Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.44
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An engaging children's book whose aim is opening a dialogue about systemic racism, inspired by Emma…
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1. House Arrest
By: K.A. Holt
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more
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- middle grade
2. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
By: Christian Robinson , Patricia Hruby Powell
3.52
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an ex… read more
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3. Jefferson's Sons
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.25
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of Thomas Jefferson's slave children Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thom… read more
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4. 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
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- race
- middle grade
- audiobook
5. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.37
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
6. Camp QUILTBAG
By: Nicole Melleby
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed authors of Hurricane Season and Ana on the Edge, an unforgettable story about th… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
7. 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
- audiobook
"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
8. This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
By: Tiffany Jewell
4.40
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Who are you? What is your identity? What is racism? How do you choose your own path? How do you sta… read more
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- race
- childrens
- politics
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
- activism
"Your privilege is something you don't often think about. It's often invisible to you until you take a moment to gain some insight and awareness into your whole self."-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Using the term Asian to describe all folx from Asian countries and ancestry does not acknowledge the vast and varied histories, cultures, and experiences of everyone."-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Someone described racism to me as the smog we breathe. It is all around us; racism is everywhere. Our lives are polluted by racism and it harms us all. The more we are aware of this smog of racism, t…"-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Folx will be committed to trying to fit you into the box. They will tell you you're too young to make a difference, that you should focus on getting good grades and going to college. They may also te…"-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
9. Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
By: Shawn Harris
3.87
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
One child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire u… read more
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- childrens
10. Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
By: Alice Faye Duncan
4.31
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. Growing up in Texas, … read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- history
- childrens
11. Dear Mothman
By: Robin Gow
4.25
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
12. Miss Meteor
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.99
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Qu… read more
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- audiobook
"Because I am a girl worth the space I take up. I am a girl this world, this town, and most of all, the people who love me, won't let go of. Because I am a star they won't let the sky take back"-Tehlor Kay Mejia, Miss Meteor
13. When We Were Infinite
By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
All Beth wants is for her tight-knit circle of friends — Grace Nakamura, Brandon Lin, Sunny Chen, a… read more
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- audiobook
"If you had to think so hard about whether or not you want to be with someone, what was the point?"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, When We Were Infinite
"What would it be like to admit that aloud - that you were angry, that the day had worn on you, to say those things, and to feel them, without worrying how they might look to whoever you were talking …"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, When We Were Infinite
"In that moment, I saw myself as he saw me, I understood the shape I took in his life: I was, paradoxically, simultaneously too much and not enough. And all my life since then I had tried to rectify t…"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, When We Were Infinite
14. Home Is Not a Country
By: Safia Elhillo
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more
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- audiobook
15. Roll with It
By: Jamie Sumner
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
16. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.13
Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestsell… read more
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- race
- audiobook
"Being in a shadow is never just as simple as stepping out of it. Shadows can camouflage a lot of things."-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"Your grandma used to always tell me that just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't successful. All things end at some point."-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"I dreamed of going to the most remote places on this earth to dig for old bones, older than people. Before humans and their stupid ideas. Before hate. Maybe even before love, too. Dinosaurs just exis…"-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"Because it is the hardness of the floor, and the abrupt halt in momentum, and the unyielding nature of the surface, that causes a thing to crack. Even if it is not that thing's fault. And then we tal…"-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
17. Grounded
By: Aisha Saeed
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestsel… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
18. Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 1)
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Introducing eight-year-old Marisol Rainey! Marisol Rainey’s mother was born in the Philippines. … read more
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- childrens
- audiobook
19. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.44
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An engaging children's book whose aim is opening a dialogue about systemic racism, inspired by Emma… read more
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- history
- childrens
- politics
- middle grade
- banned books
- nonfiction
- social justice
- activism
- audiobook
20. On the Other Side of the Forest
By: Nadine Robert
3.95
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
What’s on the other side of the forest? A young rabbit and his father are determined to find out in… read more
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- childrens
21. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Junior Novel
By: Steve Behling
3.96
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
In this full retelling of the upcoming film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, readers are introduc… read more
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- audiobook
