Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

Powwow Day

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, FICTION, Native author, jingle dance, healing, illness, community — 2 more, dance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1874
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Light It Up

by Kekla Magoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, police brutality, shooting, violence, racism, protest, white supremacy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1887
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

by Brendan Kiely
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, TEEN, NONFICTION, racism, prejudice, whiteness, white privilege, white supremacy, history, American History, race — 2 more, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1886
Status
Available
Call number
305.809

Home Is Not a Country

by Safia Elhillo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, TEEN, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Sudan, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review — 1 more, Africa
Barcode
1876
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Indian No More

by Charlene Willing McManis
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, reservation, Indian Relocation Program, tribal termination, Native American, Native author, moving, Umpqua — 5 more, racism, prejudice, civil rights, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1873
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

In the Garden

by Emma Giuliani
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, oversized, nature, garden, growing, planting, botany, seasons, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1870
Status
Available
Call number
635.082

What James Said

by Liz Rosenberg
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, Friendship, rumor, anger, misunderstanding, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1777
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Passover Mouse

by Joy Nelkin Wieder
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Judaism, Passover, holidays, Jewish, community, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1855
Status
Available
Call number
267

Child of the Universe

by Ray Jayawardhana
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, science
Barcode
1856
Status
Available

Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep
Paperback, 2001
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, Chinese-American, aviation, Kirkus Starred Review, Newberry Honor Book
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles (5)
Barcode
1696
Status
Available
Call number
812.54

Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

by Tonya Bolden
Paperback, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, anthology, famous speeches, Kirkus Starred Review, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1759
Status
Available
Call number
815

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

by Sandra Neil Wallace
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, protest, civil rights, American History, voting rights, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1662
Status
Available
Call number
323.1196

When We Say Black Lives Matter

by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, community, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1656
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

by Leah Henderson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, historical fiction, American History, civil war, holidays, Memorial Day, Kirkus Starred Review, Decoration Day
Barcode
1657
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968

by Alice Faye Duncan
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, history, American History, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. — 4 more, sanitation, strike, protest, equal rights
Barcode
1652
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, biography
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1658
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Politics, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1752
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice, 1)

by Laura Atkins
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, NONFICTION, history, American History, racism, poetry, Japanese internment, protest, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1693
Status
Available
Call number
341.6

May Your Life Be Deliciosa

by Michael Genhart
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LATINX, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, winter holidays, holidays, Christmas, Mexican American, cooking, grandparents, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1669
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Bells of Christmas

by Virginia Hamilton
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, FICTION, winter holidays, holidays, Christmas, celebration, joy, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1864
Status
Available
Call number
411

Julián at the Wedding

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LATINX, GENDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, Afro-Latinx, gender nonconforming, lesbian wedding, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Julián (2)
Barcode
1866
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Moon Within

by Aida Salazar
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, GENDER, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, puberty, ritual, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1842
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

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Paula Yoo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, NONFICTION, civil rights, violence, court case, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1753
Status
Available
Call number
305.895

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by Brandy Colbert
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, NON-FICTION, racism, American History, black history, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1648
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

Moonwalking

by Zetta Elliott
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
DIVERSITY, BODIES AND ABILITIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review, Polish, Congolese, Puerto Rican — 3 more, autism, mental illness, poetry
Barcode
1672
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, BODIES AND ABILITIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review, Peru, Mexican American, coming of age, water, hip dysplasia — 1 more, swimming
Barcode
1647
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

by Alice Wong Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, GENDER, LGBTQIA, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, NONFICTION — 18 more, Kirkus Starred Review, cerebral palsy, facial difference, nystagmus, deaf, incarceration, institutionalization, intellectual disability, blindness, deafblind, multiple sclerosis, wheelchair, incontinence, spina bifida, bipolar, assistive technology, dwarfism, lyme disease
Barcode
1646
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

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

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

by Veera Hiranandani
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Jewish, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, 60's, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review — 2 more, dysgraphia, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1754
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

by Kwame Mbalia Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, Short stories, boyhood, masculinity, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1640
Status
Available
Call number
813.0080896073

Zara Hossain Is Here

by Sabina Khan
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, LGBTQIA, DIVERSITY, TEEN, FICTION, bisexuality, Muslim, Islam, racism — 3 more, oppression, Immigration, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1671
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

by Ibram X. Kendi a cura di
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, ADULT, history, American History, black history, slavery, civil rights, racism, black power movement, harlem renaissance — 2 more, voting rights, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1638
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

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

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

We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

by Shelia P. Moses
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, civil rights, Activism, protest, Children's Crusade, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1835
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

by Isaac Blum
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, coming of age, Judaism, orthodox, anti-semitism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1836
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, Mexican American, Mexico, Immigration, coming of age, poetry, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1838
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Children's Garden: Growing Food in the City

by Carole Lexa Schaefer
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, gardening, community, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1840
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation): Life in Native America

by David Treuer
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, TEEN, history, Native American, Native author, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1839
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

My Fade Is Fresh

by Shauntay Grant
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, autonomy, hair, gender expression, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1828
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

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

Someone Builds the Dream

by Lisa Wheeler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, DIVERSITY, labor, building, creation, working together, production, work, dignity, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1661
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

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

Being You: A First Conversation About Gender (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, BOARD BOOK, gender identity, transgender, feminism, body positivity, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1755
Status
Available
Call number
305.3

When Stars Are Scattered

by Victoria Jamieson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, Somalia, Kenya, seizures, loss, loss of parent, War, graphic memoir — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1786
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

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
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