Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

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

A Chair for My Mother

by Vera B. Williams
Paperback, 2007
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, Kindness, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
A Chair for My Mother (1)
Barcode
1544
Status
Available
Call number
813

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

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1453
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1480
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

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

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Grace Lin
Paperback, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, own voices, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, fantasy, folklore, series — 2 more, Book 1, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon (Book 1)
Barcode
1433
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

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

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

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

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, FAMILIES, Voices for Trans Youth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1931
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

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

Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep
Paperback, 2001
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, MIDDLE GRADES, Chinese-American, aviation, Kirkus Starred Review, Newberry Honor Book
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles (5)
Barcode
1953
Status
Available
Call number
812.54

Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep
Paperback, 2001
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, MIDDLE GRADES, Chinese-American, aviation, Kirkus Starred Review, Newberry Honor Book
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles (5)
Barcode
1578
Status
Available
Call number
812.54

Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep
Paperback, 2001
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, MIDDLE GRADES, Chinese-American, aviation, Kirkus Starred Review, Newberry Honor Book
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles (5)
Barcode
1579
Status
Available
Call number
812.54

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

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

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Horror, zombies, reconstruction, Mixed race, biracial, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Dread Nation (1)
Barcode
1965
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

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, LGBTQIA, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, historical fiction, Chinese-American, coming of age, queer romance, Kirkus Starred Review, San Francisco, racism — 1 more, prejudice
Barcode
2007
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

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

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

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

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, class, racism, friendship, art, collage, photography — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1880
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

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

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

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

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

Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

by Aaron Lansky
Paperback, 2005
Tags
ADULT, RELIGION, history, language, Yiddish, libraries, Judaism, books, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1440
Status
Available
Call number
002.075

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

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

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

by George M. Johnson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, ADULT, memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1457
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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

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

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

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

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

by Ibram X. Kendi a cura di
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, ADULT, history, American History, black history, slavery, civil rights, racism, black power movement, harlem renaissance — 2 more, voting rights, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1638
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

by Greta Thunberg
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, climate, environmental justice, Activism, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1107
Status
Available
Call number
363.7

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

Frankly in Love

by David Yoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, coming of age, Korean, Kirkus Starred Review, love, romance
Barcode
1145
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

When You Trap a Tiger

by Tae Keller
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, 10 - 14 years, Korean, folk tale, loss, grandmother — 3 more, stories, Newberry Award, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1432
Status
Available
Call number
816.3

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, space travel, storytelling, science fiction, Newberry Award, Pura Belpre Award, Kirkus Starred Review, Mexico
Barcode
1571
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Drawn Together

by Minh Lê
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, own voices, Vietnamese, art, artist, illustration, grandparents — 2 more, connection, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1275
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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