Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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