2022 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 9-12Like this list

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• Revolution in Our Time

  the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  The Black Lives Matter movement stands of the shoulders of the Black Panthers. They taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated (and still treats) them like second-class citizens.

• Murder Among Friends

  How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime

  Fleming, Candace,

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  If you're addicted to true crime, this is the story of teenage criminals who brutally murdered an innocent kid. But why? And how did their lawyer manage to save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago?

• Ain't Burned All the Bright

  Reynolds, Jason

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  A powerful mash-up of art and poetry that captures the pain and despair of a Black family in America during the pandemic, yet still offers hope.

• All My Rage

  Tahir, Sabaa

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  Salahudin and Noor are high school seniors living in the small desert town of California. Both are struggling with what their responsibilities are to their families vs. what they want to do with the rest of their lives.

• Boys of the Beast

  Zepeda, Monica

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  Three Latinx cousins who don't even know each other take a road trip from Portland to Albuquerque.

• Clockwork Curandera. Volume 1, The Witch Owl Parliament

  Bowles, David (David O.),

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  When Enrique's sister is killed in a battle with shape-shifting witch owls, he uses forbidden alchemy and engineering to bring her back to life as half human, half machine.

• Eighty Days

  Esguerra, A. C.

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  As their world is at war, a pilot, a resistance fighter, and a woman rising through the ranks to leadership must choose which side(s) they will fight on.

• Four Faces of the Moon

  Strong, Amanda, 1984-

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  In this graphic novel, Spotted Fawn is an Indigenous teen who finds ways to connect with her ancestors and culture through her photography.

• Frankly in Love

  Yoon, David

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  Frank Li is a "Limbo" -- a second-gen Korean American whose parents want him to date Korean girls. Frank's girlfriend though? She's white.

• Heartstopper. Volume 1

  Oseman, Alice,

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  The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Charlie and Nick start out as an unlikely friendship that turns into something more.

• Himawari House

  Becker, Harmony,

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  After graduating high school, Noa decides to take a gap year in Japan, where she was born. She lives at Himawari house where she makes friends and reconnects with Japanese culture and language.

• Home. Vol. 1

  Anta, Julio

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  An intense graphic novel that tries to answer the question "What if the X-Men were born in Central America and tried to immigrate to the U.S. during the Trump administration?"

• How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe

  Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel

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  Looking for an enemies-to-lovers romance? Moon has to spend her summer as the merch girl on a tour bus full of beautiful social media influencers, one of whom is her twin sister. But then she meets Santiago.

• Huda F Are You

  Fahmy, Huda

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  At her old school Huda knew exactly who she was: the hijabi girl. Now she's moved to a new town and everyone is the hijabi girl. So who exactly is she now?

• Kneel

  Buford, Candace

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  When Rus's friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the football team, he takes a knee in solidarity and the fallout reveals issues of racism and police accountability in the community.

• Nubia. Real One

  McKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.),

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  Seventeen-year-old Nubia Johnson struggles with a secret: superhuman strength and speed. Her moms have tried to protect her but will she embrace her destiny to become Nubia, the long-lost twin of Wonder Woman?

• The Hazards of Love. Bright World. Book 1

  Stanley, Stan

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  In this creepy fantasy adventure, Amparo makes a deal with a talking cat to become a better person so their crush will fall in love with them. The cat has other ideas about that.

• The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  MacGregor, Maya

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  Sam is a nonbinary autistic teen who moves to a small town in Oregon after experiencing a hate crime. Now Sam and a new friend are determined to solve a 30-year-old murder mystery that took place in Sam's new house.

• The Passing Playbook

  Fitzsimons, Isaac

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  Love, Simon meets Bend it Like Beckham in this romance about a trans athlete who must decide between fighting for his right to play and staying stealth.

• This Poison Heart

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  Briseis is a Black high schooler with magical powers over plants. When she inherits a creepy old house from her birth mom, with a fully stocked apothecary and garden of deadly plants, she may discover some answers to the questions she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation