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

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, biography
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1658
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, black history, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1987
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

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

Amal Unbound

by Aisha Saeed
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, freedom, Kirkus Starred Review, indentured servitude
Barcode
1478
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

by Tonya Bolden
Paperback, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, slavery, enslavement, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1642
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

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

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

by Saundra Mitchell
Paperback, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, TEEN, Short stories, historical fiction, fantasy, queer, transgender, Asexual
Barcode
1618
Status
Available
Call number
813.608

Betty Before X

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, civil rights, sexism, social justice, Activism, black history — 2 more, American History, history
Barcode
2039
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

Mommy's Khimar

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Muslim, Islam
Barcode
1222
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

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

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

by Wade Hudson Editor
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, Activism, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN
Barcode
213
Status
Available
Call number
303.4

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, 12 - 18 years, TEEN, Islam, Islamophobia, racism, coming of age
Barcode
1151
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Harbor Me

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, incarcerated parent, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
613
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Harbor Me

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, incarcerated parent, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1824
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Hearts Unbroken

by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, 14 and up
Barcode
557
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

The Season of Styx Malone

by Kekla Magoon
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, Grade 3 - 7, siblings, Friendship, JUVENILE, foster care, FICTION, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
932
Status
Available
Call number
813

Dragons in a Bag

by Zetta Elliott
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8 and up, JUVENILE, FICTION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Series
Dragons in a Bag (1)
Barcode
504
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram
Paperback, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, 12 - 17 years, mental illness, Depression, Iran, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, series
Series
Darius the Great (1)
Barcode
1157
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Cherokee, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native American
Barcode
603
Status
Available
Call number
975.004

The Moon Within

by Aida Salazar
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, GENDER, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, puberty, ritual, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1842
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

This Place: 150 Years Retold

by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Paperback, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, TEEN, grade 9 and up, graphic memoir, graphic novel, own voices, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, First Nations — 2 more, indigenous, Canada
Barcode
1181
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

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

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

by George M. Johnson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, ADULT, memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1457
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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

The Undefeated

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 6 - 12 years, poetry, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1120
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, 1)

by Rena Barron
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, fantasy, orisha
Series
Kingdom of Souls (1)
Barcode
1955
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning American History for Young People)

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, 12 and up, history, American History, NON-FICTION, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Series
ReVisioning American History for Young People
Barcode
957
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People)

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, 12 and up, history, American History, NON-FICTION, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Series
ReVisioning American History for Young People
Barcode
1314
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

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
1055
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 Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Muslim, Islam, hijab
Series
The Proudest Blue (1)
Barcode
996
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong'o
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, colorism, skin color, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1492
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Bilal Cooks Daal

by Aisha Saeed
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review, food, cooking, South Asian
Barcode
1174
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Indian No More

by Charlene Willing McManis
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, reservation, Indian Relocation Program, tribal termination, Native American, Native author, moving, Umpqua — 5 more, racism, prejudice, civil rights, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1873
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag)

by Zetta Elliott
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, FICTION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, indian-american, fantasy
Series
Dragons in a Bag (2)
Barcode
1605
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives

by Eloise Greenfield
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, grades 3 - 6, midwives, birth
Barcode
1124
Status
Available
Call number
618.2

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

by Jessica Kim
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, comedy, Korean American, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2040
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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
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