Awards search:Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers

The People Shall Continue

by Simon J. Ortiz
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, history, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
404
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

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

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Tags
TEEN, JUSTICE, civil rights, John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, Segregation, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
March (2)
Barcode
125
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Tags
TEEN, civil rights, JUSTICE, John Lewis, Segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT
Series
March (2)
Barcode
1325
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

This Side of Home

by Renée Watson
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, FICTION, coming of age, 12 - 16 years
Barcode
1031
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

In a Village by the Sea

by Muon Van
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Vietnam, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 4 - 7 years
Barcode
794
Status
Available
Call number
436

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

Little Robot

by Ben Hatke
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, graphic novel, engineering, Friendship, FICTION
Barcode
1018
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem

by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, preschool - grade 3, Art, biography, NON-FICTION
Barcode
940
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

by Edwidge Danticat
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, Haiti, undocumented immigrants, JUSTICE, incarcerated parent, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years
Barcode
884
Status
Available
Call number
304.87307294

History Is All You Left Me

by Adam Silvera
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LGBTQIA, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, 14 and up, romance, grief, OCD, mental illness
Barcode
1089
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

My Heart Fills with Happiness

by Monique Gray Smith
Board book, 2016
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, indigenous, BOARD BOOK
Barcode
296
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Makoons (Birchbark House)

by Louise Erdrich
Paperback, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUVENILE, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, Ojibwe, grades 3 - 7, FICTION, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
The Birchbark House (5)
Barcode
1063
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

I Am Not a Number

by Jenny Kay Dupuis
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 7 - 11 years, historical fiction, JUVENILE
Barcode
86
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

March: Book Three

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
TEEN, JUSTICE, Selma, Segregation, graphic novel, John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
March (3)
Barcode
126
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
TEEN, civil rights, JUSTICE, John Lewis, Segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Selma, ADULT
Series
March (3)
Barcode
1326
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

When the Sea Turned to Silver

by Grace Lin
Paperback, 2017
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, own voices, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE
Series
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon (Book 3)
Barcode
1316
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis

by Jabari Asim
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, historical fiction, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years
Barcode
258
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

Stef Soto, Taco Queen

by Jennifer Torres
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, FICTION
Barcode
1062
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

by Thi Bui
Paperback, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, memoir, graphic memoir, ADULT, NON-FICTION, Vietnam, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Parenting
Barcode
853
Status
Available
Call number
973.0495920092

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended)

by Javaka Steptoe
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE NON-FICTION, PICTURE BOOK, Art, Grade 1 - 5, LATINX, Haiti, Puerto Rico, art, artist
Barcode
1495
Status
Available
Call number
740.92

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Short stories, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, Choctaw, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, indian-american — 7 more, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, We Need Diverse Books, BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, JUVENILE
Barcode
593
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, class, racism, friendship, art, collage, photography — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1880
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

American Street

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ages 14 - adult
Barcode
615
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
41
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, racism, police brutality, 14 and up, JUSTICE
Series
THUG (1)
Barcode
316
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Hate U Give Movie Tie-in Edition

by Angie Thomas
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, racism, police brutality, 14 and up, JUSTICE
Series
THUG (1)
Barcode
712
Status
Checked out
Call number
813.6

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

by Nikki Grimes
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, poetry, MIDDLE GRADES, Grade 5 and up, Harlem Renaissance
Barcode
1028
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

Amina's voice

by Hena Khan
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
RELIGION, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Muslim, Islam, 10 and up, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Amina (1)
Barcode
62
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
bisexuality, LGBTQIA, science fiction, TEEN, 13 and up
Series
They Both Die at the End (1)
Barcode
609
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The First Rule of Punk

by Celia C. Perez
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LATINX, social protest, rock, punk rock, skateboarding, non-conformity, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 9 - 13 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
736
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Milo's Museum

by Zetta Elliott
Paperback, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 7 years
Barcode
238
Status
Available

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sánchez
Paperback, 2017
Tags
FICTION, TEEN, LATINX, grade 10 and up, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES
Barcode
711
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sánchez
Paperback, 2019
Tags
FICTION, TEEN, LATINX, grade 10 and up, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES
Barcode
1470
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION
Series
Dear Martin (1)
Barcode
442
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

You Bring the Distant Near

by Mitali Perkins
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
TEEN, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, indian-american, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
233
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter

by Mark Gonzales
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LATINX, Muslim, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, RELIGION, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
829
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter

by Mark Gonzales
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LATINX, Muslim, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, RELIGION, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
844
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
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

A Different Pond

by Bao Phi
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Vietnam, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 6 - 8 years, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, fishing, fathers and sons
Barcode
1482
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Long Way Down

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 12 and up, Social issues, Family Life, TEEN
Barcode
930
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Long Way Down

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 12 and up, Social issues, Family Life, TEEN, FAMILIES, loss, loss of sibling
Barcode
1471
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

In Your Hands

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, RELIGION, prayer, god
Barcode
992
Status
Available
Call number
507

I Am Alfonso Jones

by Tony Medina
Paperback, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, grade 9 and up, graphic novel, police brutality, black lives matter
Barcode
1159
Status
Available
Call number
741.5
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