Awards search:Nerdy Book Award

Ghost (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Diverse characters, homelessness, middle school, bullying, class structure, 10 and up, FICTION, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES
Series
Track Series (1)
Barcode
723
Status
Missing
Call number
813.6

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

by Jess Keating
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, biography
Barcode
991
Status
Available
Call number
597.3

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, LGBTQIA, biography, 5 - 8 years, Voices for Trans Youth
Barcode
492
Status
Available
Call number
979.4

Picture Us In The Light

by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
TEEN, FICTION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LGBTQIA, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, adoption, 14 and up, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
507
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

The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years
Barcode
382
Status
Available
Call number
813

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

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

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
TEEN, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, hate crime
Barcode
261
Status
Available
Call number
364.15

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

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

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

by Kwame Mbalia Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, Short stories, boyhood, masculinity, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1640
Status
Available
Call number
813.0080896073

Blue Sky White Stars Un Chelonia Azulejo Blancas Estrellas

by Sarvinder Naberhaus
Paperback, 2019
Tags
DIVERSITY, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, American, English/Spanish
Barcode
1546
Status
Available
Call number
929.92

What If...

by Samantha Berger
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, imagination, creativity, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1272
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, curiosity, science
Series
The Questioneers, Questioneers Picture Books
Barcode
1291
Status
Available
Call number
629.13

The Real Boy

by Anne Ursu
Paperback, 2015
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, Social Skills, autism, fantasy, Friendship, Growing Up, FICTION, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
595
Status
Checked out
Call number
813.6

Fish in a Tree

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Paperback, 2017
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, dyslexia, deployment, military family, Friendship, learning differences
Barcode
1909
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

by Chris Barton
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 7 - 10 years, Science, engineering, nonfiction, Kirkus Starred Review, inventors
Barcode
1919
Status
Available
Call number
609.2

Apple: (Skin to the Core)

by Eric Gansworth
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, poetry, memoir, identity, Native author, Onandoga
Barcode
1921
Status
Available
Call number
920.009297

Unsettled

by Reem Faruqi
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Refugees & immigrants, RELIGION, women & girls, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Own Voices, Islam, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, bullying, coming of age — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1525
Status
Available

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

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

by Anne Ursu
Paperback, 2022
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1961
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Board book, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, history, American History, black history, music
Barcode
1956
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164909

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

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, discrimination, community, trees, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1917
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

by Kevin Noble Maillard
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 6 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices
Barcode
1117
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 5 years, Newberry Award
Barcode
746
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Meet Yasmin!

by Saadia Faruqi
Paperback, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Muslim, 5 - 8 years, JUVENILE, early chapter book
Series
Yasmin (1-4)
Barcode
329
Status
Available
Call number
813

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 5 years, Newberry Award
Barcode
631
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Salat in Secret

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
RELIGION, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, Islam, Muslim, prayer, courage
Barcode
2145
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

Chlorine Sky

by Mahogany L. Browne
Paperback, 2023
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, poetry, coming of age, worth, self-esteem, basketball
Barcode
2126
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, body positivity, body image, labels, self-esteem, self-acceptance, embodied joy, Caldecott — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2165
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Mexikid: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)

by Pedro Martin
Paperback, 2023
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Mexican American, grandmother, identity, graphic memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2102
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The Astonishing Color of After

by Emily X.R. Pan
Paperback, 2019
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, loss, loss of parent, Taiwan, suicide, grief — 4 more, mental illness, mental health, multicultural, multiracial
Barcode
2178
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Internment

by Samira Ahmed
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, RELIGION, TEEN, Muslim, Islam, Islamophobia, xenophobia, resistance, youth activism, protest — 2 more, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2174
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Clean Getaway

by Nic Stone
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, JUSTICE, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES, Green Book, civil rights, history, multiracial, grandmother, loss — 1 more, loss of grandparent
Barcode
2179
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (Spanish and English Edition)

by Warren Binford Compiler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, detention, family separation, NONFICTION, bilingual, English/Spanish, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2171
Status
Available
Call number
362.87092

El Deafo

by Cece Bell
Paperback, 2014
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, hearing, memoir, graphic novel, deafness, MIDDLE GRADES, friendship, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
312
Status
Available
Call number
362.4

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

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, slavery, history, poetry, black history, Africa
Barcode
1476
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

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

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Sudan, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, grade 4 and up, poetry, MIDDLE GRADES, Africa
Barcode
760
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

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

by Laurie Ann Thompson
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, biography, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4 - 8 years, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
343
Status
Available
Call number
362.4092

The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One

by David A. Robertson
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, fantasy, Cree, Native American, First Nations, Canada, Native author — 1 more, foster care
Series
The Misewa Saga (1)
Barcode
1883
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

by Veera Hiranandani
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Jewish, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, 60's, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review — 2 more, dysgraphia, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1754
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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