Books with an African-American Emphasis
Title Author RL Loc Genre Additonal Info
When I am Old with You Johnson, Angel 2.2


The Patchwork Quilt Flournoy, Valerie 2.8 E Contemporary Family life
Storm in the Night Stolz, Mary 2.9 E Contemporary Boy and Grandfather talk while a storm rages
Julian, Dream Doctor Cameron, Ann 2.9
Contemporary Sequel to The Stories Julian Tells
The Drinking Gourd Monjo, F. N. 3.0 ER Historical The Underground RR
Smoky Night # Bunting, Eve 3.0 E Historical LA Riots after Rodney King Incident
Finding Buck McHenry Slote, Alfred 3.5 F Contemporary Baseball, Negro League History
Wilma Unlimited Krull, Kathleen 3.5 92 R Biography Story of Olympic Champion Wilma Rudolph's life
Amazing Grace Hoffman, Mary 3.6 E Contemporary Grace longs to play Peter Pan
Salt in His Shoes Jordan, Delores 3.6 92 J Biography Biography of basketball great Michael Jordan
Mirandy and Brother Wind McKissack, Patricia 3.6 E Folk/Fairy Tale
Uncle Jed's Barbershop Mitchell, Margaree 3.8 E Historical Great Depression story of persistance
John Henry ## Lester, Julius 4.0 E Tall Tale Story of the Steel-driving man
Who Owns the Sun? Chobosky, Stacy 4.1 E Historical Slavery
Raising Dragons Nolen, Jerdine 4.2 E Fantasy Young girl raises dragons
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters # Steptoe, John 4.3 E Folk/Fairy Tale An African retelling of the Cinderella story
Jackie and Me Gutman, Dan 4.3 F Fantasy Time travel to meet Jackie Robinson
A Band of Angels Hopkinson, Deborah 4.4 E Historical The Story of the Fisk Uni. Singers
The Story of Ruby Bridges Coles, Robert 4.4 92 B Biography Broke color barrier in New Orleans school
Scooter Williams, Vera 4.5 F Contemporary NYC housing projectS
Big Jabe Nolen, Jerdine 4.5 E Tall Tale
The Road to Memphis Taylor, Mildred 4.5 F Historical Great Depression era Mississippi
Holes * Sachar, Louis 4.6 F Contemporary Interracial friendship
Molly Bannaky McGill, Alice 4.8 92 B Biography Biography of Benjamin Banneker's great grandmother
Jackie Robinson Sabin, Francene 4.8 92 R Biography Baseball great who broke color barrier in MLB
Yolanda's Genius ** Fenner, Carol 4.8 F Contemporary Yolanda helps everyone see her brother's talent
Starring Grace Hoffman, Mary 4.8 F Contemporary Sequel to Amazing Grace and Boundless Grace
Brown Angels Myers, Walter Dean 4.8


Duke Ellington ## Pickney, Andrea 5.0 92 E Biography Jazz Music Legend
Timothy of the Cay Taylor, Theodore 5.0 F Historical Prequel/Sequel to The Cay
The Land Taylor, Mildred 5.0 F Historical Great Depression -- Mississippi
A Girl Named Disaster ** Farmer, Nancy 5.1 F Contemporary African Adventure
Zeely Hamilton, Virginia 5.2 F

Only Passing Through Rockwell, Anne 5.2 92 T Biography Sojourner Truth, Abolitionist and Women's Rights
Maniac Magee * Spinelli, Jerry 5.4 F Contemporary Racial Relations in one town
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Hamilton, Virginia 5.5 F

Bud, Not Buddy * Curtis, Christopher 5.9 F Historical Great Depression, Michigan
Amos Fortune, Free Man * Yates, Elizabeth 6.0 F Historical Slavery to Freedom
The House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 6.0 F

Phillip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Greene, Bette 6.0 F

My Brother Sam is Dead ** Collier, James 6.2 F Historical Revolutionary War
The Planet of Junior Brown Hamilton, Virginia 6.3 F Contemporary Homelessness in New York CityS
Vision of Beauty Lasky, Kathryn 6.3 92 W Biography Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
M.C. Higgins the Great Hamilton, Virginia 6.7 F

The Cay Taylor, Theodore 6.7 F Historical Boy and Man are stranded on island during WWII
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred 6.8 F Historical Great Depression era Mississippi
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry * Taylor, Mildred 7.1 F Historical Great Depression era Mississippi
I, Juan de Pareja * de Trevino, Elizabeth 7.9 F Historical Slave to Velasquez longs to paint