The Lake Worth Middle School Reading Blog

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

• The Legend of Buddy Bush, by Moses, Sheila P.
• Days of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Lester, Julius
• Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Bolden, Tonya
• Dark Sons, by Grimes, Nikki
• The Road to Paris, by Grimes, Nikki
• Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, by Ben Carson
• Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States, by McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L.
• Locomotion, by Woodson, Jacqueline
• The Battle of Jericho, by Draper, Sharon
• The Red Rose Box, by Woods, Brenda
• The Land, by Taylor, Mildred
• Miracle’s Boys, by Woodson, Jacqueline
• Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, by Francie, Andrea Davis Pinkney, English, Karen
• Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African American Whalers, by McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L.
• Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom, by Myers, Walter Dean
• The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Coretta Scott King
• Forged by Fire, by Draper, Sharon M.
• Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground, by Hansen, Joyce and McGowan, Gary
• I See the Rhythm, by Igus, Toyomi
• The Other Side: Shorter Poems, by Johnson, Angela
• Toning the Sweep, by Johnson, Angela
• Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts, by McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L.
• Soujourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman?, by McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L.
• Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, by Walter, Mildred Pitts
• Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Taylor, Mildred D.
• Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, by Greenfield, Eloise and Little, Lessie Jones
• Andrew Young: Young Man With a Mission, by Haskins, James
• The Way a Door Closes, by Smith, Hope Anita
• The Skin I’m In, by Flake, Sharon
• Another Way to Dance, by Southgate, Martha
• Elijah of Buxton, by Curtis, Christopher Paul
• Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali, by Smith Jr., Charles R.
• We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Nelson, Kadir
• Keeping the Night Watch, by Smith, Hope Anita
• Maizon at Blue Hill, by Woodson, Jacqueline
• My People, by Hughes, Langston, illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
• 1001 Things People Should Know about African American History, by Steward, Jeffrey C.
• To Be a Slave, by Lester, Julius
• Chains, by Anderson, Laurie Halse
• A Friendship for Today, by McKissack, Patricia C.
• Never Forgotten, by McKissack, Patricia