Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

Internment

by Samira Ahmed
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, RELIGION, TEEN, Muslim, Islam, Islamophobia, xenophobia, resistance, youth activism, protest — 2 more, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2174
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Other Boys

by Damian Alexander
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, GENDER, LGBTQIA, graphic memoir, bullying, middle school, therapy, self-acceptance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1549
Status
Available
Call number
373.1826

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

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

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

All You Have To Do

by Autumn Allen
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, civil rights, protest, racism, FAMILIES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2159
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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

Aaron Slater, Illustrator

by Andrea Beaty
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, learning differences, dyslexia, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Questioneers, Questioneers Picture Books
Barcode
1575
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Across So Many Seas

by Ruth Behar
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, RELIGION, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, Cuba — 8 more, Sephardic, Jewish, Judaism, Latino-Jewish Community, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Cuban, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2187
Status
Available

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

On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Berne
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, poetry, Emily Dickinson, Kirkus Starred Review, curiosity, imagination, writer, writing
Barcode
1622
Status
Available
Call number
811.4

A Black Women's History of the United States (Revsioning American History)

by Daina Ramey Berry
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1905
Status
Available
Call number
305.48

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (Spanish and English Edition)

by Warren Binford Compiler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, detention, family separation, NONFICTION, bilingual, English/Spanish, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2171
Status
Available
Call number
362.87092

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

by Isaac Blum
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, coming of age, Judaism, orthodox, anti-semitism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1836
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, music, songs, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2176
Status
Available
Call number
782.25

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

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

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

Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship

by Veronica Chambers
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Friendship, Spanish, bilingual, Panama, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2112
Status
Available

All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, black lives matter, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1250
Status
Available
Call number
155.45

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

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

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

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

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

Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration

by Natalie Daise
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, cooking, food, Gullah Geechee, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2073
Status
Available

Carmela Full of Wishes

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, birthday, Kirkus Starred Review, family separation, undocumented immigrants, siblings
Barcode
2021
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

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

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

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

A Day in the Sun

by Diana Ejaita
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, outdoors, light, multicultural, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2123
Status
Available

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

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

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

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

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

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
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