The library has been receiving emails asking for antiracist book titles and we are here to help. Many of the inquiries focused on wanting to find titles for our middle grade readers, readers between the ages 9-12. There are so many resources currently available highlighting great titles. Librarians, activists, journalists, publishers and teachers have created reading lists on antiracist graphic novels, in addition to lists that include antiracist picture books to YA novels.
Our library is home to many amazing antiracist titles. Below is a list of antiracist middle grade books that can be found at Rockport! With curbside pick-up beginning shortly we suggest you put some of these titles on hold!
The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson
The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller. When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, who le
Read More View in CatalogTristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything bu
Read More View in CatalogThe Only Black Girls in Town
Brandy Colbert
Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past. Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black gir
Read More View in CatalogStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why
Read More View in CatalogMonster
Walter Dean Myers, Guy A. Sima
Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery. As Steve acclimates to juvenile detention and goes to trial, he envisions the ordeal as a movie.
View in CatalogAll American Boys
Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
In an unforgettable new novel from award-winning authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the count
Read More View in CatalogResist
Veronica Chambers
A perfect tool for young readers as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow, Veronica Chambers’s inspiring collection of profiles—along with Senator Cory Booker’s stirring foreword—will inspire readers of all ages to stand up for what’s righ
Read More View in CatalogMarch: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoo
Read More View in CatalogNew Kid
Jerry Craft
Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school
Read More View in CatalogBetty Before X
Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson
The fictionalized biography of Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X's wife) as a young girl in post-WWII Detroit, as written by her daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, with Renée Watson.
View in CatalogA Good Kind of Trouble
Lisa Moore Ramée
From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason
Read More View in CatalogStella by Starlight
Sharon M. Draper
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
View in CatalogBlended
Sharon M. Draper
Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper. Eleven-year-old Isabell
Read More View in Catalog