6 Books to Read This Fall From Authors of Color

Jojo and his sister live with their grandparents on a farm in Mississippi. His mother, Leonie, a drug addict, is "simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high." After Jojo's father is released from prison, Jojo's mom takes the kids and a friend across the state to pick up Michael, and Jesmyn takes us on a journey of an inmate who has his freedom, a daughter who doesn't know her father, and Jojo's memories of his parents' fights.

Buy Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward here.