Tag search:Kirkus starred review

Every Body: A First Conversation About Bodies (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2023
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, body positivity, body differences, disability, fatphobia, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
2067
Status
Available
Call number
306.4

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

by Ahed Tamimi
Paperback, 2023
Tags
ADULT, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Palestine, protest, occupation, memoir, arrest, incarceration, activism, Kirkus starred review — 1 more, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
2075
Status
Available
Call number
956.94

Tru & Nelle

by G. Neri
Paperback, 2017
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, racism, Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review, GENDER — 1 more, BODIES AND ABILITIES
Series
Tru and Nelle (1)
Barcode
2060
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Sisters of the Neversea

by Cynthia L Smith
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, fantasy, Muscogee, Creek, GENDER, LGBTQIA, Two-Spirit, gender equity — 5 more, environmentalism, family separation, blended families, Kirkus Starred Review, Peter Pan
Barcode
2071
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration

by Natalie Daise
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, cooking, food, Gullah Geechee, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2073
Status
Available

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

We March

by Shane W. Evans
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, protest, activism, rights, civil rights, Kirkus Starred Review, social justice, freedom, equality
Barcode
2037
Status
Available
Call number
323.11

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond
Paperback, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, housing, eviction, poverty, NONFICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2030
Status
Available
Call number
339.4

One Leaf Rides the Wind

by Celeste Davidson Mannis
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Japanese culture, Japan, counting, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2027
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

Undercover Latina

by Aya De Leon
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, racism, spy, Kirkus Starred Review, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Friendship
Series
The Factory (1)
Barcode
2020
Status
Available

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

The Last Mapmaker

by Christina Soontornvat
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, fantasy, exploration, colonialism, adventure, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Carmela Full of Wishes

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, birthday, Kirkus Starred Review, family separation, undocumented immigrants, siblings
Barcode
2021
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Girl Mans Up

by M-E Girard
Paperback, 2018
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FICTION, Portuguese, abortion, friendship, respect, gender identity, nonbinary — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1982
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Pants Project

by Cat Clarke
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, activism, gender identity, transgender, gay parents, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1980
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Boys Don't Knit (In Public)

by T. S. Easton
Paperback, 2016
Tags
GENDER, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review, gender roles, knitting, fiber arts
Series
Boys Don't Knit (1)
Barcode
1977
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History

by Lindsay H. Metcalf Editor
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, LATINX, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY — 13 more, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, poetry, Activism, climate change, speaking out, water rights, Deportation, transgender, gay parents, equality, bullying, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1972
Status
Available
Call number
811.608

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

Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, marriage, gay rights, wedding, baking, cake
Barcode
1969
Status
Available
Call number
306.7662

The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish

by Lil Miss Hot Mess
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, drag, joy, Kirkus Starred Review, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1975
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Different Kinds of Fruit

by Kyle Lukoff
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, nonbinary, transgender, trans parent, FICTION, friendship
Barcode
1976
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us

by Katherine Locke Editor
Paperback, 2023
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, DIVERSITY, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, fantasy, identity, short stories, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1979
Status
Available
Call number
808.8310892067

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

Cape

by Kevin Johnson
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, loss, grief, death, memory, remembering, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1989
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

by Angela Joy
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, racism, civil rights, activism, Kirkus Starred Review, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic non-fiction, biography
Barcode
1988
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies

by Cokie Roberts
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1962
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

by Anne Ursu
Paperback, 2022
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1961
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Deathless Divide (Dread Nation)

by Justina Ireland
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Horror, zombies, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Dread Nation (2)
Barcode
1964
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Free Radicals

by Lila Riesen
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, Afghan, racism, discrimination, hero, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1940
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Chance Dance

by Lakita Wilson
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, first love, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1938
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

by Shannon Gibney
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, ADULT, speculative memoir, adoption, transracial adoption, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1937
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, discrimination, community, trees, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1917
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Danbi's Favorite Day

by Anna Kim
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Korean, Children's Day, holidays, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1930
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

by Chris Barton
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 7 - 10 years, Science, engineering, nonfiction, Kirkus Starred Review, inventors
Barcode
1919
Status
Available
Call number
609.2

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Paul Ortiz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1906
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

A Queer History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Michael Bronski
Paperback, 2012
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, ADULT, NONFICTION, history, American History, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1907
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

A Black Women's History of the United States (Revsioning American History)

by Daina Ramey Berry
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1905
Status
Available
Call number
305.48

Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective)

by Alok Vaid-Menon
Paperback, 2020
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, TEEN, NONFICTION, nonbinary, memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Pocket Change Collective
Barcode
1943
Status
Available
Call number
305.3

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

by Sheree R. Thomas
Paperback, 2001
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, FICTION, speculative fiction, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Dark Matter Anthologies (1)
Barcode
1946
Status
Available
Call number
813.087609896073

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, FAMILIES, Voices for Trans Youth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1931
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep
Paperback, 2001
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, MIDDLE GRADES, Chinese-American, aviation, Kirkus Starred Review, Newberry Honor Book
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles (5)
Barcode
1953
Status
Available
Call number
812.54

Pride Puppy!

by Robin Stevenson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, queer parents, pride, alphabet, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1960
Status
Available
Call number
421.1

Magnolia Flower

by Zora Neale Hurston
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Cherokee, slavery, freedom, resistance, intercultural family, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1958
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Kaya Girl

by Mamle Wolo
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Ghana, classism, friendship, social class, class, social stigma — 3 more, prejudice, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1895
Status
Available

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
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