African American Fiction and Literature for Young Adults

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah. 2008. (YA Fiction Myers.W)

Sapphire. Push : A Novel. 1996. (Fiction Sapphir)

Schraff, Anne E. and Paul Langan. Lost And Found. 2007. (YA Fiction Bluford)

This series follows the lives of a group of teens as they deal with family, friends, love, and school while negotiating what it means to grow up in contemporary urban America.

 

 

 

Simone, Ni-Ni. A Girl Like Me. 2008. (YA Fiction Simon.N)

She's got a voice like Keisha Cole, attitude to burn and is the body-rockin', Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be...or be with. But in real life, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Hanseef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. And as the clock ticks down fast for this hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true.

 

 

Sitomer, Alan. Homeboyz. 2007. (YA Fiction Sitom.A)

Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.

 

Smith, Sherri. Flygirl. 2008. (YA Fiction Smith.S)

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Souljah, Sister. The Coldest Winter Ever : A Novel. 2006. (YA Fiction Souljah 2006)

“I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter.” In a stunning first novel, renowned hip-hop artist, writer, and activist Sister Souljah brings the streets of New York to life with a powerful and utterly unforgettable tale.

 

Taylor, Mildred. The Land. 2001. (YA Fiction Taylo.M)

The prequel to the classic Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, this is the story of Paul-Edward, son of a slave, his struggle for identity in the post civil war South, and his dreams of a owning his own land.

 

 

Vaught, Susan. Stormwitch. 2005. (YA Fiction Vaugh.S)

It’s 1969 in Pass Christian, Mississippi, 16-year-old Ruba, trained by her Haitian grandmother in both voodoo and Amazonian warrior tactics, uses her skills to fight against racism and the African witch Zashar, now coming ashore in the form of Hurricane Camille.

 

 

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