The Jacket

The Jacket by, Andrew Clements. ISBN-13: 978-0689860102

While at school one day, Phil sees an African American boy, Daniel, wearing the jacket that his mother had bought him in Italy. He starts a fight with Daniel and while in the principal's office, Phil discovers that his mother had given the jacket to the woman who cleans their house-- which happens to be the Daniel's grandmother! This leads Phil to question whether he would have started that fight if Daniel had been white. An excellent book that helps readers examine their own racial biases.