Books About Race And Inequality

The Best Race And Inequality Books for Kids

Looking for excellent children's books about race and inequality? This collection brings together Bookroo's highest-rated and most useful picks in one place.

Start with our editorial favorites, then browse recommendations organized by reading stage to find the right book for your reader.

The Shortlist

Our 1 Favorite Books About Race And Inequality

Discovering Wes Moore
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–+ · 2012

Discovering Wes Moore

Two fatherless boys from one neighborhood share a name but not a fate.

176 pages· 36,173 words· Est. 4 hour read
3.9 Goodreads · 1,202 ratings
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Paperback
Summary: Wes Moore grew up without a father in Baltimore and became a Rhodes Scholar, Army veteran and governor. Another boy with the same name, from the same neighborhood, is serving a life sentence for murder. After the author wrote to the other Wes Moore, letters and visits turned into a friendship, and he asks which choices and circumstances set their lives apart. A young readers' version of The Other Wes Moore.