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We were contacted recently with a request for books that might help congregations with conversations around current events in Ferguson, New York, and other places where the justice system is affected by prejudice. We thought this was an interesting suggestion, and began thinking

Name of Book:  Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Author:  Gary D. Schmidt Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Clarion Books ISBN:  978-0618439294 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary:  In 1912 thirteen year old Turner Buckminster moves to Phippsburg, Maine with his mother and father.

Title: The Lions of Little Rock Author:  Kristen Levine Publisher:  Putnam Juvenile ISBN:  9780399256448 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary: In 1957 nine black students entered Central High School in Little Rock and President Eisenhower sent troops to protect them. The story was

Title: Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Author: Chris Crowe Publisher: Dial ISBN: 978-0803728042 Audience: Grades 5-12 Summary: Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during