Category Archives: Coretta Scott King Award
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
“Rules and Things Number 29: When You Wake Up and Don’t Know for Sure Where You’re At and There’s a Bunch of People Standing Around You, It’s Best to Pretend You’re Still Asleep Until You Can Figure Out What’s Going … Continue reading
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
“Miss O’Brien looked at me-I didn’t see her looking at me but I knew she was. She wanted to know who I was. Who was Steve Harmon? I wanted to open my shirt and tell her to look into my … Continue reading
Yummy by G. Neri
“I tried to figure out who the real Yummy was. The one who stole my lunch money? Or the one who smiled when I shared my candy with him? I wondered if I grew up like him, would I have … Continue reading
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
“We were up against a force more powerful than white folks and more lethal than a gator king. The color of a person’s skin alone could make one woman worth protecting, while it made another man fit to die.” Before … Continue reading
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