Hit--middle class characters in books on minorities

[Helen Dittmer <hdittme@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi everyone, here are the book titles that you all contributed, thank
you again, from Helen Dittmer, Redwood Day School, Oakland, CA
<hdittme@ix.netcom.com>
ANOTHER WAY TO DANCE, by Southgate
THE EAR, THE EYE AND THE ARM by Farmer
CROSSING JORDAN by Fogelin
STARPLACE by Grove
BUD NOT BUDDY and THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM by Curtis
HUSH by Woodson
IGGY'S HOUSE by Blume
THE COLOR OF WATER: A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER (this is
an adult book and before you read it to a class, look at it and perhaps
leave out certain sections)
I HADN'T MEANT  TO TELL YOU THIS by Woodson
books by Sharon Draper (some lower middle class characters)
LOOKING FOR RED by Johnson
BASKETBALL GAME by Lester
HEAVEN by Johnson
BORN IN SIN by Coleman (inner city, single parent, but positive
characters)
MAIZON AT BLUE HILL by Woodson
THE B AD GIRLS by Woodson
A GIRL NAMED DISASTER by Farmer
THE FRIENDS by Guy
YOLANDA'S GENIUS by Fenner
other books by Hamilton and Tate
ROAD TO MEMPHIS by Taylor (I think this whole series is great)
GLORY FIELD by Myers
THE YOUNG LANDLORDS by Myers

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