A Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.In the aftermath of Tariq's death,...

A 2021 National Book Award FinalistWith passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers—as militant revolutionaries and as human rights advocates working to defend and protect their community.In this...

Set in 1968 Chicago, this powerful debut novel follows 13-year-old Sam Childs, the son of a known civil rights activist who questions the possibility of change after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. von Magoon, Kekla

From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down, Light It Up, and Revolution In Our Time comes a moving contemporary YA novel about the bonds between a group of teens whose lives have been upended by...

Eine abenteuerliche Zeitreise in die eigene Familiengeschichte Als ihr geliebter Großvater stirbt, hinterlässt er seiner elfjährigen Enkelin Dally eine geheime Nachricht und eine Karte. Dally folgt dieser (natürlich) und entdeckt die...

"How It Went Down" von Kekla Magoon ist ein fesselnder Jugendroman, der sich mit den komplexen Themen Rassismus, Vorurteile und Gewalt in der Gesellschaft auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte beginnt mit dem Tod des afroamerikanischen...