What Lane?

If you are wondering how to begin confronting Anti-Black racism in your classroom, start with What Lane?--School Library Journal: The Classroom Bookshelf 
STAY IN YOUR LANE. Stephen doesn't want to hear that--he wants to have no lane.
 
Anything his friends can do, Stephen should be able to do too, right? So when they dare each other to sneak into an abandoned building, he doesn't think it's his lane, but he goes. Here's the thing, though: Can he do everything his friends can? Lately, he's not so sure. As a mixed kid, he feels like he's living in two worlds with different rules--and he's been noticing that strangers treat him differently than his white friends . . .
 
So what'll he do? Hold on tight as Stephen swerves in and out of lanes to find out which are his--and who should be with him.
 
Torrey Maldonado, author of the highly acclaimed Tight, does a masterful job showing a young boy coming of age in a racially split world, trying to blaze a way to be his best self.

Author: Torrey Maldonado
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780525518457
About the Author
Torrey Maldonado (torreymaldonado.com), also the author of the critically acclaimed Tight and Secret Saturdays, is a teacher in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born and raised. His books reflect his students' and his experiences.