Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

Bodies Are Cool

by Tyler Feder
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, ages 3 - 10, body positivity, body differences, vitiglio, limb differences, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1437
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Too Bright to See

by Kyle Lukoff
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUVENILE, LGBTQIA, GENDER, transgender, coming out, gender identity, Kirkus Starred Review, Stonewall Book Award, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1587
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story

by Paula Yoo
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, DIVERSITY, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, NON-FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
11
Status
Available
Call number
797.2

The Breadwinner Trilogy

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, afghanistan, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, GENDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Breadwinner (Omnibus 1-3)
Barcode
594
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

Pie in the Sky

by Remy Lai
Paperback, 2019
Tags
FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, baking, cooking, loss, loss of parent, MIDDLE GRADES, Australia — 2 more, graphic novel, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1410
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

by S. K. Ali Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, Eid, Mulsim, Islam, joy, sharing, anthology, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1523
Status
Available
Call number
297.3

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

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

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

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

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

Root Magic

by Eden Royce
Paperback, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Gullah, coming of age, Segregation, Kirkus Starred Review, twins
Barcode
1644
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

by Atia Abawi
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, War, FICTION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
817
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Dark Water

by Laura McNeal
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review, coming of age
Barcode
1705
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

by Kyo Maclear
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Japanese American, Japanese internment, JUSTICE, artist, art, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1584
Status
Available
Call number
741.6092

Lubna and Pebble

by Wendy Meddour
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1582
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, scientist, science, curiosity, Kirkus Starred Review, pioneer, biography, oceanology, oceans, continental drift — 1 more, earth
Barcode
1703
Status
Available
Call number
526.092

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

Summer Bird Blue

by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, TEEN, loss, loss of sibling, grief, Asexual, ASIAN, ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER — 4 more, Hawaiian, Pacific-Islander, hapa, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1396
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

What If...

by Samantha Berger
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, imagination, creativity, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1272
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Have the Right to Be a Child

by Alain Serres
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Children's rights, United Nations, DIVERSITY, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
366
Status
Available
Call number
323.3

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

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

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

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

My Two Border Towns

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, sharing, caring, helping, bilingual
Barcode
1712
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story

by Danielle Greendeer
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Wampanoag, Thanksgiving, holidays, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1745
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
1731
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

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

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

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 Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, author, writer, pioneer, Kirkus Starred Review, bisexuality
Barcode
1627
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

No Safe Place

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2011
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, Iraq, Russia, Kurd, Romani, War, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1636
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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
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