YA Books for BLM Movement

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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,332 ratings
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On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,745 ratings
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Monday's Not Coming
Monday's Not Coming 4.25 avg rating — 72,577 ratings
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,856 ratings
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,833 ratings
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Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 32,630 ratings
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 20,485 ratings
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Stella by Starlight
Stella by Starlight 4.10 avg rating — 15,252 ratings
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Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating — 65,343 ratings
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A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,846 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,786 ratings
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A Long Walk to Water
A Long Walk to Water 4.25 avg rating — 99,538 ratings
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice 4.48 avg rating — 7,485 ratings
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,870 ratings
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March: Book Two (March, #2)
March: Book Two (March, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 28,882 ratings
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Pet (Pet, #1)
Pet (Pet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
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March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,409 ratings
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Pride
Pride
by: Ibi Zoboi
3.74 avg rating — 29,337 ratings
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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.39 avg rating — 8,943 ratings
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Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Brother, Black Brother 4.17 avg rating — 7,679 ratings
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Miles Morales: Spider-Man 3.89 avg rating — 8,224 ratings
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Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 3.72 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.80 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
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Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
by: J. Moon
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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This Is My America
This Is My America 4.44 avg rating — 9,424 ratings
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Clean Getaway
Clean Getaway
by: Nic Stone
3.97 avg rating — 7,931 ratings
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Tyler Johnson Was Here
Tyler Johnson Was Here
by: Jay Coles
3.87 avg rating — 5,537 ratings
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Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,469 ratings
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On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,745 ratings
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Opposite of Always
Opposite of Always 3.64 avg rating — 27,377 ratings
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American Street
American Street
by: Ibi Zoboi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,857 ratings
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The Day Tajon Got Shot
The Day Tajon Got Shot
by: T'Asia
4.27 avg rating — 191 ratings
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
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All American Boys
All American Boys 4.29 avg rating — 49,112 ratings
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Mother of the Sea
Mother of the Sea 4.20 avg rating — 256 ratings
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Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm, #1)
Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 2,331 ratings
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With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High 4.17 avg rating — 88,723 ratings
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,513 ratings
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Elijah of Buxton
Elijah of Buxton 3.96 avg rating — 14,175 ratings
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A River of Royal Blood (A River of Royal Blood, #1)
A River of Royal Blood (A River of Royal Blood, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,440 ratings
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The Black God's Drums
The Black God's Drums really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,308 ratings
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,565 ratings
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Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 3.79 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
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A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 4.03 avg rating — 5,281 ratings
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The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating — 138,752 ratings
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 3.94 avg rating — 5,281 ratings
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Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating — 132,967 ratings
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Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 3.97 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
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The Boy in the Black Suit
The Boy in the Black Suit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,817 ratings
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Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl 3.88 avg rating — 1,378 ratings
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For Every One
For Every One 4.29 avg rating — 14,138 ratings
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With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 4.15 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks 3.93 avg rating — 19,032 ratings
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The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871
The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871 3.72 avg rating — 366 ratings
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When I Was the Greatest
When I Was the Greatest 4.01 avg rating — 7,351 ratings
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The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro leagues
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro leagues 3.63 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.13 avg rating — 6,646 ratings
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March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine 4.26 avg rating — 784 ratings
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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating — 84,058 ratings
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Black Panther: The Young Prince
Black Panther: The Young Prince 3.86 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
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Odd One Out
Odd One Out
by: Nic Stone
3.67 avg rating — 6,294 ratings
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Nubia: Real One
Nubia: Real One 4.33 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
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Jackpot
Jackpot
by: Nic Stone
3.98 avg rating — 6,525 ratings
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The Chaos
The Chaos 3.13 avg rating — 657 ratings
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The Belles (The Belles, #1)
The Belles (The Belles, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 25,072 ratings
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Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
by: Nic Stone
4.39 avg rating — 18,903 ratings
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Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,515 ratings
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Shuri (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel, #1)
Shuri (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel, #1)
by: Nic Stone
3.87 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
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Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1)
Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1) 3.95 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those With Courage
Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those With Courage 4.06 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
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One of the Good Ones
One of the Good Ones 4.13 avg rating — 4,665 ratings
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Represent! (2020-) #1: It's a Bird
Represent! (2020-) #1: It's a Bird 4.48 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Hope Nation
Hope Nation 4.14 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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Kneel
Kneel 4.13 avg rating — 713 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,892 ratings
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The Land (Logans, #1)
The Land (Logans, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 7,534 ratings
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5)
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5) 4.22 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
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The Road to Memphis (Logans, #6)
The Road to Memphis (Logans, #6) 4.24 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
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Song of the Trees (Logans, #3)
Song of the Trees (Logans, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 2,400 ratings
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Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,193 ratings
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Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,194 ratings
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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 4.39 avg rating — 7,349 ratings
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For Black Girls Like Me
For Black Girls Like Me 4.27 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,146 ratings
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How It Went Down
How It Went Down 3.95 avg rating — 7,523 ratings
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Light It Up
Light It Up 4.15 avg rating — 850 ratings
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Piecing Me Together
Piecing Me Together 4.08 avg rating — 26,711 ratings
88.
Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Let Me Hear a Rhyme 4.13 avg rating — 6,599 ratings
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Allegedly
Allegedly 4.04 avg rating — 70,757 ratings
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Grown
Grown 4.24 avg rating — 38,803 ratings
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The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus 4.10 avg rating — 42,523 ratings
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The Crossover
The Crossover 4.22 avg rating — 68,004 ratings
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Booked (The Crossover, #2)
Booked (The Crossover, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 19,519 ratings
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Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)
Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5) 4.30 avg rating — 13,867 ratings
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Solo
Solo 3.93 avg rating — 13,520 ratings
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Swing
Swing 3.90 avg rating — 6,965 ratings
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The Undefeated
The Undefeated 4.63 avg rating — 7,179 ratings
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Early Departures
Early Departures 3.86 avg rating — 3,441 ratings
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History 4.58 avg rating — 4,157 ratings
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Little Leaders: Brave Men in Black History
Little Leaders: Brave Men in Black History 4.63 avg rating — 795 ratings
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