# Coretta Scott King Author Award reading list

**21** 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)_
- [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)_
- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8)_
- [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)_
- [Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/elijah-of-buxton) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Freewater](https://readinglist.school/book/freewater) by Amina Luqman-Dawson _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Gaither Sisters Trilogy Collection](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)_
- [March Book Three](https://readinglist.school/book/march-book-three) by John Lewis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [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)_
- [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)_
- [Remember](https://readinglist.school/book/remember-the-journey-to-school-integration) by Toni Morrison _(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)_

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