March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
By: Melba Pattillo Beals
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
"Beals' recollection of white oppression and her rise above it will haunt readers. A must-read for …
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1. Hondo
By: Louis L'Amour
4.06
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the A… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say."-Louis L'Amour, Hondo
2. Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock
By: David Margolick
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them fr… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- nonfiction
"[E]veryone does dumb things when they're young."-David Margolick, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock
3. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
By: Sungju Lee , Susan Elizabeth McClelland
4.07
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- nonfiction
4. Ghost Boys
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.34
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a… read more
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- middle grade
- social justice
- audiobook
"Bear witness. My tale is told Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don’t let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again"-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
"Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again."-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
5. Ghost (Track, #1)
By: Jason Reynolds
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
6. Inside Out & Back Again
By: Thanhhà Lại
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Hardcover
For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more
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7. A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
By: Lisa Frazier Page , Carlotta Walls LaNier
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on Se… read more
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8. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
10. The Holy Covenants: Living Our Sacred Temple Promises
By: Anthony Sweat
4.74
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
On the outside of the Salt Lake Temple is a carving of two people shaking hands, symbolizing the te… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. The Canyon's Edge
By: Dusti Bowling
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
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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- historical
- audiobook
"...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. The Counselors
By: Jessica Goodman
3.54
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe. She's always had a special co… read more
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- audiobook
14. Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
By: Michael McCreary
3.78
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Slaying autism stereotypes with stand-up, one joke at a time. Like many others on the autism spectr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Having autism is a characteristic, not a character."-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
"I was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. I wasn't diagnosed as a comedian until much later."-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
15. To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)
By: Louis L'Amour
4.19
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after retur… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?"-Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)
"[Barnabas speaks] "I will drink water." "Water? But water is not fit for men to drink. For the cattle, for birds and beast, but a man needs ale . . . or wine, if you are a Frenchman." [William answer…"-Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)
16. Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own
By: Mike Greenberg
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
ESPN personality ( Get Up and #Greeny ) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partne… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Give Me a Sign
By: Anna Sortino
4.11
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more
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- audiobook
18. Flight of the Puffin
By: Ann Braden
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of … read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
"I eye that lady's shiny car through the window -- there's no way she knows what we need better than we do."-Ann Braden, Flight of the Puffin
19. The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs
By: Robert J. Mrazek
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The story of an unsung World War II hero who saved countless American lives in the Philippines. … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
- audiobook
20. Buffalo Flats
By: Martine Leavitt
4.15
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Based on true-life histories, Buffalo Flats shares the epic, coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt… read more
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- historical
21. March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
By: Melba Pattillo Beals
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
"Beals' recollection of white oppression and her rise above it will haunt readers. A must-read for … read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- audiobook
