Awards search:Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

Mexikid: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)

by Pedro Martin
Paperback, 2023
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Mexican American, grandmother, identity, graphic memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2102
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

by Traci N. Todd
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, cartoonist, women's rights, civil rights, history, American History — 4 more, black history, artist, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2169
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE, TEEN
Barcode
2061
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

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

Girl Running

by Annette Bay Pimentel
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, athlete, running, marathon, gender roles, sexism, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1973
Status
Available
Call number
796.42

Punching Bag

by Rex Ogle
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
FAMILIES, LATINX, TEEN, domestic violence, abuse, loss of sibling
Barcode
2005
Status
Available
Call number
362.7

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

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Board book, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, history, American History, black history, music
Barcode
1956
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164909

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, baseball, sports, Ojibwe, Cahuilla, discrimination, JUVENILE, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1927
Status
Available
Call number
796.357

Apple: (Skin to the Core)

by Eric Gansworth
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, poetry, memoir, identity, Native author, Onandoga
Barcode
1921
Status
Available
Call number
920.009297

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, biography, Chinese-American, architect, art, design, memorial, Vietnam War
Barcode
1875
Status
Available
Call number
720.92

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, Jewish, Judaism, Hebrew, Yiddish — 9 more, art, painting, protest, photography, poverty, court case, artist, Lithuania, deportation
Barcode
1655
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

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

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, women's rights, supreme court, Jewish
Barcode
1668
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, Holocaust, World War II, escape, NONFICTION, JUVENILE
Barcode
1635
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, New Deal, worker's rights, social work
Barcode
1841
Status
Available
Call number
331.092

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

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by Brandy Colbert
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, NON-FICTION, racism, American History, black history, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1648
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Paperback, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TEEN, botany, environmentalism, Native American, Native author, Potawatomi
Barcode
1818
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, history, American History, racism
Barcode
1807
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

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

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, scientist, science, curiosity, Kirkus Starred Review, pioneer, biography, oceanology, oceans, continental drift — 1 more, earth
Barcode
1703
Status
Available
Call number
526.092

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, resistance, anti-semitism, WWII, Nazis, White Rose movement, youth resistance, Holocaust — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1629
Status
Available
Call number
943.086092

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

by Rebecca Hall
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, NON-FICTION, graphic
Barcode
1592
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

by Kyo Maclear
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Japanese American, Japanese internment, JUSTICE, artist, art, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1584
Status
Available
Call number
741.6092

Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ People Who Made History

by Sarah Prager
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, history, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1562
Status
Available
Call number
306.76092

Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

by Heidi Tyline King
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, Gullah Geechee, environmentalism, activism, Kirkus Starred Review, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1535
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1480
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

by Nikole Hannah-Jones Creator
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, black history, slavery, freedom
Barcode
1475
Status
Available
Call number
973

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

by Christian Staebler
Paperback, 2020
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native American, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic memoir, history, American Indian Movement, social justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1460
Status
Available
Call number
782.421660922

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

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1453
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Obviously: Stories from My Timeline

by Akilah Hughes
Digital audiobook, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, memoir, YouTube, racism, body positivity, coming of age
Barcode
1407
Status
Available
Call number
792.702

Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

by Areli Morales
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, immigration, DACA, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
1420
Status
Available
Call number
305.23086

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

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

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything

by Annette Bay Pimentel
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 5 - 8 years, disabilities, Activism, rights, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
1220
Status
Available
Call number
323.3

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

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

Guts

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2019
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, graphic memoir, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome
Series
Smile (3)
Barcode
1103
Status
Available
Call number
155.4

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, RELIGION, TEEN, graphic memoir, Judaism, Holocaust, grade 8 and up, biography
Barcode
1199
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

by Susan Hood
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
1095
Status
Available
Call number
305.4

Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins

by Michelle Meadows
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Preschool - Grade 2, biography, dance, ballet, Segregation
Barcode
1099
Status
Available
Call number
792.802

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

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, books, Puerto Rico, 4 - 8 years, biography
Barcode
1119
Status
Available
Call number
020.92

The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

by Sue Macy
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years, grades k - 3, Judaism, Yiddish, Kirkus Starred Review, books, biography
Barcode
1088
Status
Available
Call number
020.75

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

Love Your Body

by Jessica Sanders
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, body positivity, grade 2 and up, 8 - 12 years, JUVENILE, FICTION, NON-FICTION
Barcode
911
Status
Available
Call number
155.433
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