# 5th grade books about racism

**3** books commonly assigned to 5th grade students in US schools that explore racism. Every title's grade range covers 5th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 5th grade band is 740–1010L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 1 titles here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 0 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 5th grade  ·  **Theme:** racism
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 5th grade racism reading list

- [Black Brother, Black Brother](https://readinglist.school/book/black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2021)_
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8 · pub 1995)_
- [You Are Here: Connecting Flights](https://readinglist.school/book/you-are-here-connecting-flights) by Ellen Oh _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2023)_

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