Awards search:Nerdy Book Award

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

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

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

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

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

Two Tribes

by Emily Bowen Cohen
Paperback, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, identity, RELIGION, Judaism, Jewish, multi-faith, FAMILIES, Muscogee, graphic novel, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
2070
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

My Powerful Hair

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Native American, Native author, Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Metis, loss — 1 more, loss of grandparent
Barcode
2022
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

by Sonora Reyes
Paperback, 2023
Tags
LATINX, LGBTQIA, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, TEEN, FICTION, Mexican American, Deportation, queer romance — 2 more, suicidal ideation, siblings
Barcode
1993
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

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

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, writer, biography, poetry, history, science fiction, civil rights — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Last Mapmaker

by Christina Soontornvat
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, fantasy, exploration, colonialism, adventure, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The List of Things That Will Not Change

by Rebecca Stead
Paperback, 2022
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, blended families, gay parents, divorce, eczema
Barcode
1986
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Moonwalking

by Zetta Elliott
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
DIVERSITY, BODIES AND ABILITIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review, Polish, Congolese, Puerto Rican — 3 more, autism, mental illness, poetry
Barcode
1672
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Paperback, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TEEN, botany, environmentalism, Native American, Native author, Potawatomi
Barcode
1818
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

by Isaac Blum
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, coming of age, Judaism, orthodox, anti-semitism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1836
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, Mexican American, Mexico, Immigration, coming of age, poetry, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1838
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Finding My Dance

by Ria Thundercloud
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Native author, biography, dance, jingle dance, pow wow, Ho-Chunk, Sandia Pueblo
Barcode
1831
Status
Available
Call number
305.897

Root Magic

by Eden Royce
Paperback, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Gullah, coming of age, Segregation, Kirkus Starred Review, twins
Barcode
1644
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, writer, biography, poetry, history, science fiction, civil rights — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1715
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Mirror Season

by Anna-Marie Mclemore
Paperback, 2022
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, LGBTQIA, TEEN, sexual assault, consent, speaking out
Barcode
1720
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors
Barcode
1537
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

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend: 1 (Jo Jo, 1)

by Dawn Quigley
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUVENILE, FICTION, chapter book, Ojibwe, Friendship, Native author, Michif, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Jo Jo (1)
Barcode
2072
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

Stella Díaz Never Gives Up (Stella Diaz, 2)

by Angela Dominguez
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES & IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN & GIRLS, LATINX, JUVENILE, environmentalism, Mexican American, Mexico, marine ecology
Series
Stella Diaz (2)
Barcode
2009
Status
Available

Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Jasmine Warga
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2033
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

by Brendan Kiely
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, TEEN, NONFICTION, racism, prejudice, whiteness, white privilege, white supremacy, history, American History, race — 2 more, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1886
Status
Available
Call number
305.809

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, Jewish, Judaism, Hebrew, Yiddish — 9 more, art, painting, protest, photography, poverty, court case, artist, Lithuania, deportation
Barcode
1655
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, Holocaust, World War II, escape, NONFICTION, JUVENILE
Barcode
1635
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Paula Yoo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, NONFICTION, civil rights, violence, court case, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1753
Status
Available
Call number
305.895

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

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

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

Red, White, and Whole

by Rajani LaRocca
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, indian-american, loss, loss of parent, grief, leukemia, cancer
Barcode
1825
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Not from Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, TEEN, undocumented immigrants, Guatemala, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1795
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

My Two Border Towns

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, sharing, caring, helping, bilingual
Barcode
1712
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Your Mama

by NoNieqa Ramos
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, motherhood, Kirkus Starred Review, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
Barcode
1623
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

Watercress

by Andrea Wang
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, Chinese-American, loss of sibling, Kirkus Starred Review, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1612
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

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

Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

by S. K. Ali Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, Eid, Mulsim, Islam, joy, sharing, anthology, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1523
Status
Available
Call number
297.3
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