Tag search:Kirkus starred review

Holi Colors

by Rina Singh
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, BOARD BOOK, Hinduism, holidays, India, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1510
Status
Available
Call number
294.5

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

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

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, baseball, sports, Ojibwe, Cahuilla, discrimination, JUVENILE, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1927
Status
Available
Call number
796.357

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

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

by Christian Staebler
Paperback, 2020
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native American, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic memoir, history, American Indian Movement, social justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1460
Status
Available
Call number
782.421660922

When Lola Visits

by Michelle Sterling
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Tagalog, Ilocano, Filipino, grandparents, grandmother, own voices, PICTURE BOOK — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1438
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

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

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, incarceration, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
894
Status
Available
Call number
353.4

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

Pride Colors

by Robin Stevenson
Board book, 2019
Tags
LGBTQIA, BOARD BOOK, Pride, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
697
Status
Available
Call number
535.6

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

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

Layla's Happiness

by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1129
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

Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation): The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

by Candacy Taylor
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, history, civil rights, NON-FICTION, Segregation, travel, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1586
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

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

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

by Greta Thunberg
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, climate, environmental justice, Activism, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1107
Status
Available
Call number
363.7

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nana Akua Goes to School

by Tricia Elam Walker
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Ghana, Akua, adinkra, grandparents, grandmother, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1583
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Jasmine Warga
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2033
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1144
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, class, racism, friendship, art, collage, photography — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1880
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

Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, song, freedom, integration, civil rights, athlete, emancipation, protest — 4 more, Activism, history, black history, American History
Barcode
2167
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

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

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

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

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1480
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1453
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

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

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

A Chair for My Mother

by Vera B. Williams
Paperback, 2007
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, Kindness, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
A Chair for My Mother (1)
Barcode
1544
Status
Available
Call number
813

Last Chance Dance

by Lakita Wilson
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, first love, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1938
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

All We Need

by Kathy Wolff
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, community, gratitude, sharing, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1576
Status
Available

The Kaya Girl

by Mamle Wolo
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Ghana, classism, friendship, social class, class, social stigma — 3 more, prejudice, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1895
Status
Available

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

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
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