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From Here

by Luma Mufleh
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Arab, Jordan, Syria, Muslim, Islam, queer — 3 more, memoir, NON-FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2116
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

Lei and the Fire Goddess

by Malia Maunakea
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, Native Hawaiian, Hawaii, Adventure, gods, goddess — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2106
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Wreath for Emmett Till (Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors (Awards))

by Marilyn Nelson
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, poetry, sonnet, racism, civil rights, loss, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2113
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

Zora, the Story Keeper

by Ebony Joy Wilkins
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, FICTION, loss, aunt, love, stories, memory — 2 more, death, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2163
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Saving H'Non: Chang and the Elephant

by Trang Nguyen
Paperback, 2023
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic novel, Vietnam, Vietnamese, environmentalism, animals, animal rights, animal rescue — 4 more, wildlife, elephant, perseverance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2158
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, body positivity, body image, labels, self-esteem, self-acceptance, embodied joy, Caldecott — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2165
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

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

The Astonishing Color of After

by Emily X.R. Pan
Paperback, 2019
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, loss, loss of parent, Taiwan, suicide, grief — 4 more, mental illness, mental health, multicultural, multiracial
Barcode
2178
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)

by Brian Selznick
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, graphic novel, text, deafness, FAMILIES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2042
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone

by Heather McGhee
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, history, American History, black history, civil rights, racism, anti-racism, solidarity, freedom — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, NONFICTION
Barcode
2059
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, music, singing, civil rights, American History — 3 more, black history, opera, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2053
Status
Available
Call number
782.1092

Two Tribes

by Emily Bowen Cohen
Paperback, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, identity, RELIGION, Judaism, Jewish, multi-faith, FAMILIES, Muscogee, graphic novel, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
2070
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, historical fiction, Holocaust, Germany, loss, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2008
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

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

Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Jasmine Warga
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2033
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Melissa (Previously Published as George)

by Alex Gino
Paperback, 2022
Tags
LGBTQIA, transgender, grades 4 - 6, chapter book, MIDDLE GRADES, GENDER, gender identity
Barcode
2069
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, police brutality, racism, activism, protest
Barcode
2006
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

My Powerful Hair

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Native American, Native author, Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Metis, loss — 1 more, loss of grandparent
Barcode
2022
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

by Sherman Alexie
Paperback, 2009
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, FICTION, loss, poverty, racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2024
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

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Horror, zombies, reconstruction, Mixed race, biracial, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Dread Nation (1)
Barcode
1965
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

by Jasminne Mendez
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
LATINX, BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Dominican, swimming, disability, chronic illness, arthritis, verse, poetry — 1 more, RELIGION
Barcode
1941
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Fish in a Tree

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Paperback, 2017
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, dyslexia, deployment, military family, Friendship, learning differences
Barcode
1909
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Mosque

by David Macaulay
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Islam, construction, building, history
Series
Macaulay Construction (9)
Barcode
1902
Status
Available
Call number
726.2

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

The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, poetry
Series
The Crossover (1)
Barcode
310
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

Copper Sun

by Sharon M. Draper
Paperback, 2008
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, slavery, freedom, indentured servitude, racism, American History — 1 more, Friendship
Barcode
1879
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Genesis Begins Again

by Alicia D. Williams
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, colorism, skin color, self-esteem, self-acceptance, families, alcoholism, performance, singing — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, FICTION
Barcode
1889
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

What James Said

by Liz Rosenberg
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, Friendship, rumor, anger, misunderstanding, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1777
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Each Kindness

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, kindness, school, bullying, bystander, compassion, speaking up, community
Barcode
1673
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968

by Alice Faye Duncan
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, history, American History, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. — 4 more, sanitation, strike, protest, equal rights
Barcode
1652
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

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

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

Watch Us Rise

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FICTION, TEEN, Activism, feminism, women's rights, loss — 2 more, loss of parent, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1843
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie
Paperback, 2009
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, FICTION, loss, poverty, racism
Barcode
1766
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, NON-FICTION, memoir, graphic memoir, gender identity, coming out, nonbinary, Asexual, Stonewall Honor Book
Barcode
1768
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, NON-FICTION, memoir, graphic memoir, gender identity, coming out, nonbinary, Asexual, Stonewall Honor Book
Barcode
1844
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

by Alice Wong Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, GENDER, LGBTQIA, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, NONFICTION — 18 more, Kirkus Starred Review, cerebral palsy, facial difference, nystagmus, deaf, incarceration, institutionalization, intellectual disability, blindness, deafblind, multiple sclerosis, wheelchair, incontinence, spina bifida, bipolar, assistive technology, dwarfism, lyme disease
Barcode
1646
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

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

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
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