Watch Us Rise
By: Renée Watson
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school…
Want to Read $ 6.64"I wonder why girls with bodies like mine can't even model the clothes that are made for us."-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"I wonder why girls with bodies like mine can't even model the clothes that are made for us."-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"You know, ‘ladies’ is old fashioned, Mr. Smith. I like to use ‘womyn’, spelled ‘W-O-M-Y-N’, so I don’t have to include the word ‘man’"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"You know, ‘ladies’ is old fashioned, Mr. Smith. I like to use ‘womyn’, spelled ‘W-O-M-Y-N’, so I don’t have to include the word ‘man’"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
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1. The Last Wild
By: Piers Torday
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he har… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"How could I be so wrong? The stag was right---we can't trust any other humans. How can you ever trust someone who wants to eat you?"-Piers Torday, The Last Wild
2. The Skin I'm In
By: Sharon G. Flake
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Mad… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. The Education of Margot Sánchez
By: Lilliam Rivera
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Hardcover
Pretty in Pinkcomes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunct… read more
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4. Does My Head Look Big In This?
By: Randa Abdel-Fattah
3.68
Format: 528 pages,
When sixteen-year-old Amal decides to wear the hijab full-time, her entire world changes, all becau… read more
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5. Saints and Misfits
By: S.K. Ali
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Audiobook
Saints and Misfitsis an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...… read more
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6. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
By: Meg Medina
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
In Meg Medina's compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school - and … read more
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7. You're Welcome, Universe
By: Whitney Gardner
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for t… read more
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8. Enter Title Here
By: Rahul Kanakia
3.88
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
I'm your protagonist--Reshma Kapoor--and if you have the free time to read this book, then you're p… read more
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9. A Place at the Table
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a… read more
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- fiction
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- contemporary
10. If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
By: Leila Sales
3.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winter, a one-time National Spelling Bee Champ, has a bright future ahead of her. That all changes … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Living is brave. Quitting is cowardly."-Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
"You'll be fine. Children are like plants. Just water them twice a week and turn them toward the sun."-Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
"That would make my job much easier. Unfortunately, the internet is like an elephant: it doesn't forget."-Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
"She has to learn to live with the consequences of her actions. We can't teach her that every time she made a mistake, we'll be here to clean up after her."-Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
11. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)
By: Kelly Yang
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more
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12. We Are Not Free
By: Traci Chee
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the… read more
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- contemporary
"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
13. On the Come Up
By: Angie Thomas
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants … read more
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- teen
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"All right now, y’all,"-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"That’s what we call our goal, the come up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"I'll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"Done up. The good news? A lot rhymes with “done up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
14. Waking Romeo
By: Kathryn Barker
3.87
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking t… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"If it wasn't some Epic Love Story, then it was just a tragedy."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
"I wonder what exactly happened in that additional chapter between us."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
"Once you've truly seen a person ... well, unlike with time, there really is no going back."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
15. Rain Rising
By: Courtne Comrie
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
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16. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-wh… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
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- contemporary
17. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
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- contemporary
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
18. This Time Will Be Different
By: Misa Sugiura
3.72
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived… read more
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19. Watch Us Rise
By: Renée Watson
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school… read more
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- poetry
- young adult contemporary
- teen
- feminism
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- activism
"I wonder why girls with bodies like mine can't even model the clothes that are made for us."-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"You know, ‘ladies’ is old fashioned, Mr. Smith. I like to use ‘womyn’, spelled ‘W-O-M-Y-N’, so I don’t have to include the word ‘man’"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"I walk over to the plus size section, wondering why my sizes have to be in a special section of the store and not mixed in with the other sizes. There is a definite divide, as if a shirt with a 3X ta…"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
20. Black Girl Unlimited
By: Echo Brown
4.32
Format: 304 pages, None
Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions… read more
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- fiction
- young adult contemporary
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"Usually, all of us have some kind of bad story seeds that eventually sprout into a solid harvest. If you want a lush, beautiful harvest, you must replant yourself from the inside. You must uproot all…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"It's interesting to me how a person can change so much on the inside while their environment remains the same-- and then how different that same environment looks after the change. I wonder how diffe…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"The tenth lesson of wizard training is to pay attention to warning signals in your life. Become alert to what the universe is trying to point you away from. If you can wake up fast enough, certain tr…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"I begin to wonder if her Bible-thumping Jesus-loving is an act to provide her with the illusion of certainty and stability in the world. Deep down, if she has sat on the ceiling before, she must know…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
21. Jupiter Rising
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.59
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is… read more
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