Author: Kim Johnson
Published: 2020 Tracy writes to Innocence X every week asking them to help her dad who is on death row. Her father was convicted of murdering two people, but even though he had an alibi, he was still put in prison and sentenced to death. She uses every opportunity to try to get him out of there, but his execution date is less than a year away and so far Innocence X hasn't written back. One night the police show up at Tracy's house and accuse her brother, Jamal, of murder. One of Tracy's classmates was killed, and she was seeing Jamal behind her boyfriend's back. This classmate had also reached out to Tracy before she died and said she had a story for her that she wanted reported in the newspaper. Tracy believes that her brother is innocent too, but when people hear about a boy whose father is on death row, they automatically assume he's guilty. While she starts digging, she uncovers dark secrets about the people in her town. This is My America was an absolutely amazing book that would pair well with Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
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Author: B.B. Alston
Published: 2021 Amari's older brother Quinton went missing months ago. The police think that he got mixed up into something bad and was killed. Amari, however, believes he is still alive out there somewhere. Amari soon discovers that her brother had nominated her to join a special summer camp at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. It seems that her brother was kind of a celebrity there and went missing while working for the Bureau. Amari decides to attend this summer camp. After all, this is probably the best place for her to go to dig into what Quinton was working on when he went missing. But soon she discovers that she has magic in her blood--she is a magician. All magicians are viewed as evil creatures. Will she be able to stay at the Bureau and figure out what happened to Quinton? Or will she be chased out? Amari and the Night Brothers is a great girl power fantasy for readers looking for a girl power social justice Harry Potter. Author: Candace Buford
Published: 2021 The towns of Monroe and Westmond are right next to each other but they couldn't be more different. Monroe is mostly Black and poor; Westmond is more white and wealthy. Rus and his best friend Marion have dreams of getting a scholarship to play football, and they have a good chance too. A police officer was transferred to Westmond after killing an innocent Black boy. Rus and all the other Black teens are terrified that he is so close to them and that the same thing could easily happen to one of them. During a football game with Westmond, two white boys on the opposing team call Marion the n word and then start a fight with them. The white boys face no consequences, but who do the police arrest? Marion. He is facing charges and is suspended from the team in the meantime. His chance at getting a football scholarship is ruined. Because of all the injustices going on, Rus makes the decision to kneel during the National Anthem at a football game. He faces tons of backlash--the anger of some of his teammates, his coach, his dad. He is worried that he just ruined his future as well. But doing the right thing is not always easy. Kneel is a fantastic story about the Black Lives Matter movement that is extremely important in our society today. |
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