[ISLMA-Share] African American characters that are not slaves or fighting for equal rights

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Stella by Starlight (Draper)

On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
> Princeless graphic novel series by Jeremy Whitley
> Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
> The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
> Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Lamana
> Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes
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> Michelle Glatt
> Librarian
> Chiddix and Evans Junior High Schools
> Bloomington-Normal, IL
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> On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> A fifth grade teacher has asked for titles of books for fifth graders
>> that have African American characters that are not slaves or fighting for
>> equal rights.
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>> I suggested *Crossover* and *The Great Greene Heist* by Varian Johnson.
>> Of course, I'm drawing a blank for any more, and I'm in the middle of my
>> book fair, so can't get to my shelves to browse.
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>> I'd love to hear your suggestions!
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>> Thank you!
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>> Ms. Pamela L. Meiser
>> *Library Information Teacher*
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>> *Barbara B. Rose Elementary School*
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>> *61 W. Penny Road*
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>> *South Barrington, IL 60010*
>> *pmeiser at barrington220.org*
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>> *https://twitter.com/MsMeiser
>> <https://twitter.com/MsMeiser>http://www.barrington220.org/Page/4347
>> <http://www.barrington220.org/Page/4347>www.facebook.com/BarbaraRoseSchoolLibrary
>> <https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRoseSchoolLibrary/>*
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> Michelle Glatt
> Librarian
> Chiddix and Evans Junior High Schools
> Bloomington-Normal, IL
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> 309-336-6545
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> Chiddix IMC calendar: http://tinyurl.com/chiddiximc
> Evans IMC calendar: http://tinyurl.com/evansimc
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Jamie Winchell
Teacher Librarian
Library Media Center <http://www.op97.org/julian/mediacenter/index.cfm>
Percy Julian Middle School

“Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.”
-John Green
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