8 Top nonfiction books like Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur

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Wearing My Mother's Heart

By: Sophia Thakur

3.97

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful new collection of poems about what i…

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1. Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

By: Kwame Alexander

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Nigeria Jones

By: Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Nigeria Jones book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • family
  • audiobook
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3. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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4. Ghost Roast

By: Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ghost Roast delivers a paranormal adventure full of first crushes, lost histories, and the impossib… read more

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5. The Worst Ronin

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an unlikely pair of female samurai join forces, what begins as your run-of-the-mill quest for … read more

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6. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • family
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7. The People Remember

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.54

Format: None pages, None

From author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk abou… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's The People Remember book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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8. Inheritance: A Visual Poem

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Inheritance: A Visual Poem book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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9. Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid

By: Ngozi Ukazu

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned… read more

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10. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • audiobook
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11. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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12. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • family
  • audiobook
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13. And We Rise

By: Erica Martin

4.32

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s… read more

Similar categories in Erica Martin's And We Rise book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
"history has become a beautiful American lie Overseers rewrite it and always deny people the right to know the ugly truth only tell part of it especially to the youth peace peace peace they always ins…"

-Erica Martin, And We Rise

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14. These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice

By: Nikita Gill

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the… read more

Similar categories in Nikita Gill's These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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15. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Salt the Water book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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16. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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17. Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology

By: Amber McBride

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Starring thirty-seven poets, with contributions from acclaimed authors, including Kwame Alexander, … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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18. Poor

By: Caleb Femi

4.46

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTIONChosen as a Book of the Year by New Statesman … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Femi's Poor book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This same officer had an horizon in the east of his smile when he told your class that you were all supernovas, the biggest and brightest stars. ... While fear condenses on your lips, you will rememb…"

-Caleb Femi, Poor

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19. Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Gone Wolf book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • audiobook
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20. 49 Days

By: Agnes Lee

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Day 1 Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’… read more

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21. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom

By: Shannon C.F. Rogers

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more

Similar categories in Shannon C.F. Rogers's I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • family
  • audiobook
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22. Wearing My Mother's Heart

By: Sophia Thakur

3.97

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful new collection of poems about what i… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • womens
  • emotion
  • audiobook
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23. From Here

By: Luma Mufleh

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to recon… read more

Similar categories in Luma Mufleh's From Here book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. Say Her Name

By: Zetta Elliott

4.34

Format: 90 pages, None

For ages 12 and up. Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Fo… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Say Her Name book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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25. 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

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • audiobook
"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

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26. An Appetite for Miracles

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must co… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's An Appetite for Miracles book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • family
  • audiobook
"...Faith doesn't work without common sense."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Dear God. I know our relationship is not supposed to be transactional. But, You are the one who invented an eye for an eye, so, maybe I can entice you with a good deal."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Because there are people in our lives; rare unexpected people who don't just walk beside us through life; they witness our lives too. They hold our memories in their DNA. So that when one body forget…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

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27. Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about… read more

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28. This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir

By: Eddie Chuculate

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boy… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Chuculate's This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Organs of Little Importance (Penguin Poets)

By: Adrienne Chung

4.18

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

“ Organs of Little Importance is a riotous feat...Ferocious. Funny. Deeply intelligent. Adrienne Ch… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Chung's Organs of Little Importance (Penguin Poets) book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective)

By: Amyra Leon

4.39

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Concrete Kids, playwright, musician, and educator Amyra León uses free verse to challenge us to… read more

Similar categories in Amyra Leon's Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart

  • family

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Transform Your Habits

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Kwame Alexander

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

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Ibi Zoboi

3.96

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David Levithan

3.89

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Remember Us

Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

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Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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