While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.

Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills, he enrolls in Mr. Ward’s class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and poetry slams. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing, they learn that they all face challenges and have a story to tell.

These short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences are different from another.

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side of Cleveland and there is magic everywhere. Every day Echo travels between worlds, attending a rich white school on the West Side. But there are dangers to leaving behind the pace that made you.

Separated by distance, Camino and Yahaira are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

After an incident at school, Alaine is spending spring break in a "volunteer immersion project" under the watchful eyes of Tati Estelle and her eagle-eyed mother in Haiti.

When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie." When Norris screws up on prom night, will he be able to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions, and start living his life?

Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

When Winnie is crowned Summer Queen in the small town of Misty Haven, she has to balance her new responsibilities with her friendships, a new romance, and her job at her granny's diner.

Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own, but each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers. She uncovers that the long-imprisoned Demon King is stirring, and if he rises, his hunger for souls will bring the world to its knees.

Three Brooklyn teens plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Soon, everyone wants a piece of him. When his demo catches the attention of a hotheaded music label rep, the trio must prove Steph's talent from beyond the grave.

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. But then Kate dies, yet her death sends Jack back to the moment they first meet, and Kate’s alive. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind but, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it.

In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting Jam's mother created.

Savannah Riddle feels suffocated by her life as the daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington, D.C., until she meets a working-class girl named Nell who introduces her to the suffragette and socialist movements and to her politically active cousin Lloyd.

Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rock star father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.

A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.

Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left is the journal his friend wrote stories in. A creature shows up and steals the journal, Tristan chases after it, when it tries to get it away from the creature, he punches a tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place, and he finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted.

When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, trying to do one simple thing: vote. Soon it's clear that there is more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.

It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. Cleo realizes they'll never be besties again., and she wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex-best friend. But when Cleo is assigned to be Layla's tutor, their turbulent past comes back to haunt them both.