Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

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

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend: 1 (Jo Jo, 1)

by Dawn Quigley
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUVENILE, FICTION, chapter book, Ojibwe, Friendship, Native author, Michif, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Jo Jo (1)
Barcode
2072
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Betty Before X

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, civil rights, sexism, social justice, Activism, black history — 2 more, American History, history
Barcode
2039
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket

by Ed Young
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Nepal, grandparents, caring, elder care, kindness, fable, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2050
Status
Available
Call number
398.2

If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist

by Gavin Grimm
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, NONFICTION, transgender, school, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2058
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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

Good Women

by Halle Hill
Paperback, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ADULT, FICTION, Short stories, Appalachia, Southern Lit, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2074
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish

by Lil Miss Hot Mess
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, drag, joy, Kirkus Starred Review, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1975
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

One Leaf Rides the Wind

by Celeste Davidson Mannis
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Japanese culture, Japan, counting, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2027
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free Radicals

by Lila Riesen
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, Afghan, racism, discrimination, hero, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1940
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

Be Strong

by Pat Zietlow Miller
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, DIVERSITY, resilience, bravery, perserverence, leadership, caring, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1590
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

by Veera Hiranandani
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Jewish, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, 60's, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review — 2 more, dysgraphia, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1754
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Bells of Christmas

by Virginia Hamilton
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
FAMILIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, FICTION, winter holidays, holidays, Christmas, celebration, joy, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1864
Status
Available
Call number
411

Julián at the Wedding

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LATINX, GENDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, Afro-Latinx, gender nonconforming, lesbian wedding, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Julián (2)
Barcode
1866
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Politics, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1752
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

May Your Life Be Deliciosa

by Michael Genhart
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LATINX, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, winter holidays, holidays, Christmas, Mexican American, cooking, grandparents, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1669
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

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

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

Proud (Young Readers Edition): Living My American Dream

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, GENDER, NON-FICTION, autobiography, biography, memoir, 10 - 13 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Muslim — 1 more, Kirkus Starred review
Barcode
922
Status
Available
Call number
796.862092

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

Girl Running

by Annette Bay Pimentel
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, athlete, running, marathon, gender roles, sexism, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1973
Status
Available
Call number
796.42
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