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MG/YA – Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

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Jewell, Tiffany. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School. 2024, 978-0-358-63831-5. $17.69. 272 p. Grades 8-12.

This title discusses the experiences that Black and Brown students face that are in correlation to the racism that is woven into the educational systems. This narrative nonfiction chronicles different lessons that author and contributors experience as young as preschool and through college. 

THOUGHTS: This book forced me to think more critically about the systems we have in place that are harmful to our Black and Brown students. This would be a phenomenal choice for a faculty book club as it is eye-opening and opens the door to rich discussions.

305.8 Ethnic and National Groups

MG – Heroes

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Gratz, Alan. Heroes. Scholastic Press, 2024. 978-1-338-73607-6. $14.30. 272 p. Grades 5-8.

Frank and Stanley are living the dream being able to live at Pearl Harbor. They can sit outside under the beautiful sun while they sketch their comics. But everything changes on December 7, 1941, when they are out touring a battleship and suddenly there are Japanese planes flying overhead continuously dropping bombs on the Harbor. The boys fight to make it to shore where they are safer, but when they get to shore it is not just the bombs and torpedoes they have to be concerned about.

THOUGHTS: Alan Gratz books are always an auto-buy for me and my middle school library, and Heroes is no exception. It really helps readers put themselves into the events of Pearl Harbor and delicately and authentically touches on the racial discrimination that happened after Pearl Harbor was bombed.

Historical Fiction