Awards search:Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year

Prince & Knight

by Daniel Haack Autor
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Voices for Trans Youth
Series
Prince & Knight (1)
Barcode
1784
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Mixed: A Colorful Story

by Arree Chung
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
1078
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

by Jose Antonio Vargas
Ebook, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, ADULT, memoir, Philippines, Filipino, LGBTQIA, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, undocumented immigrants
Barcode
862
Status
Available
Call number
304.8

They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, graphic memoir, memoir, Japanese American, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Japanese internment
Barcode
1083
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

A Good Kind of Trouble

by Lisa Moore Ramée
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, black lives matter
Barcode
1154
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

SHOUT

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, sexual assault, rape, memoir, poetry, survival
Barcode
1109
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN-AMERICAN, FAMILIES, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Chinese-American, racism
Barcode
1609
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, San Francisco, racism, prejudice
Barcode
1729
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, LGBTQIA, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Chinese-American, coming of age, queer romance, Kirkus Starred Review, San Francisco, racism — 1 more, prejudice
Barcode
2007
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, sisters, loss, loss of sibling, homelessness, domestic violence — 5 more, India, friendship, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, intellectual disability, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1888
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

New Kid

by Jerry Craft
Paperback, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, graphic novel, Friendship, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
New Kid (1)
Barcode
942
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, deafness, deaf culture, Friendship, whale
Barcode
2043
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Jack (Not Jackie)

by Erica Silverman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, transgender, gender identity, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Voices for Trans Youth
Barcode
577
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, DIVERSITY, LGBTQIA, TEEN, grade 9 and up, coming of age, teen parent, grandmother — 2 more, Puerto Rico, cooking
Barcode
1194
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, NON-FICTION, memoir, graphic memoir, gender identity, coming out, nonbinary, Asexual, Stonewall Honor Book
Barcode
1844
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, NON-FICTION, memoir, graphic memoir, gender identity, coming out, nonbinary, Asexual, Stonewall Honor Book
Barcode
1768
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Where Are You From?

by Yamile Saied Méndez
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Mixed race, identity, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES
Barcode
1455
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, books, Puerto Rico, 4 - 8 years, biography
Barcode
1119
Status
Available
Call number
020.92

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, author, writer, pioneer, Kirkus Starred Review, bisexuality
Barcode
1627
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders

by Harry Belafonte Introduction
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, civil rights, ACLU, American Civil Liberties uUnion, inspiration, quotes, poems, poetry, art — 2 more, artists, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1294
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Rocket Says Look Up!

by Nathan Bryon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 7 years, astronomy, cell phones
Series
Rocket Says...
Barcode
1186
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Frankly in Love

by David Yoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, coming of age, Korean, Kirkus Starred Review, love, romance
Barcode
1145
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

by Imani Perry
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, parenting, history, racism, American History, black history, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, UUA Common Read — 1 more, FAMILIES
Barcode
2155
Status
Available
Call number
306.85

Permanent Record

by Mary H. K. Choi
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LATINX, DIVERSITY, TEEN, ages 14 - 18, Korean, Pakistani-American, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
1331
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

by Patrice Caldwell Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, FICTION, fantasy, science fiction, Short stories, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1723
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, freedom, reading, civil rights
Barcode
1179
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

The Paper Kingdom

by Helena Ku Rhee
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
FAMILIES, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 7 years, working parents, imagination, night shift
Barcode
1279
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Show Me a Sign

by Ann Clare LeZotte
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, prejudice, racism, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, deafness, sign language, WOMEN AND GIRLS, historical fiction, ages 8 - 14, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Mary Lambert (1)
Barcode
1456
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Prairie Lotus

by Linda Sue Park
Paperback, 2022
Tags
women & girls, MIDDLE GRADES, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Native American, Chinese-American, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, Ihanktonwan, Mixed race
Barcode
1608
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

When Stars Are Scattered

by Victoria Jamieson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, Somalia, Kenya, seizures, loss, loss of parent, War, graphic memoir — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1786
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

by Cathy Park Hong
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ADULT, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, racism, memoir, Pulitzer Prize finalist
Barcode
1604
Status
Available
Call number
305.4895

Your Name Is a Song

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, names, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review, Muslim family
Barcode
1248
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1453
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1480
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, history, American History, racism
Barcode
1807
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE, TEEN
Barcode
2061
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

You Matter

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, self-esteem, worth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1483
Status
Available
Call number
158.1

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

by Joanna Ho
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Taiwanese-American, own voices
Barcode
1419
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Milo Imagines the World

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, incarcerated parent, imagination
Barcode
1284
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ophie’s Ghosts

by Justina Ireland
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES, loss, loss of parent, racism, historical fiction
Barcode
1918
Status
Available
Call number
113

El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!

by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, LATINX, FAMILIES, transitions, moving, fear, Mexico, folklore, change
Barcode
1750
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Too Bright to See

by Kyle Lukoff
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUVENILE, LGBTQIA, GENDER, transgender, coming out, gender identity, Kirkus Starred Review, Stonewall Book Award, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1587
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by Brandy Colbert
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, NON-FICTION, racism, American History, black history, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1648
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

All My Rage: A Novel

by Sabaa Tahir
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, TEEN, Pakistani-American, Islam, loss, loss of parent, addiction, alcoholism — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1724
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

by Jasminne Mendez
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
LATINX, BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Dominican, swimming, disability, chronic illness, arthritis, verse, poetry — 1 more, RELIGION
Barcode
1941
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

by Jake Maia Arlow
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's, queer, middle school
Barcode
2105
Status
Available
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