Awards search:School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving (If You)

by Chris Newell
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, Native American, Thanksgiving
Barcode
1813
Status
Available
Call number
974.4

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

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

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

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1756
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1637
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

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

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

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

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

The Hello, Goodbye Window

by Norton Juster
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
FAMILIES, DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, interracial family, grandparents
Series
Hello, Goodbye Window (1)
Barcode
1740
Status
Available
Call number
306.85

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

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

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

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

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, author, writer, pioneer, Kirkus Starred Review, bisexuality
Barcode
1627
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

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

Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation): The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

by Candacy Taylor
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, history, civil rights, NON-FICTION, Segregation, travel, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1586
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

by S. D. Nelson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Hidatsa, Native author, own voices, reservation, history, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1566
Status
Available
Call number
978.4004

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, space travel, storytelling, science fiction, Newberry Award, Pura Belpre Award, Kirkus Starred Review, Mexico
Barcode
1571
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, historical fiction, Holocaust, Germany, loss
Barcode
1527
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

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

Saturday

by Oge Mora Artist
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1496
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

You Matter

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, self-esteem, worth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1483
Status
Available
Call number
158.1

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
1477
Status
Available
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
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

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things)

by Anastasia Higginbotham
Paperback, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, social justice, racism, whiteness, PICTURE BOOK, 8 - 12 years, JUVENILE
Series
Ordinary Terrible Things
Barcode
1474
Status
Available
Call number
305.8009

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 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

Take Back the Block

by Chrystal D. Giles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, 9 - 13 years, community, Activism, gentrification
Barcode
1435
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future, 1)

by Tiffany Jewell
Paperback, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, anti-racism, Activism, identity, 10 - 18 years
Series
Empower the Future
Barcode
1424
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, history, American History, black history, racial violence, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
1421
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

by Joanna Ho
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Taiwanese-American, own voices
Barcode
1419
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, 7 - 10 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, history, NON-FICTION — 2 more, indigenous, colonization
Barcode
1416
Status
Available
Call number
973.04

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, 7 - 10 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, history, NON-FICTION — 2 more, indigenous, colonization
Barcode
1342
Status
Available
Call number
973.04

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

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 One

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2013
Tags
TEEN, civil rights, JUSTICE, John Lewis, Segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Kirkus Starred Review, ADULT
Series
March (1)
Barcode
1324
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose
Paperback, 2010
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, 12 and up, biography, civil rights, NON-FICTION, Segregation
Barcode
1310
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

by Mahogany L. Browne
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, poetry, identity, MIDDLE GRADES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, GENDER, JUVENILE
Barcode
1286
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

Aru Shah and the End of Time (A Pandava Novel Book 1) (Pandava Series, 1)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, India, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, RELIGION, Hinduism
Series
The Pandava Quintet (1)
Barcode
1278
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Drawn Together

by Minh Lê
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, own voices, Vietnamese, art, artist, illustration, grandparents — 2 more, connection, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1275
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Thank You, Omu!

by Oge Mora
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, gratitude, food, own voices
Barcode
1266
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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