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African American Heritage Middle Grade – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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African American Heritage Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about african american heritage for children.

36 books

Cover of This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

These twenty essential lessons provide the vocabulary and tools needed to understand true history, confront injustice, a

Cover of This Is My America

This Is My America

With her father on death row and her brother now a fugitive, Tracy Beaumont fights to uncover the racist secrets of her

Cover of Fast Pitch

Shenice Lockwood is determined to lead her softball team to victory, but a family secret about an old crime threatens to

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Freedom Fire #2

Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest

Kwame Mbalia

Jax Freeman journeys into the spirit realm to rescue a friend and face the Wraith Queen in an epic magical battle for hi

Ages 8–12

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Nic Blake and the Remarkables #2

The Book of Anansi

Nic Blake must track down a legendary artifact to save her family while grappling with a terrifying prophecy and a power

Cover of Black Star

The Door of No Return #2

Kwame Alexander

Charley dreams of being a professional pitcher in the 1920s South. To find her way, she must uncover family secrets and

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The Buxton Trilogy #2

The Madman of Piney Woods

Christopher Paul Curtis

Two boys playing in the woods of Ontario stumble upon the deep, hidden scars left behind by the American Civil War and t

Cover of The Parker Inheritance

The Parker Inheritance

A mysterious letter found in an old attic sends Candice and Brandon on a hunt for hidden treasure to clear her grandmoth

Cover of Will's Race for Home

Will's Race for Home

Jewell Parker Rhodes

In 1889, Will and his father race from Texas to Oklahoma, braving bandits and rough terrain to finally claim a piece of

Cover of Miles Morales

Miles Morales #1

Suspended from school and questioning his identity, Miles Morales must save his neighborhood when he uncovers a plot tha

Cover of Ashes

Seeds of America #3

Laurie Halse Anderson

Isabel and Curzon risk everything to march through a war-torn landscape in a desperate search for a sister enslaved in t

Cover of The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

A family trip from Michigan to Alabama in the summer of 1963 changes the Watsons forever as they face the realities of t

Cover of Autumn Street

With her father away at war, Elizabeth moves to her grandfather's home and begins to see the complicated, sometimes hars

Cover of Blood in the Water

Blood in the Water

Tiffany D. Jackson

A summer on Martha’s Vineyard turns from ice cream and beaches to a chilling murder mystery when a local teen’s death ex

Cover of Becoming Muhammad Ali

Becoming Muhammad Ali

James Patterson, Kwame Alexander

Cassius Clay was just a kid in Louisville facing school struggles and racism before a stolen bike led him to the boxing

Cover of Tristan Strong Keeps Punching

Tristan Strong #3

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching

At a family reunion in New Orleans, Tristan Strong must confront a mysterious girl and an old enemy to save his magic ce

Cover of Behind You

If You Come Softly #2

Jacqueline Woodson

Miah watches from beyond as his mother, his friends, and his girlfriend Ellie struggle to find a way forward after his t

Cover of Blended

Sharon M. Draper

Between two homes and two heritages, eleven-year-old Isabella searches for her identity as family changes and racial ten

Cover of Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

From the South Side of Chicago to the White House, Michelle Obama shares her journey of balancing motherhood, work, and

Cover of My Name is Not Angelica

My Name is Not Angelica

A young Senegalese girl is brought to the Caribbean in 1733, where she must find the strength to join a historic slave r

Cover of Finish the Fight!

Finish the Fight!

Veronica Chambers, Jennifer Schuessler, Amisha Padnani, Jennifer Harlan, Sandra E. Garcia, Vivian Wang

Diverse heroines come to the forefront in these true stories of the women who fought for the 19th Amendment and reshaped

Cover of Clean Getaway

This book, is a great book. I feel like all children from grade 3-9 should read this book because it talks about the pas

Cover of Lincoln: A Photobiography

Lincoln: A Photobiography

Russell Freedman

Trace the life of the Civil War president through powerful photographs and stories that follow his path from a log cabin

Cover of The Door of No Return

The Door of No Return #1

The Door of No Return

Kwame Alexander

An Asante boy’s life is forever changed when he is stolen from his nineteenth-century village in this powerful story tol

More Formats for African American Heritage

Chapter Books(792)Young Adult(99)Poetry(52)Picture Books(32)Graphic Novels(31)Early Readers(7)

African American Heritage by Age Group

African American Heritage Books for Ages 0–3(96)African American Heritage Books for Ages 12–18(1233)African American Heritage Books for Ages 4–7(1019)African American Heritage Books for Ages 8–11(1810)