34 Publications from Crown Books for Young Readers an Imprint of Penguin Random House

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Book Cover The Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda Armand

The Night Before Freedom

Book Cover Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

Chaos Theory

Book Cover Sun Keep Rising by Kristen R. Lee

Sun Keep Rising

Book Cover Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand

Ice Cream Man

Book Cover Standing in the Need of Prayer (paperback): A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford

Standing in the Need of Prayer (paperback)

Book Cover Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom by Glenda Armand

Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

Book Cover Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Mae Makes a Way

Book Cover Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee

Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman

Book Cover Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne

Vinyl Moon

Book Cover Operation Sisterhood by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Operation Sisterhood

Book Cover Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

Recognize!

Book Cover Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South by Wade Hudson

Defiant

Book Cover Marcus Makes a Movie by Kevin Hart

Marcus Makes a Movie

Book Cover Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson

Born Ready

Book Cover Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Chlorine Sky

Book Cover Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States by Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker

Sprouting Wings

Book Cover The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

The Talk

Book Cover Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce

Book Cover Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach

Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool

Book Cover Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis Hudson

Brave. Black. First.

Book Cover Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

Clean Getaway

Book Cover Jackpot by Nic Stone

Jackpot

Book Cover The Hero Next Door by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

The Hero Next Door

Book Cover Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach

Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs

Book Cover Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Odd One Out

Book Cover Fresh Ink: An Anthology by Lamar Giles

Fresh Ink

Book Cover Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Dear Martin

Book Cover Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach

Jake the Fake Keeps it Real

Book Cover Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Ellen Oh

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Book Cover My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

Book Cover American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (Young Readers Adaptation) by Gail Lumet Buckley

American Patriots

Book Cover Kofi and His Magic by Maya Angelou

Kofi and His Magic

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Book Cover Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach

Book Cover Mae Makes a Way (coming 2022) by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Mae Makes a Way (coming 2022)
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Mae Makes a Way (coming 2022)

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