Teens & Young Adult - Black Reads

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts is a searing and defiant young adult novel in verse about reclaimin...

Three manuscripts in one book: African History for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the History of Africa Ancient Africa for Kids: A Captivating Guide...

A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut abou...

What does a boy do when he has to spend his summers on a dry, windy farm, living in a house with no water or electricity? No TV, no radio, no telep...

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name in this psychological th...

1807: KWAME, KWAKU, AND BAAKO live in the most powerful kingdom in West Africa. Kwame is the son of a chief. Kwaku is the likely successor to the c...

Skipping Stones 2022 Honors Award Winner!A deep dive into the period after the Civil War, when the country struggled to both heal and find a way fo...

How does a young slave girl become free? How does she survive kidnapping and violent attacks? How does she become the chief adviser to a great rule...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE POWER TO REWRITE HISTORY FALLS INTO EVERYONE'S HANDS?A new Egyptian god has dawned. Pharaoh Neenho's sixteenth birthday brin...

Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a gripping look at what it takes (and takes and takes) fo...

Debut YA poetry and essays about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for f...

In this epic conclusion to her New York Times bestselling series, Ayana Gray delivers a heart-pounding fantasy adventure filled with mythos, monste...

THE GODS OF EGYPT HAVE MET THEIR MATCH... OR HAVE THEY CREATED IT?Pharaoh Zarhmel is at odds with the princess, while Neenho finds himself trying t...

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. ...