# Coretta Scott King Author Award reading list

**55** books referenced by Coretta Scott King Author Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Coretta Scott King Author Award is presented annually by the American Library Association to an outstanding African American author of a book for children or teens. Established in 1970, it honors works that demonstrate appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

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## Coretta Scott King Author Award reading list

- [A Few Red Drops](https://readinglist.school/book/a-few-red-drops) by Claire Hartfield _(Grades 7–12)_
- [A Long Hard Journey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-hard-journey) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Africa Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/africa-dream) by Eloise Greenfield _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Bad News for Outlaws](https://readinglist.school/book/bad-news-for-outlaws) by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Before the Ever After](https://readinglist.school/book/before-the-ever-after) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Bronx Masquerade](https://readinglist.school/book/bronx-masquerade) by Nikki Grimes _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters](https://readinglist.school/book/christmas-in-the-big-house-christmas-in-the-quarters) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Copper Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/copper-sun) by Sharon Draper _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Day of Tears](https://readinglist.school/book/day-of-tears) by Julius Lester _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Duey's Tale](https://readinglist.school/book/dueys-tale) by Pearl Bailey _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/elijah-of-buxton) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Escape to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-to-freedom) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Everett Anderson's Goodbye](https://readinglist.school/book/everett-andersons-goodbye) by Lucille Clifton _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Fallen Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/fallen-angels) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Forged by Fire](https://readinglist.school/book/forged-by-fire) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 7–10)_
- [Freewater](https://readinglist.school/book/freewater) by Amina Luqman-Dawson _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Gone Crazy in Alabama](https://readinglist.school/book/gone-crazy-in-alabama) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Hand in Hand](https://readinglist.school/book/hand-in-hand-ten-black-men) by Andrea Davis Pinkney _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Heaven](https://readinglist.school/book/heaven) by Bill Johnson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Her Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/her-stories) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8)_
- [I Never Had It Made](https://readinglist.school/book/i-never-had-it-made) by Jackie Robinson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World](https://readinglist.school/book/justin-and-the-best-biscuits-in-the-world) by Mildred Walter _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Let the Circle Be Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/let-the-circle-be-unbroken) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8)_
- [March Book Three](https://readinglist.school/book/march-book-three) by John Lewis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Martin Luther King Jr.: Man of Peace](https://readinglist.school/book/martin-luther-king-jr-man-of-peace) by Lillie Patterson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Miracle's Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/miracles-boys) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Motown and Didi](https://readinglist.school/book/motown-and-didi) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [New Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/new-kid) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Nigeria Jones](https://readinglist.school/book/nigeria-jones) by Ibi Zoboi _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_
- [P.S. Be Eleven](https://readinglist.school/book/ps-be-eleven) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Piecing Me Together](https://readinglist.school/book/piecing-me-together) by Renée Watson _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Ray Charles](https://readinglist.school/book/ray-charles) by Sharon Bell Mathis _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Remember](https://readinglist.school/book/remember-the-journey-to-school-integration) by Toni Morrison _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Slam](https://readinglist.school/book/slam) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush](https://readinglist.school/book/sweet-whispers-brother-rush) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Dark-Thirty](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-thirty) by Patricia McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The First Part Last](https://readinglist.school/book/the-first-part-last) by Angela Johnson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Friendship](https://readinglist.school/book/the-friendship) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Land](https://readinglist.school/book/the-land-mildred-taylor) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Legend of Africania](https://readinglist.school/book/the-legend-of-africania) by Dorothy W. Robinson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The People Could Fly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-people-could-fly) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Road to Memphis](https://readinglist.school/book/the-road-to-memphis) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Story of Stevie Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-stevie-wonder) by James Haskins _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Young Landlords](https://readinglist.school/book/the-young-landlords) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Toning the Sweep](https://readinglist.school/book/toning-the-sweep) by Angela Johnson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .](https://readinglist.school/book/twenty-four-seconds-from-now) by Jason Reynolds _(Grades 7–10)_
- [Unspeakable](https://readinglist.school/book/unspeakable-the-tulsa-race-massacre) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades 3–7)_
- [We Are the Ship](https://readinglist.school/book/we-are-the-ship) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Will's Race for Home](https://readinglist.school/book/wills-race-for-home) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 4–8)_

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