This is not a black story, This is my story. This is the American story.
How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden.
"Mom will never say yes"
Superstar by Mandy Davis.
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina.
There is a green backpack picture on the cover
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
The author wrote" as brave as you".
GHOST by Jason Reynolds.
The novel got the CORETTA SCOTT KING award.
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
"If it can happen in Monopoly, it can happen in life!"
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
This author first wrote the story in Summer 2015
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
The book has pictures of palm trees.
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina.
This book has a bonus downloadable audio version read by the author.
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander- Kadir Nelson
Front Desk by Kelly Yang mentioned under Discussion Guide
"Can you at least try to be happy for me?"
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner Page 118
The Author is a psychology major.
Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly.
The book has a picture of a sculpture (boy holding on to an animal)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander- Kadir Nelson
This book has a picture of a green bird.
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner Page 186
Dad helped us build the good kind of fire, the kind where the logs make a square on all sides and you can keep building it.
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon.
"Whether or not this place had what I needed, ten minutes was enough time to figure it out".
Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly. Page 240
The author wrote All American Boys and the Boy in the Black Suit.
GHOST by Jason Reynolds.
The book has a picture of John Lewis.
How to Build a Museum by Tony Bolden.
The authors' mom love of written word is what inspired her/him to start writing in the first place.
Superstar by Mandy Davis.
The book got the Schneider Family Book Award.
Song For A Whale by Lynn Kelly.
"We dug a narrow trench to bury the chicken wire."
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon. page 37
The author received the 2016 Nonfiction Award from the Children's Book of Washington, DC.
Hoe to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden.
The book has a signed banner that says "yes we can!".
How to Build a Museum by Tony Bolden.
One of the reviews on this novel was "A novel that is genuinely funny, heartbreaking, and uplifting-extraordinary, in fact."
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon.