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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0