Located in Chatham, Illinois

Recommended Books for Teens- Classic

Title: The Hate U Give
Author: Angie Thomas
A black teenage girl with jean shorts, tennis shoes, and natural hair holding up a large sign with the title of the book
Title: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Author: Art Spiegelman
A picture of an older mouse in a yellow coat and a younger in green with a black swastika and a Hitler-like cat face; and a blood red title
Title: Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
A black background with a falling toy Indian and cowboy
Title: Speak
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Tree limbs cut to look like a person's face with tape over the mouth; the title in yellow
Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Author: Betty Smith
The title on a beautiful green and brown background with the faint silhouette of a darker green tree.
Title: Freak the Mighty
Author: W.R. Philbrick
A small boy atop a giant in plaid's shoulders.
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
An orange and light green background with a tree on it
Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
a group of 3 Black children gathered together with flames in the background
Title: The Poet X
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
A woman with an afro depicted in black and white against a warm colored artistic background
Title: I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
A large picture of Maya Angelou on an orange background with a purple vine along the edge