Tag search:Kirkus starred review

All My Rage: A Novel

by Sabaa Tahir
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, TEEN, Pakistani-American, Islam, loss, loss of parent, addiction, alcoholism — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1724
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)

by Daniel Nayeri
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
TEEN, Iran, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, memoir, Persian, Kirkus Starred Review, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
1458
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Harbor Me

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, incarcerated parent, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1824
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

by F. Isabel Campoy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, painting, murals, city, 4 - 7 years, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1041
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, workers rights, labor, unions, Yiddish, Jewish — 3 more, factories, Kirkus Starred Review, biography
Barcode
1560
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

A Different Pond

by Bao Phi
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Vietnam, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 6 - 8 years, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, fishing, fathers and sons
Barcode
1482
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, sisters, loss, loss of sibling, homelessness, domestic violence — 5 more, India, friendship, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, intellectual disability, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1888
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

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

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

Saturday

by Oge Mora Artist
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1496
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

Aru Shah and the Song of Death (A Pandava Novel Book 2) (Pandava Series, 2)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2020
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, series, India, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Pandava Quintet (2)
Barcode
1686
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Watercress

by Andrea Wang
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, Chinese-American, loss of sibling, Kirkus Starred Review, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1612
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

by Grace Lin
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, holidays, Chinese, Moon Festival, own voices, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Kirkus Starred Review, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
1231
Status
Available
Call number
813

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

You Matter

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, self-esteem, worth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1483
Status
Available
Call number
158.1

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

Prairie Lotus

by Linda Sue Park
Paperback, 2022
Tags
women & girls, MIDDLE GRADES, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Native American, Chinese-American, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, Ihanktonwan, Mixed race
Barcode
1608
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (adapted for young adults)

by Bryan Stevenson
Paperback, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, ages 13 - 18, incarceration, human rights, Kirkus Starred Review, law
Barcode
1444
Status
Available
Call number
340.092

When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

by Laban Carrick Hill
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, music, hip-hop, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, New York, Jamaica, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
875
Status
Available
Call number
782.421649092

All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, black lives matter, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1250
Status
Available
Call number
155.45

Your Name Is a Song

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, names, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review, Muslim family
Barcode
1248
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Watch Us Rise

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FICTION, TEEN, Activism, feminism, women's rights, loss — 2 more, loss of parent, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1843
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Aaron Slater, Illustrator

by Andrea Beaty
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, learning differences, dyslexia, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Questioneers, Questioneers Picture Books
Barcode
1575
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, racism, anti-racism, history, American History, black history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1670
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Fatty Legs

by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Paperback, 2010
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Inuit, NATIVE AMERICAN, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, grades 4 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES, residential schools, history, memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1899
Status
Available
Call number
371.829

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

Show Me a Sign

by Ann Clare LeZotte
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, prejudice, racism, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, deafness, sign language, WOMEN AND GIRLS, historical fiction, ages 8 - 14, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Mary Lambert (1)
Barcode
1456
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

A Family Is a Family Is a Family

by Sara O'Leary
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, multiracial, blended families, single parent, foster care, foster parent, divorce, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2000
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1715
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dark and Deepest Red

by Anna-Marie Mclemore
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, Mexican American, Romani, transgender, trans man, Magical Realism — 2 more, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1746
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

by Patrice Caldwell Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, FICTION, fantasy, science fiction, Short stories, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1723
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

We Are Not from Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, TEEN, undocumented immigrants, Guatemala, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1795
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1637
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1756
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Bilal Cooks Daal

by Aisha Saeed
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review, food, cooking, South Asian
Barcode
1174
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

Rick Riordan Presents Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (A Pandava Novel Book 3) (Pandava Series, 3)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, India, series, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Pandava Quintet (3)
Barcode
1685
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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
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