Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

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

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

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

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

Tru & Nelle: A Christmas Tale: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids (Tru & Nelle, 2)

by G. Neri
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, racism, Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review, holidays — 1 more, winter holidays
Series
Tru and Nelle (2)
Barcode
1806
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback)

by Angela Shelf Medearis
Paperback, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, winter holidays, Kwanzaa, Ghana, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1820
Status
Available
Call number
394.2

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

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

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

A Day in the Sun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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