Read Woke at Norcross
Welcome to Read Woke at Norcross.
We invite you to participate in our Woke challenge inspired by Meadowcreek High School’s media specialist, Cicely Lewis.
What is Read Woke?
It’s a feeling.
A form of education.
A call to action, and our right as lifelong learners.
It means arming yourself with knowledge to better protect your rights.
Learning about others so you treat people with respect and dignity, no matter their religion, race, creed, or color.
A Woke Book Must...
Challenge a social norm
Give voice to the voiceless
Provide information about a group that has been disenfranchised
Seek to challenge the status quo
Have a protagonist from an underrepresented or oppressed group
To earn the Read Woke t-shirt...
Read any four Read Woke books.
Complete the following Google Form.
Win a Read Woke t-shirt.
Questions? Please see your media specialists, Mrs. Salgado and/or Mrs. McCullough. Happy Reading!!
NHS Read Woke Book List
Click here for a link to Read Woke books in our catalog
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brenden Kiely
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Hunger by Roxane Gay
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez
Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Becoming by Michelle Obama
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Obsessed: a Memoir of my Life with OCD by Allison Britz
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
#NotYourPrincess: voices of Native American women edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles
The Fifty-Seven Bus by Dashka Slater