Awards search:Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List

We March

by Shane W. Evans
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, protest, activism, rights, civil rights, Kirkus Starred Review, social justice, freedom, equality
Barcode
2037
Status
Available
Call number
323.11

Wonder

by R. J. Palacio
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUVENILE, 8 - 12 years, FICTION
Series
Wonder (Palacio) (1)
Barcode
610
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Paperback, 2014
Tags
LGBTQIA, LATINX, TEEN, 14 and up
Series
Aristotle and Dante (1)
Barcode
510
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Certain October

by Angela Johnson
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, FICTION, loss, 14 and up
Barcode
1033
Status
Available
Call number
452

Brick by Brick

by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, slavery
Barcode
1091
Status
Available
Call number
975.3

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, workers rights, labor, unions, Yiddish, Jewish — 3 more, factories, Kirkus Starred Review, biography
Barcode
1560
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

Freakboy

by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
TEEN, LGBTQIA, GENDER, gender identity, gender fluid, genderqueer, 12 - 17 years
Barcode
709
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad

by Monica Edinger
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, West Africa, Africa, slavery, Amistad, PICTURE BOOK, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, historical fiction, American History — 2 more, black history, FICTION
Barcode
1047
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

by Susan Kuklin
Paperback, 2015
Tags
LGBTQIA, TEEN, GENDER, gender identity, transgender, trans
Barcode
59
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

by Susan Kuklin
Paperback, 2015
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, gender identity, transgender, trans, 12 - 18 years, NON-FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
203
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

by Dana Alison Levy
Paperback, 2015
Tags
FAMILIES, JUVENILE, LGBTQIA, tween, middle school, 8 - 12 years, gay parents, FICTION, grades 4 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
The Family Fletcher (1)
Barcode
260
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Boy and a Jaguar

by Alan Rabinowitz
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, animals, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
686
Status
Available
Call number
333.95

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli
Paperback, 2016
Tags
LGBTQIA, TEEN, romance, bullying, 12 - 18 years
Series
Simonverse (1)
Barcode
515
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

X: A Novel

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, racism, JUSTICE, civil rights, FICTION, TEEN, Malcolm X, 14 and up
Barcode
761
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, 2)

by Jacqueline Kelly
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, curiosity, 10 - 14 years
Series
Calpurnia Tate (2)
Barcode
1293
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

by Miranda Paul
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Gambia, plastic, recycling, biography, environmentalism
Barcode
1090
Status
Available
Call number
363.72880966

Melissa (Previously Published as George)

by Alex Gino
Paperback, 2022
Tags
LGBTQIA, transgender, grades 4 - 6, chapter book, MIDDLE GRADES, GENDER, gender identity
Barcode
2069
Status
Checked out
Call number
813.6

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

by Margarita Engle
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Cuba, drums, feminism, gender equality, GENDER, music
Barcode
1297
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Hired Girl

by Laura Amy Schlitz
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Judaism
Barcode
1500
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
JUSTICE, civil rights, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Fannie Lou Hamer, Caldecott, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1298
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

I'm New Here

by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Paperback, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, DIVERSITY, 5 - 8 years, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
765
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

Booked (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, sports, Soccer, divorce, MIDDLE GRADES, grades 5 - 7, poetry
Series
The Crossover (2)
Barcode
758
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Booked (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Paperback, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, sports, Soccer, divorce, MIDDLE GRADES, grades 5 - 7, poetry
Series
The Crossover (2)
Barcode
1171
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Lily and Dunkin

by Donna Gephart
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, 10 and up, mental illness, bipolar, gender identity, transgender — 1 more, trans
Barcode
1169
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Girl Mans Up

by M-E Girard
Paperback, 2018
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FICTION, Portuguese, abortion, friendship, respect, gender identity, nonbinary — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1982
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Lucy and Linh

by Alice Pung
Paperback, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Vietnam, FICTION, TEEN, 13 and up
Barcode
1026
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, black history, PICTURE BOOK, preschool - grade 3, JUSTICE, slavery
Barcode
827
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LGBTQIA, TEEN, historical fiction, romance, 12 - 18 years
Series
Montague Siblings (1)
Barcode
267
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Thing Lou Couldn't Do

by Ashley Spires
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 7 years, growth mindset, courage
Barcode
979
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

by Doug Kuntz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, FICTION, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, 4 - 8 years, Middle East, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
815
Status
Available
Call number
636.80092

Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

by Doug Kuntz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, FICTION, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, 4 - 8 years, Middle East, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
938
Status
Available
Call number
636.80092

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Paperback, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, memoir, TEEN, 13 and up, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Africa
Barcode
842
Status
Available
Call number
967.572

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

by Rita Williams-Garcia
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, fiction, African American family, racism, grades 3 - 7, FAMILIES, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
818
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Refugee

by Alan Gratz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, grades 4 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
333
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Refugee

by Alan Gratz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, grades 4 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
1244
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha)

by Tomi Adeyemi
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, fantasy, WOMEN AND GIRLS, West Africa, series, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Africa
Series
Legacy of Orïsha (1)
Barcode
122
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha)

by Tomi Adeyemi
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, fantasy, WOMEN AND GIRLS, West Africa, series, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Africa
Series
Legacy of Orïsha (1)
Barcode
372
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

My Brigadista Year

by Katherine Paterson
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, Cuba, coming of age, historical fiction
Barcode
1357
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Horror, zombies, reconstruction, Mixed race, biracial, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Dread Nation (1)
Barcode
1965
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Be Kind

by Pat Zietlow Miller
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 6 years, Kindness
Barcode
978
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle

by Leslie Connor
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, grades 3 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES, learning differences, dyslexia, synesthesia, death, grief, ages 9 - 14
Barcode
1115
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Front Desk

by Kelly Yang
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUVENILE, grades 3 - 7, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Front Desk (1)
Barcode
617
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1)

by Sayantani DasGupta
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, fantasy, JUVENILE, indian-american, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 8 and up, MIDDLE GRADES, series, FICTION
Series
Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond (1)
Barcode
1141
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, RELIGION, poetry, grade 8 and up, TEEN, FICTION
Barcode
563
Status
Checked out
Call number
813.6

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, RELIGION, poetry, grade 8 and up, TEEN, FICTION
Barcode
1472
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Julián Is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
gender roles, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, GENDER, Voices for Trans Youth
Series
Julián (1)
Barcode
580
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness

by Kerascoët
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, wordless, no words, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, bullying
Barcode
1486
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

by Meg Medina
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, grandparents, grades 4 - 7, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Merci Suárez (1)
Barcode
741
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Cardboard Kingdom

by Chad Sell
Paperback, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, LATINX, GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, graphic novel, MIDDLE GRADES, grades 4 - 7
Series
The Cardboard Kingdom (1)
Barcode
993
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Dreamers

by Yuyi Morales
CD audiobook, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
409
Status
Available
Call number
818.603
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