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Add Barbara O'Connor's How to Steal a Dog to the 5th grade list. It is fantastic.

These are all very good:

PICTURE BOOKS:
A Father LIke That - Charlotte Zolotow (African-American)
Goin' Someplace Special - Patricia McKissack (African-American)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - John Steptoe (African)
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children - Sandra L. Pinkney (African-American)
Amazing Grace (series) - Mary Hoffman (African-American)
I Saw Your Face - Tom Feelings & Kwame Dawes (African)

KIDS' FICTION:
The Year of the Dog - Grace Lin (Chinese)
Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan (Hispanic)
Becoming Naomi Leon - Pam Munoz Ryan (Hispanic)
The Jacket - Andrew Clements (African-American)
Locomotion - Jacqueline Woodson (African-American)
Color Me Dark: the Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (Dear America Series) - Patricia McKissack (African-American)
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865 (Dear America Series) - Joyce Hansen (African-American)
Sahara Special - Esme Codell (African-American)
Vive La Paris - Esme Codell (African-American)
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (African-American)
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech (Native American)

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YOUNG ADULT:
The Absolutely True Adventures of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie (Native American)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy - Gary Schmidt (African-American)