6 Top middle grade books like The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by Brendan Kiely

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The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

By: Brendan Kiely

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Author Brendan Kiely starts a conversation with white kids about race in this accessible introducti…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by Brendan Kiely , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Highly Illogical Behavior

By: John Corey Whaley

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by … read more

Similar categories in John Corey Whaley's Highly Illogical Behavior book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • teen
  • audiobook
"They say using your imagination makes you live longer."

-John Corey Whaley, Highly Illogical Behavior

"He was an astronaut without a suit, but he was still breathing."

-John Corey Whaley, Highly Illogical Behavior

"Swimming was the opposite of panic attack. Fluid and calm and quiet."

-John Corey Whaley, Highly Illogical Behavior

"Some people sign on for the impossible. And they're the ones everybody remembers."

-John Corey Whaley, Highly Illogical Behavior

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2. All American Boys

By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's All American Boys book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • race
  • audiobook

3. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

"Boys, let us get up a club."With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend… read more

Similar categories in Susan Campbell Bartoletti's They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

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4. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.69

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the his… read more

Similar categories in Nikole Hannah-Jones's The 1619 Project: Born on the Water book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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5. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • audiobook
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6. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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7. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • activism
  • middle grade
  • social justice
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8. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ain't Burned All the Bright book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • social justice
  • teen
"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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9. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Brandy Colbert

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and leg… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • race
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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10. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • teen
  • audiobook
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11. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • audiobook
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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12. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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13. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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14. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • race
  • teen
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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15. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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16. This Is My America

By: Kim Johnson

4.46

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist in… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's This Is My America book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • race
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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17. The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

By: Brendan Kiely

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Author Brendan Kiely starts a conversation with white kids about race in this accessible introducti… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • self help
  • race
  • teen
  • school
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

18. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • nonfiction
Cover of This Is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio

19. This Is My Brain in Love

By: I.W. Gregorio

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, … read more

Similar categories in I.W. Gregorio's This Is My Brain in Love book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • teen
  • audiobook
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20. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • race
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

Cover of Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices by Lorena Escoto German

21. Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices

By: Lorena Escoto German

4.46

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

"Be prepared to be embraced with words, images, stories, examples, experiences, and a love for teac… read more

Similar categories in Lorena Escoto German's Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices book and Brendan Kiely's The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • school
  • audiobook

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4.01

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