Done with 'To Kill a Mockingbird'? Read These 8 Books Next

by NCTE & SLJ Reviews
May 10, 2022 | Filed in News & Features

Lee’s classic is perhaps one of the most widely read, lauded, and taught American novels. Refresh the curriculum with these complex depictions of anti-Black racism and the ongoing fight for justice. 


Lee’s classic is perhaps one of the most widely read, lauded, and taught American novels. Refresh the curriculum with these complex depictions of anti-Black racism and the ongoing fight for justice. 

Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. ISBN 9780062498533.

Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys. S. & S./Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy. ISBN 9781481463331.

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Stone, Nic. Dear Martin. Crown. ISBN 9781101939499. 

Dyson, Michael Eric and Marc Favreau. Unequal: A Story of America. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780759557017.

Fleming, Crystal Marie. Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy. Holt. ISBN 9781250226389.

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Martin, Erica. And We Rise. Viking. ISBN 9780593352526. 

Taylor, Mildred D. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come. Viking. ISBN 9780399257308. 

Corthron, Kara Lee. Daughters of Jubilation. S. & S./Simon Pulse. ISBN 9781481459501.

 

 

 

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