Something to Say

MapMaker

Geography Club

Diary of a Witness

The True Meaning of Cleavage

While I Was Away

Becoming Beatriz

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)

But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what?

Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum.

Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real.

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Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée, 2020

MapMaker

Lisa Moore Ramée, 2022

Geography Club

Brent Hartinger, 2003

Diary of a Witness

Catherine Ryan Hyde, 2009

The True Meaning of Cleavage

Mariah Fredericks, 2003

While I Was Away

Waka T. Brown, 2021

Becoming Beatriz

Tami Charles, 2019

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

Christina Salinas Castillo, 2023