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Chapter Books About Experiencing Racism – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Chapter Books About Experiencing Racism

Explore chapter books books about experiencing racism for children.

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Girls Survive #6

Lily and the Great Quake

Separated from her parents during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Lily must guide her brother through

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Beacon Hill Boys

A Japanese American teenager in 1970s Seattle navigates family expectations and his own rising anger while searching for

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M.L.K.: Journey of a King

Archival photographs and historical accounts reveal the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his tireless work

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Making Friends with Billy Wong

Augusta Scattergood

In 1952 Arkansas, Azalea and Billy Wong form an unlikely bond as they navigate a summer of family responsibilities and l

Ages 8–12

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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville

Pat Zietlow Miller

Alta dreams of racing just like her hero Wilma Rudolph, but first she has to find a way to get to the parade in her segr

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Primary Source Explorations

The Little Rock Nine

Letters, photographs, and primary sources bring to life the powerful story of nine students standing at the center of th

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Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

Gary D. Schmidt

Follow the inspiring life of Saint Martín de Porres as he uses faith and perseverance to overcome the hardships of racia

Cover of 47

Life under a brutal master feels hopeless for young 47 until he meets a mysterious runaway named Tall John who leads him

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Matt Christopher Sports Biographies

Jackie Robinson

Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout

Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier to become the first African American player in major league baseball in this ac

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Voices from a small Vermont town reveal the tension and fear that arrive when the Ku Klux Klan begins to infiltrate thei

Cover of Faye and the Dangerous Journey

Girls Survive #17

Faye and the Dangerous Journey

Faye endures a grueling trek during the Ojibwe Removal of 1850, witnessing a devastating chapter of history through the

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The Forgotten Girl

India Hill Brown

Iris awakens a long-forgotten ghost in a segregated cemetery and must solve a historical mystery before she is pulled in

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Down in the Piney Woods

Ethel Footman Smothers

Ten-year-old Annie Rye experiences the daily joys and the complicated frustrations of growing up in a large sharecroppin

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Maretha Maartens

Two different families share one small house, navigating the daily realities and emotional bonds of living in close quar

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Where You Belong

Mary Ann McGuigan

Running away from home in 1963 leads thirteen-year-old Fiona to a black neighborhood in the Bronx, where a forbidden fri

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Dance for the Land

Clemence McLaren

Moving to Hawaii brings new challenges for twelve-year-old Kate, who must navigate prejudice while discovering the true

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Andrea Davis Pinkney

Siblings Summer and Rosco share their perspectives on life and the longing for freedom as the Civil War reaches their Vi

Cover of Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America

Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America

Lived experiences of Black children in America come to life through memories and mementos spanning from the colonial era

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In Tanzania, an Albino boy becomes a hunted outsider in a powerful story of survival, heartbreak, and the ultimate fight

Cover of Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

Ten different voices share honest, funny, and poignant stories about the everyday realities of growing up between cultur

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Stella by Starlight

Sharon M. Draper

After a burning cross sparks fear in her 1932 North Carolina town, Stella finds the courage to stand against prejudice a

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My Australian Story #13

New Gold Mountain

Christopher Cheng

Shu Cheong faces a brutal reality on the 1860s Australian goldfields, where he must endure rising hostility while discov

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Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

After an unfair arrest, Donte decides to challenge the school bully by mastering the art of fencing with the help of a f

Cover of Japanese American Internment

Captured History

Japanese American Internment

During World War II, 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes into camps, sparking a long struggle for ju

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