Black kids by Hammonds Reed, Christina 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 416780 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.3 UG Lexile: 830 HL F&P: Z+

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Race relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 - Fiction Family life - California - Los Angeles - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

Black kids by Hammonds Reed, Christina 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 416784 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.3 UG Lexile: 830 HL F&P: Z+

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Race relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 - Fiction Family life - California - Los Angeles - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

Scarf for Keiko by Malaspina, Ann 

BTSB Prebound(Kar-Ben, 2019)

BTSB #: 597591 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 570

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Knitting - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship.

Scarf for Keiko by Malaspina, Ann 

Paperback(Kar-Ben, 2019)

BTSB #: 597593 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 570

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Knitting - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship.

Troublemaker by Cho, John 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 212029 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - California - Los Angeles - Fiction Korean Americans - Fiction Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.

Troublemaker by Cho, John 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 212031 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - California - Los Angeles - Fiction Korean Americans - Fiction Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.