Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Child of the Universe

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dark and Deepest Red

by Anna-Marie Mclemore
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, Mexican American, Romani, transgender, trans man, Magical Realism — 2 more, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1746
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

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

by Patrice Caldwell Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, FICTION, fantasy, science fiction, Short stories, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1723
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1715
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

How Do You Dance?

by Thyra Heder
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, dance, self expression, body positivity, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1718
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, San Francisco, racism, prejudice
Barcode
1729
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

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

Aru Shah and the Song of Death (A Pandava Novel Book 2) (Pandava Series, 2)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2020
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, series, India, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Pandava Quintet (2)
Barcode
1686
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

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

by Tonya Bolden
Paperback, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, slavery, enslavement, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1642
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

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

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

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

Rick Riordan Presents Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (A Pandava Novel Book 3) (Pandava Series, 3)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, India, series, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Pandava Quintet (3)
Barcode
1685
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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
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