Tag search:Kirkus starred review

Imaginary Borders (Pocket Change Collective)

by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Paperback, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LATINX, TEEN, NONFICTION, Mexican American, Activism, climate change, climate justice, environmental justice, environmentalism — 2 more, sustainability, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Pocket Change Collective
Barcode
2203
Status
Available
Call number
304.2

Can You Hear The Trees Talking?: Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest

by Peter Wohlleben
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, NONFICTION, environmentalism, forest, nature, Kirkus Starred Review, science, environmental justice
Barcode
2211
Status
Available
Call number
582.16

Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World

by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Wangari, environmentalism, environmental justice, trees — 4 more, forest, Kenya, science, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2202
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

Early Departures

by Justin A. Reynolds
Paperback, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, FAMILIES, TEEN, FICTION, loss, loss of parent, loss of friend, friendship, grief, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2201
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

What's New, Daniel?

by Micha Archer
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, nature, outdoors, grandparents, grandfather, animals, Kirkus starred review
Barcode
2191
Status
Available

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

by Breanna J. McDaniel
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, stories, folktales, libraries, history, black history, American history, Kirkus Starred Review, biography
Barcode
2196
Status
Available

A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration

by Cynthia Harmony
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
LATINX, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Mexico, migrant, migration, farm worker, father, father and daughter — 6 more, Kirkus Starred Review, absent parent, love, butterflies, Dia de los Muertos, holidays
Barcode
2193
Status
Available

The House Before Falling into the Sea

by Ann Suk Wang
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Korea, Korean War, war, kindess, compassion, history — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2200
Status
Available

Black Girl You Are Atlas

by Renée Watson
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, poetry, art, racism, self-esteem, black joy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2197
Status
Available

The Breakup Lists

by Adib Khorram
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LGBTQIA, GENDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, TEEN, FICTION, Iranian-american, queer — 6 more, nonbinary, asexual, deafness, hearing impaired, romance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2192
Status
Available

Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

by Walela Nehanda
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, LGBTQIA, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, ADULT, NON-FICTION, memoir, nonbinary, gender identity, ableism — 7 more, Cancer, leukemia, ancestors, disability justice, body positivity, queer, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2198
Status
Available
Call number
616.9944

Amil and the After

by Veera Hiranandani
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, historical fiction, India, Pakistan, Partition — 9 more, loss, loss of parent, grief, death, Muslim, Islam, Hindu, Kirkus Starred Review, art
Barcode
2188
Status
Available

Across So Many Seas

by Ruth Behar
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, RELIGION, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, Cuba — 8 more, Sephardic, Jewish, Judaism, Latino-Jewish Community, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Cuban, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2187
Status
Available

Summer at Squee

by Andrea Wang
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, Chinese, Chinese-American, adoption, transracial adoption, Friendship — 3 more, racism, prejudice, FICTION
Barcode
2186
Status
Available

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

Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship

by Veronica Chambers
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Friendship, Spanish, bilingual, Panama, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2112
Status
Available

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

Make a Move, Sunny Park!

by Jessica Kim
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, social anxiety, mental health, Korean, friendship, middle school, dance — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2110
Status
Available

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

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

by Imani Perry
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, parenting, history, racism, American History, black history, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, UUA Common Read — 1 more, FAMILIES
Barcode
2155
Status
Available
Call number
306.85

Almost Perfect

by Brian Katcher
Paperback, 2010
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, TEEN, FICTION, relationships, transgender, gender identity, acceptance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2130
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Day in the Sun

by Diana Ejaita
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, outdoors, light, multicultural, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2123
Status
Available

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

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

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

Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, song, freedom, integration, civil rights, athlete, emancipation, protest — 4 more, Activism, history, black history, American History
Barcode
2167
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

We Wait for the Sun

by Katie McCabe
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, memoir, FAMILIES, grandmother, fruit, outdoors, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2166
Status
Available
Call number
340.092

I Got the School Spirit

by Connie Schofield-Morrison
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, school, teachers, education, confidence, new beginnings, Kirkus Starred Review, first day
Barcode
2156
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

All You Have To Do

by Autumn Allen
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, civil rights, protest, racism, FAMILIES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2159
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, music, songs, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2176
Status
Available
Call number
782.25

The Sky at Our Feet

by Nadia Hashimi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Afghanistan, Muslim, FAMILIES, single mother, loss, separation, epilepsy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2149
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Stamped from the Beginning

by Ibram X. Kendi Auteur
Other, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, black history, racism, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2135
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Internment

by Samira Ahmed
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, RELIGION, TEEN, Muslim, Islam, Islamophobia, xenophobia, resistance, youth activism, protest — 2 more, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2174
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

by Nikki Grimes
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, animals
Barcode
2185
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

No More Police: A Case for Abolition

by Mariame Kaba
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, police reform, police abolition, Kirkus Starred Review, NONFICTION
Barcode
2150
Status
Available
Call number
363.20973

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

by Jessica Kim
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, comedy, Korean American, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2040
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Betty Before X

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, civil rights, sexism, social justice, Activism, black history — 2 more, American History, history
Barcode
2039
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

Good Women

by Halle Hill
Paperback, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ADULT, FICTION, Short stories, Appalachia, Southern Lit, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2074
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Birmingham, 1963

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, black history, civil rights, violence, racism, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2049
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist

by Gavin Grimm
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, NONFICTION, transgender, school, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2058
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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

I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket

by Ed Young
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Nepal, grandparents, caring, elder care, kindness, fable, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2050
Status
Available
Call number
398.2
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