Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Youth, March 2023
prepared by Alvin R. Blount
Diocese of East Tennessee
Costs of items may vary depending on where they are purchased. Also, check with the Children’s Diversity & Justice Library, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
We Deserve Monuments
-Jas Hammonds
-Kindle $10.99
-hardcover $10.63
-384 pages
-ages: 14-18
-Roaring Brook Press
-2022
-description: Avery Anderson is uprooted during her senior year in Washington, DC, when she and her mom go to live with her terminally ill grandmother. Due to their past, there is tension between her mom and grandmother from the start, and when tempers flare, Avery develops comfortable friendships with two girls. This must- read is a story of friendship that blossoms into romance, in addition to a racist family history rooted in a southern town.
Hammonds, J. (2022). We Deserve Monuments. Roaring Brook Press.
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
-Ariel Henley
-Kindle $10.99
-hardcover $15.99
-400 pages
-ages: 13 years plus
-Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
-2021
-description: This Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teen is about twin sisters who were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome, a rare condition that affects the bones in the head, which caused painful procedures and emotional toll due to facial disfigurement. Readers will learn about identity, beauty, resilience, and sisterhood from this memoir.
Henley, A. (2021). A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
-Rebecca Skloot
-Kindle $13.99
-hardcover $17.67
-paperback $8.88
-381 pages
-ages: 13 plus
-Crown
-2011
-description: This #1 New York Times bestseller is a true story regarding the intersection of modern medicine, bioethics, and race relations. Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, became one of the most important tools in medical science. Her cells grown in culture helped lead to advances in cancer research, gene mapping, the polio vaccine, and more. This experimentation has been bought and sold for billions, yet she was never consulted, remained poor, unknown, and buried in an unmarked grave.
Skloot, R. (2011). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Crown.
Podcast
The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. (2021, February 23). Sharon
McMahon-The Important Distinction Between Bias and Lies [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/sZOh-As5mOQ