Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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 Sky at Our Feet

by Nadia Hashimi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Afghanistan, Muslim, FAMILIES, single mother, loss, separation, epilepsy, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2149
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong'o
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, colorism, skin color, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1492
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone

by Heather McGhee
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, history, American History, black history, civil rights, racism, anti-racism, solidarity, freedom — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, NONFICTION
Barcode
2059
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

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

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

There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

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

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

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

To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood

by Emma Brown
Paperback, 2022
Tags
ADULT, GENDER, parenting, education, Kirkus Starred Review, sexuality education, consent, violence
Barcode
1585
Status
Available
Call number
649.132

Together We March: 25 Protest Movements That Marched into History

by Leah Henderson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LGBTQIA, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, Kenya — 10 more, Bulgaria, South Africa, environmental justice, environmentalism, civil rights, equality, Activism, Children's rights, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1577
Status
Available
Call number
303.48

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

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

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

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

Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, marriage, gay rights, wedding, baking, cake
Barcode
1969
Status
Available
Call number
306.7662

The Undefeated

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 6 - 12 years, poetry, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1120
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

Undercover Latina

by Aya De Leon
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, racism, spy, Kirkus Starred Review, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Friendship
Series
The Factory (1)
Barcode
2020
Status
Available

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

Unsettled

by Reem Faruqi
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Refugees & immigrants, RELIGION, women & girls, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Own Voices, Islam, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, bullying, coming of age — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1525
Status
Available

A Voice Named Aretha

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, music, civil rights, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1118
Status
Available
Call number
782.421644092

Vote for Our Future!

by Margaret McNamara
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, voting, rights, government, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1230
Status
Available
Call number
324.60973

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

by Rebecca Hall
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, NON-FICTION, graphic
Barcode
1592
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

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

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

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, environmentalism, environmental justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1249
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Wolves: New World War Two historical fiction for 2021, for children aged 9

by Katrina Nannestad
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, JUSTICE, war, World War II, abandonment, survival, Kirkus Starred Review, Germany, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1593
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

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

We Wait for the Sun

by Katie McCabe
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, memoir, FAMILIES, grandmother, fruit, outdoors, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2166
Status
Available
Call number
340.092

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

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

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

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

What's New, Daniel?

by Micha Archer
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, nature, outdoors, grandparents, grandfather, animals, Kirkus starred review
Barcode
2191
Status
Available

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

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, music, singing, civil rights, American History — 3 more, black history, opera, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2053
Status
Available
Call number
782.1092

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
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