Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself
By: Martin W. Sandler
4.55
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show--and tell--the story of the Great Depr…
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2. Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids
By: Nicholson Baker
4.72
Format: 64 pages,
In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
3. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
4. Swim Team
By: Johnnie Christmas
4.28
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
5. Cicada
By: Shaun Tan
4.24
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers and beyond Cica… read more
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- art
- childrens
6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- art
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
7. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- nonfiction
- middle grade
- childrens
8. Love in the Library
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more
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- historical
- childrens
9. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- nonfiction
- middle grade
- childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
10. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
11. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.48
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
12. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
By: Elizabeth Partridge
4.53
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more
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- art
- history
- childrens
- historical
- photography
- middle grade
- nonfiction
13. Frizzy
By: Claribel A. Ortega
4.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy
14. Lotería
By: Karla Arenas Valenti
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It is the hottest hour of the hottest day in Oaxaca City when Life and Death walk into town, ready … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"To believe, despite everything, to have hope- that was a choice."-Karla Arenas Valenti, Lotería
15. Me: Moth
By: Amber McBride
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
16. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
By: Amy Schneider
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
17. Answers in the Pages
By: David Levithan
4.32
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages
18. Mal Goes to War: A Novel
By: Edward Ashton
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more
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- adult
19. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Tommie Smith
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
20. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
21. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
4.42
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more
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- art
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
22. The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
By: Eugene Yelchin
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timi… read more
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- childrens
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- middle grade
- nonfiction
23. We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
By: Traci Sorell
4.29
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and vict… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
24. Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself
By: Martin W. Sandler
4.55
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show--and tell--the story of the Great Depr… read more
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- history
- childrens
- teen
- historical
- photography
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
- adult
25. American Murderer
By: Gail Jarrow
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centurie… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
26. Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
By: Kekla Magoon
4.42
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers—as milit… read more
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- history
- teen
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
"The FBI nicknamed the program COINTELPRO, as a shorthand for "counterintelligence program." COINTELPRO originated in the 1950s, to prevent socialist movements from developing in the United States, an…"-Kekla Magoon, Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
27. The Golden Hour
By: Niki Smith
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more
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- middle grade
28. If You Want to Ride a Horse
By: Amy Novesky
3.92
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Carson Ellis' Home meets Carter Higgins' Everything You Need for a Treehouse in this poetic, open-e… read more
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- nonfiction
- childrens
29. The Mandalorian and Child (Star Wars)
By: Jeffrey Brown
4.27
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Author of the bestselling Darth Vader and Son series (more than 3 million copies sold), Jeffrey Bro… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
30. Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution
By: De Nichols
4.25
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
From Keith Haring to Extinction Rebellion, the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, what do… read more
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- history
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
31. Close-Up on War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam
By: Mary Cronk Farrell
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring and fascinating true story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few women photographers cov… read more
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- art
- history
- teen
- historical
- photography
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