forged by Fire; Tears of a Tiger; Darkness Before Dawn; Sharon Draper
Imani All Mine Connie Porter
Black and White Paul Volponi
Bliss; More like wrestling Danyel Smith
Imani in Never can say goodbye; Imani in young love and deception; Jackie Hardrick
Bluford Series by Paul Langan and Anne Schraff
Teenage BluezA collection of Life Changing Stories
Autobiography of my dead brother; Monster; Fallen angels Walter Dean Myers
Payton Skky Series by Stephanie Perry-Moore
Platinum Teen Series by KaShamba Williams (self published)
Hip-Hop high school; The hoopster Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Cry me a river; Satisfied with nothing; its all about the moon when the sun ain’t shinin Ernest Hill
SCI FI/Fantasy
Cupid A Tale of Love and Desire by Julius Lester
Black Powder By Statin Rabin
The Golden Hour; The Hour of the Cobra Maiya Williams
Honey Bea Kim Siegelson
Brown Girl in the Ring; Midnight Robber; Nalo Hopkinson
47 by Walter Mosley
CHRISTIAN
Born in Sin Evelyn Coleman
Simply Divine Jacqelin Thomas
Blessings in Disguise ReShonda Tate Bilingsly
WORLD
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda J.P. Stassen
Tropical Fish Doreen Baingana
Chandra’s Secret Allen Stratton
Tsotsi Athol Fugard
Lavina: The Saga of an African princess Wright, Author
Purple Hibiscus Ngozi Chimananda
Over a Thousand Hills I walk with you Hanna Jansen and Elizabeth D. Crawford
They Poured fire on us from the sky: the true story of three lost boys from Sudan Alphonsion Deng; Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak, Judy Bernstein
Behind the Mountains Edwidge Danticat
Dark Child Camara Laye
NON-FICTION
What I Know is Me; Black Girls Write about Their World Christen Satchell, Natasha Tarpley
What I Know for Sure Tavis Smiley
Chicken Soup for the African American Soul
We Beat the Street: How Friendship Pact Led to Success Sampson Davis, George Jenkins; Sharon Draper
Facing the Lion Joseph Lemasoliai Lekuton
Makes me wanna holler Nathan MCall
Letters to a young brother: manifest your destiny Harper Hill
House on childress street Kenji Jasper
A Wreath for Emmet Till Marilyn Nelson, Philippe Lardy
GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMICS
Birth of a Nation
Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?
Black Panther/X Men: Wild Kingdom
Black Panther: Bad Mutha
Black Panther: The Bride
Storm By Eric Jerome Dickey
Static Shock: Trial By Fire by Dwayne McDuffie et al
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome by Dwayne McDuffie et al
The Truth: Red, White and Black by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker
Cage by Brian Azzerello et al
Blade Series by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
2007 READS
CHRISTIAN
Prime Choice Stephanie Moore Perry
Blessing in disguise RoShonda Tate Billingsley
With friends like these RoShonda Tate Billingsley
Nothing but the drama RoShonda Tate Billingsley
Golden Spirit Stephanie Perry Moore
Living Consequences Brittany Holmes
Carmen Browne Series by Stephanie Perry Moore
Laurel Shadrach Series by Stephanie Perry Moore
FICTION
Time’s memory Julius Lester
Marked by fire Joyce Carol Thomas
Hallway Diaries: How to be down/double act/the summer she learned to dance Felicia Pride
Pushing Pause Celeste Norfleet
Getting Hooked Nyomi Scott
Off Color Janet McDonald
Trouble Follows Monica McKayhan
Frenemies L. Divine
Don’t get it twisted: a del rio bay clique novel Paula Chase-Hyman
Like this and like that (Boy Shopping) Nia StephensFast Life Cassandra Carter
First Semester Cecil Cross II
Homboyz Alan Sitomer
Whole sky full of stars Rene Jr. Saldana
Someone like summer M.E. Kerr
Floating: A Novel Nicole Bailey Williams
Baby Girl Lenora Adams
Sofi Mendoza’s guide to getting lost in Mexico Malin Alegria
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie
Fast Life Cassandra Carter
Moccasin Thunder Lori Carlson
Summer of Delores Wanda Richards
Music of the Mill Luis Rodriguez
A Place to Stand Jimmy Santiago Baca
Prime Choice: Perry Skyye Jr Series Stephanie Perry Moore
Like This and Like That Nia Stephens
Boy Shopping Nia Stephens
Keysha’s Drama Earl Sewell
Spin It Like That Chandra Sparks Taylor
First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover Mitali Perkins
Chasing the Jaguar Michel Dominguez Green
Can’t Stop the Shine Joyce Davis
It Chicks Tia Williams
Making of Dr. Truelove by Derrick Barnes
Letters to my mother Teresa Cárdenas
The Edification of Sonya Crane JDGuilford
Indigo Summer Monica McKayhan
Any Small Goodness: A novel of the Barrio Johnston, Tony
Sister Chicas Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal and Jane Alberdeston Coralin
Freshman Focus Carla Sarratt
Behind the Eyes Francisco Stork
Jesse Gary Soto
Honey Blonde Chicas Michele Serros
Goal! The dream begins Robet Rigby
Adios to my old life Caridad Ferrer
The first sandcastle M.E.Delgado
HISTORY
Legacy: Treasures of Black History ed by thomas Battle and Donna Wells
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement by Ann Bausum
The face of Pancho Villa: A history in pictures and words Friedrich Katz
SHORT STORIES
Teenage Bluez Marketa Salley
NON FICTION
Fnding Oprah’s roots finding your own Henry Louis Gates
GRAPHIC NOVELSLa Pipa de Marcos
BIOGRAPHY
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