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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, environmentalism, environmental justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1249
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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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 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

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
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