Awards search:School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Frankly in Love

by David Yoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, coming of age, Korean, Kirkus Starred Review, love, romance
Barcode
1145
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Light It Up

by Kekla Magoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, police brutality, shooting, violence, racism, protest, white supremacy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1887
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Can Make This Promise

by Christine Day
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, grades 3 - 7, 8 - 12 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, Upper Skagit, adoption, JUVENILE — 2 more, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1056
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Birdsong

by Julie Flett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, own voices, Cree
Barcode
1191
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

Clean Getaway

by Nic Stone
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, JUSTICE, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES, Green Book, civil rights, history, multiracial, grandmother, loss — 1 more, loss of grandparent
Barcode
2179
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

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

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, racism, history
Barcode
1150
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration

by Samara Cole Doyon
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 6 - 12 years, self-esteem, own voices, JUVENILE
Barcode
1267
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

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

American as Paneer Pie

by Supriya Kelkar
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, indian-american, India, Hindu, racism, prejudice — 1 more, speaking out
Barcode
1859
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Powwow Day

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, FICTION, Native author, jingle dance, healing, illness, community — 2 more, dance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1874
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
1342
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
1416
Status
Available
Call number
973.04

All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, black lives matter, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1250
Status
Available
Call number
155.45

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

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

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

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

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

Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, racism, anti-racism, history, American History, black history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1670
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Knight of the Cape (1) (Definitely Dominguita)

by Terry Catasus Jennings
Paperback, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUVENILE, Cuban-American, dementia
Series
Definitely Dominguita (1)
Barcode
1757
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

by Michelle Duster
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, biography, NONFICTION, American History, black history, civil rights
Barcode
1631
Status
Available
Call number
323.092
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