Tag search:Kirkus starred review

Amal Unbound

by Aisha Saeed
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, freedom, Kirkus Starred Review, indentured servitude
Barcode
1478
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond
Paperback, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, housing, eviction, poverty, NONFICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2030
Status
Available
Call number
339.4

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

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, discrimination, community, trees, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1917
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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 Librarian of Auschwitz

by Antonio Iturbe
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
RELIGION, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, grade 9 and up, Judaism, Holocaust, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1139
Status
Available
Call number
863.7

The Authentics

by Abdi Nazemian
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Iranian-american, TEEN, FICTION, LGBTQIA, Kirkus Starred Review, identity, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
434
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

Sacrifice (Serpentine)

by Cindy Pon
Paperback, 2016
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, fantasy, Chinese, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Kingdom of Xia (4), Serpentine (2)
Barcode
1683
Status
Available

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

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

Stella by Starlight

by Sharon M. Draper
Paperback, 2016
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, Kirkus Starred Review, racism, community, hope, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
Barcode
1521
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

March: Book Three

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
TEEN, JUSTICE, Selma, Segregation, graphic novel, John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
March (3)
Barcode
126
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

And Tango Makes Three (Classic Board Books)

by Justin Richardson
Board book, 2015
Tags
LGBTQIA, BOARD BOOK, 4 - 8 years, FAMILIES, Voices for Trans Youth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1522
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Tags
TEEN, JUSTICE, civil rights, John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, Segregation, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
March (2)
Barcode
125
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

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

Maple

by Lori Nichols
Paperback, 2014
Tags
FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, new baby, siblings, sisters, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1570
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

March: Book One

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2013
Tags
TEEN, civil rights, JUSTICE, John Lewis, Segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Kirkus Starred Review, ADULT
Series
March (1)
Barcode
1324
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

We March

by Shane W. Evans
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, protest, activism, rights, civil rights, Kirkus Starred Review, social justice, freedom, equality
Barcode
2037
Status
Available
Call number
323.11

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

Freedom's a-Callin Me

by Ntozake Shange
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, slavery, poetry, art, verse, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1550
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

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

Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)

by Brian Selznick
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, graphic novel, text, deafness, FAMILIES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2042
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2010
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, Iraq, NON-FICTION, War, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1682
Status
Available
Call number
305.2308691409567

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

A LETTER TO AMY

by Ezra Jack Keats
Paperback, 2010
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 7 years, FICTION, birthday, invitations, mail, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Peter (4)
Barcode
193
Status
Available
Call number
204

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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

by Sherman Alexie
Paperback, 2009
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, FICTION, loss, poverty, racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2024
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

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 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

Day of Tears

by Julius Lester
Paperback, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, historical fiction, slavery, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1641
Status
Available
Call number
813.54
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