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Author: Nic Stone

Plot: Dear Martin follows the life of high schooler Justyce McAllister who is at the top of his class at a predominantly white prep school: Braselton Prep. After being what Justyce believes to be wrongfully arrested, Justyce begins to gain insight into the discrimination and inequality that he and the other blacks in his community face on a daily basis. Dear Martin explores the strength of the young black community, a fight for change, and the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King had on society.

Transformative context: Dear Martin is transformative for a number of different reasons. First, the main character is a young black teen; something that we do not tend to see in literature. Secondly, Justyce McAllister is arrested despite his clean background. Dear Martin shows how unfair the justice system can be when criminalizing black society. Dear Martin encourages a fight for change when it is rightfully due, and socialjusticebooks.org says that as educators, we should look for books that show adults and children engaging in actions for change. The website says that this shows children how important it is that they speak up and and stand up for themselves and things that they strongly believe in.

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Author: Christa Desir and Jolene Perry

Plot: Love Blind is about a girl named Hailey who is in the discouraging process of slowly going blind. Hailey has two moms and also deals with the struggles of being seen as different for having what is different from the "standard" household. Hailey meets Kyle, who is extremely shy, and begins to form a relationship with him. Throughout the book, Hailey makes up a list of the things that she would like to do before she is completely blind, despite her many fears of the unpredictable and unknown.

Transformative context: The article " Diverse Books Means Literature for All" talks about how important it is that the LGBTQ community is represented in literature so that society realizes just how human they are just like everyone else. The article says that many LGBTQ individuals are not seeing their own reflection in the books that they are reading. Love Blind explores both disability as well as the interactions between two mothers and their child. This book is transformative because it allows students with disabilities and those who come from same sex parents to be able to see their life mirrored through text.

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Author: Nicola Yoon

Plot: The Sun is Also a Star is a young romance novel about a young Jamaican-American named Natasha who falls in love with Daniel who is Korean-American. On the same day the Natasha meets and falls in love with Daniel, she faces the harsh possibility of being deported back to Jamaica. The Sun is Also a Star explores religion, love, and immigration.

Transformative context: Immigration is not something that is commonly seen in the books that young children or adolescents are reading. It is also not very common that the main character of a novel is a native. This novel shows the diversity and the importance of seeking understanding of the culturally and linguistically diverse students that I, and other future educators, will see in the classroom setting. This novel is also transformative because just as "The Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books" says it should,  The Sun is Also a Star reflects the attitude about relationships among different groups of people in society.

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Author: Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick

Plot: I Am Malala is an autobiography following Malala Yousafzai, a young girl who decided to speak out for what she believes in despite the out lash she knew would receive for doing so. Malala stands up for equality for women in education and in society in general and is ultimately shot in the head by the Taliban. Although many did not expect Malala to survive her injury, she persevered and became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Transformative context: I Am Malala is transformative because it explores the life of a young girl who stood up for what she believes in even though she knew that it would get her in trouble. It is transformative because the main character is a young feminist who decided to cause an uproar in order to bring light to the inequality women face compared to men. I Am Malala is also transformative because it shows a window into third world countries and how unsafe many young people may feel when deciding to speak out. This novel can also be a mirror for students who are not typically given a voice in their household or in their community and a mirror for young girls who face self-esteem issues when it comes to their strength and their intelligence.

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Author: Davina Hamilton and Elena Reinoso

Plot: Riley Can be Anything is a young children's book whose main character is Riley, a young black boy. Throughout the book, Riley discovers the many things that he can do when he grows up with the help of his big cousin Joe. Exploring Riley's imaginative journeys helps Riley realize that he can become anything that he sets his mind to.

Transformative context: According to the "Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books", effective books are ones that are able to serve as reflections of various social classes, racial identities, and economic classes. The rich, white community is the dominant group among all other racial groups when it comes to social and economic classification. This book is transformative because Riley is able to realize that even though he is seen as the minority, he can become any person he wants to be whether that is a firefighter, a doctor, or the president of the United States. This book is also transformative because it will mirror to other black students and show them that they have every right to become what they dream themselves to be.

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I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism

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I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism

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Author: Pat Thomas

Plot: I See Things Differently gives a straightforward approach to the life of an individual with autism and how that person along with their family is perceived by the outside world. This book is written to help children come to terms with their own emotions so that they are better able to understand how and why a person with autism expresses their own emotions.

Transformative context: socialjusticebooks.org says in their article titled "Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children Books" that children should be given texts that explore various disabilities. When children are able to see disabilities represented in the texts that they are reading, they will be better able to accept diversity and will help them develop positive attitudes towards those that are different than themselves. I See Things Differently will help children foster the importance of diversity and will also be both a window and a mirror for their own cultural background. Most everyone either knows of someone with a disability or at least has heard of someone having a disability, so this book will help children appreciate diversity.

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Author: Ashley Bryan

Plot: Freedom Over Me is a picture book that explores the former idea of using slaves as auction items and as monetary trade. Freedom Over Me shows how slaves were given monetary value by their slaveowners and it goes in-depth of slaves' lives and how their dreams were crushed by the harsh dehumanization that they faced on a daily basis.

Transformative context: Freedom Over Me takes a strong role of making readers explore the nature of slavery and how detrimental it was to slaves themselves, human nature, society, and ultimately our future as a world. Freedom Over Me is transformative because it encourages readers to bask in their uncertainty and the discomfort that comes with reading a book such as this one. It is transformative because it allows students to look into the windows of slavery and better understand our past and how it will continue to affect our futures.

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Author: Angie Thomas

Plot: The Hate U Give follows a young black girl Starr Carter living in Garden Heights. Starr lives two different lives that she struggles to be able to completely separate. She lives the life of black girl Starr when she is with her friends in Garden Heights, but then she also lives the life of not too outspoken, kept to herself, Starr when she is at Williamson Prep, the high school that her mother and father sent her and her siblings to in order to receive a good education. Everything is fine until one of Starr's best friends, who was unarmed, is shot by a white police officer and Starr is forced to face the harsh reality of the world she lives in.

Transformative context:
The Hate U Give has many transformative aspects to it. Starr, the main character, is black, so this book goes against the dominant norm of a white person as the main character in a novel. Police brutality and the stereotypes that blacks are given is a main point in this novel. This book is transformative because it will give students of diverse cultural backgrounds the opportunity to see their lives mirrored throughout this novel, and white students, or students who do not relate to police brutality or living in a poor community will be able to see this novel as a window and better understand their peers in their classrooms.

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Author: Robert Coles

Plot: The Story of Ruby Bridges is a young children's picture book that tells the true story of Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges is a six year old girl who lives in New Orleans and attends a white-only school in 1960. Despite whites horror at the idea of a black girl attending the same school as their white children, Ruby pushed past all of the prejudice and discrimination, continuing to attend school every day where she was protested against by angry whites.

Transformative context: A transformative book is one of which pushes against social norms and seeks to integrate various cultures, races, and social classes into the text. The Story of Ruby Bridges is particularly transformative because it explores the life of blacks during the Civil Rights movement, a time when blacks were not even allowed to attend the same school as whites. This book will help students understand how racism has affected our society as a whole and how the past can work to create a better future. The Story of Ruby Bridges is a mirror because it allows black students, even more specifically black females, relate to such a powerful force such as Ruby Bridges. It allows black females to believe in themselves and their success as human beings.