Middle Class Characters in Books on Minorities

 
  • ANOTHER WAY TO DANCE, by Southgate

    • THE EAR, THE EYE AND THE ARM by Farmer
    CROSSING JORDAN by Fogelin
    STARPLACE by Grove
    BUD NOT BUDDY and THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM by Curtis
    HUSH by Woodson
    IGGY'S HOUSE by Blume
    THE COLOR OF WATER: A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER (this is
    an adult book and before you read it to a class, look at it and perhaps
    leave out certain sections)
    I HADN'T MEANT  TO TELL YOU THIS by Woodson
    books by Sharon Draper (some lower middle class characters)
    LOOKING FOR RED by Johnson
    BASKETBALL GAME by Lester
    HEAVEN by Johnson
    BORN IN SIN by Coleman (inner city, single parent, but positive
    characters)
    MAIZON AT BLUE HILL by Woodson
    THE B AD GIRLS by Woodson
    A GIRL NAMED DISASTER by Farmer
    THE FRIENDS by Guy
    YOLANDA'S GENIUS by Fenner
    other books by Hamilton and Tate
    ROAD TO MEMPHIS by Taylor (I think this whole series is great)
    GLORY FIELD by Myers
    THE YOUNG LANDLORDS by Myers

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