Novels for Middle School:

Bronx Masquerade (narrative and poetry)

Monster

If I Grow Up

A Teacup Full of Roses

The Bluford Series (realistic fiction)

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (historical fiction)

Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers

Pedagogical Resources:

The Dreamkeepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings

How We Learn by Benedict Carey

The Power of Our Words by Paula Denton

Educating Black Boys by Ronnie Hopkins

Winning back our Boys by Chris Cannon

Much more to come!