Land of the Cranes
By: Aida Salazar
4.50
Format: None pages, None
From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of…
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1. Flora and the Flamingo
By: Molly Idle
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo fr… read more
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2. Garvey's Choice
By: Nikki Grimes
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, sci… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- family
3. The Princess and the Pea
By: Rachel Isadora
3.50
Format: 0 pages, Hardcover
When a prince sets out to find a princess to marry, he soon discovers this is not a simple task. Th… read more
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- childrens
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4. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
By: Eileen Christelow
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
As soon as they say good night to Mama, the five little monkeys start to jump on their bed. But tro… read more
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5. The Blue Sky
By: Andrea Petrlik Huseinović , None
4.33
Format: None pages,
A sad and lonely little girl dreams of seeing her mother again as she watches the clouds in the sky… read more
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6. Magnificent Benito and his two front teeth
By: Jason Moss , Augie Rivera , None , None
4.29
Format: 176 pages,
Poor Benito was born with the largest set of two front teeth! They were so big that Benito pities h… read more
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7. Efrén Divided
By: Ernesto Cisneros
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more
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- contemporary
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8. Everywhere Blue
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more
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9. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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- childrens
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- middle grade
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- audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
10. Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
By: Anika Aldamuy Denise
4.43
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. When … read more
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11. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
12. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
By: Carole Lindstrom
4.51
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more
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- childrens
13. Unsettled
By: Reem Faruqi
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more
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14. Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
By: Edel Rodriguez
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From “America’s illustrator in chief” ( Fast Company ), a graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, co… read more
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15. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
16. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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- childrens
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"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
17. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)
By: Alda P. Dobbs
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more
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18. Land of the Cranes
By: Aida Salazar
4.50
Format: None pages, None
From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
19. Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By: Donna Barba Higuera
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed cause… read more
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20. Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
4.25
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
Together we are looking up into all we do not own and we are listening. Everything Comes Next … read more
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"The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek"-Naomi Shihab Nye, Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems
"If you knew how to read, you could never be lonely."-Naomi Shihab Nye, Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems
21. Chlorine Sky
By: Mahogany L. Browne
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more
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"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
