Bettie's Pages Challenge Your Shelf 2023 - hosted by sshelbyreadss

February - D.A.R.E. to Resist Racism
The War on Drugs escalated during the Reagan administration resulting in the single largest explosion in prison population in the United States. Predominantly hitting the Black and Brown communities hardest. At the same time it did nothing to actually treat or reduce addiction.

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From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Zoe Washington #1

Janae Marks

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade mystery emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

8 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

Milo Imagines the World

Matt de la Peña

40 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens adventurous slow-paced
Token Black Girl: A Memoir by Danielle Prescod

Token Black Girl: A Memoir

Danielle Prescod

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

8 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones

The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

Sam Quinones

12 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health politics dark medium-paced
Drugs: America's Holy War by Arthur Benavie

Drugs: America's Holy War

Arthur Benavie

178 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative medium-paced