Awards search:School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
LATINX, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, biography
Barcode
50
Status
Available
Call number
331.88

Roller Girl

by Victoria Jamieson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic novel, ages 9 - 13
Barcode
291
Status
Checked out
Call number
741.5

Her Right Foot

by Dave Eggers
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, 6 - 9 years
Barcode
408
Status
Available
Call number
973

In Your Hands

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, RELIGION, prayer, god
Barcode
992
Status
Available
Call number
507

Wonder

by R. J. Palacio
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUVENILE, 8 - 12 years, FICTION
Series
Wonder (Palacio) (1)
Barcode
610
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

You Bring the Distant Near

by Mitali Perkins
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
TEEN, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, indian-american, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
233
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Little Rock girl 1957 : how a photograph changed the fight for integration

by Shelley Tougas
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, NON-FICTION, Segregation, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, ages 10 - 12
Series
Captured History
Barcode
380
Status
Available
Call number
379.2/630976773

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, slavery, biography, PICTURE BOOK, grades k - 3, 5 - 9 years
Barcode
438
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, JUSTICE, music, child prodigy, jazz
Barcode
548
Status
Available
Call number
788.9

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

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

by Angela Johnson
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, 4 - 8 years, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
511
Status
Available
Call number
394.263

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Paperback, 2014
Tags
LGBTQIA, LATINX, TEEN, 14 and up
Series
Aristotle and Dante (1)
Barcode
510
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

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))

by James Rumford
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Cherokee, biography, JUVENILE, 4 - 7 years, NON-FICTION
Barcode
65
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

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

Patina (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, middle school, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 and up, Diverse characters, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Track Series (2)
Barcode
1452
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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, ADULT
Series
March (1)
Barcode
124
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

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

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Short stories, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, Choctaw, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, indian-american — 7 more, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, We Need Diverse Books, BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, JUVENILE
Barcode
593
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

by Shane W. Evans
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, historical fiction, PICTURE BOOK, slavery, underground railroad, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, JUVENILE
Barcode
367
Status
Available
Call number
973.7

Two White Rabbits

by Jairo Buitrago
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, Mexican immigrants, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
7
Status
Available
Call number
863.7

The Journey

by Francesca Sanna Illustrator
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, war, empathy, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
97
Status
Available
Call number
853.92

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa

by Jeanette Winter
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
multicultural, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, environmentalism, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
278
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

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

A Dream Of Freedom: the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

by Diane McWhorter
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, civil rights, grades 5 -9, NON-FICTION, TEEN, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
247
Status
Available
Call number
323.11960730904

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, African American family, poetry, memoir, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
178
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, poetry
Series
The Crossover (1)
Barcode
328
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Ghost (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Diverse characters, homelessness, middle school, bullying, class structure, 10 and up, FICTION, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES
Series
Track Series (1)
Barcode
723
Status
Missing
Call number
813.6

Picture Us In The Light

by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
TEEN, FICTION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LGBTQIA, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, adoption, 14 and up, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
507
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Inside Out and Back Again

by Thanhha Lai
Paperback, 2013
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FICTION, poetry, 9 - 12 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
165
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

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

Julián Is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
gender roles, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, GENDER, Voices for Trans Youth
Series
Julián (1)
Barcode
580
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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