The Jacket

The Jacket

By: Andrew Clements

Multicultural

An African American boy is wrongly accused of stealing a white boys brother's jacket. He later asks his mom why he is prejudice. The small school incident turns into a very meaningful learning experience. He looks back on his life and sees how his thought processes began to form and along the way he makes a new friend.

This book is a great lead into diversity as well as what prejudice is and how hurtful it can be. It can also be used to talk about stereotypes about people's skin tones and how a person is perceived with a certain skin type.