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

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.

Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 311429 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.8 MG+ Lexile: 1300

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Dancing - Fiction Sailors - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.