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Books By Kim Johnson

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The Color of a Lie

 2024, Random House Children's Books

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb.

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This Is My America

2020, Random House Children's Books

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Kim Johnson’s gripping debut is a revelation—an incendiary, crucial look at the American justice system delivered as an uplifting read where love conquers hate and justice is delivered in the face of injustice.

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Invisible Son

2023, Random House Children's Books

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A stirring and emotional coming-of-age YA Thriller that explores a wrongly accused teen desperate to reclaim both his innocence and his first love under the backdrop of a global pandemic and protests of 2020. 

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