- Words By Heart, Ouida Sebestyen
- Narrated by a young girl, this is the story of the only "colored"
family in a
small southwestern town. Suitable for 9th grade and below.
- Freedom Songs, Yvette Moore
- Narrated by a young girl who travels from Brooklyn, N.Y. to North
Carolina and
experiences the blatant realities of racism. Suitable for 9th grade And
below.
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, and Mississippi Bridge, Mildred D. Taylor
- The first two books tell the story of the Logan family and are often described as To Kill A Mockingbird from the African American perspective. The third is the story of Jeremy, a white playmate who does not share the prejudices of the other white people in his community. Suitable through high school.
Teachers interested in contrasting the point of view of African American writers to that of Harper Lee may research the following books as companion resources for To Kill A Mockingbird:
