Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
4.07
Format: 40 pages, ebook
In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was …
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1. Last Stop on Market Street
By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more
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"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street
"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street
"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street
2. Old Yeller
By: Fred Gipson
4.10
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving r… read more
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- childrens
"... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids."-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can for…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
3. Grand Canyon: (Caldecott Honor Book)
By: Jason Chin
4.34
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavi… read more
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- nonfiction
- picture books
- history
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4. The Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived, #9)
By: Lauren Tarshis
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
In one of the darkest periods in history, one boy struggles to survive... In this gripping new addi… read more
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5. The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #6)
By: Rhys Bowen
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me--well, actually, my true love, Darcy O'Mara,… read more
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- historical
6. The Deadliest Creature in the World
By: Brenda Z. Guiberson , Gennady Spirin
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake tha… read more
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7. The Big Umbrella
By: Amy June Bates , Juniper Bates
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Alison McGhee's Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial… read more
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8. A Single Shard
By: Linda Sue Park
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more
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9. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
By: Linda Sue Park
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more
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10. The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #3)
By: Louise Penny
2.83
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
'Many mystery buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the type of traditional murder m… read more
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11. Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
By: Julia Cooke
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted … read more
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12. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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13. They Called Us Enemy
By: George Takei
4.42
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more
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- history
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"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
14. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
By: Joanna Ho
4.60
Format: 34 pages, Hardcover
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes … read more
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"When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I'm a miracle."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trims on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"My eyes crinkle into crescent moons and sparkle like the stars. Gold flecks dance and twirl while stories whirl in their oolong pools, carrying tales of the past and hope for the future."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl. Big eyes, long lashes. Not me. I have eyes that kiss on the corners and glow …"-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
15. Ain't Burned All the Bright
By: Jason Reynolds
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more
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"What is life in a house underwater?"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
16. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (Stephanie Plum, #28)
By: Janet Evanovich
4.11
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartme… read more
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17. 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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- african american
18. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more
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19. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Jason Reynolds
4.48
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning for ages 12 and up. A time… read more
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- history
"Science says the races are biologically equal so if they're not in society, the only reason why can be racism."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"...leads back to the question of whether you, reader, want to be a segregationist (a hater), an assimilationist (a coward), or an antiracist (someone who truly loves)."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"The first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past. By acknowledging America's racist past, we can acknowledge America's racist present. In acknowledging America'…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"Brown v. Board of Education, 1954: I’m sure you’ve heard of this one. If you live in the South and go to a diverse school, this is why. This was the case that said racial segregation in public school…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
20. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
By: Carole Lindstrom
4.51
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more
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21. I Talk Like a River
By: Jordan Scott
4.48
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more
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22. The Undefeated
By: Kwame Alexander
4.66
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma… read more
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23. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
24. I Am Enough
By: Grace Byers
4.34
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you… read more
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25. At the Mountain's Base
By: Traci Sorell
4.12
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this picture book… read more
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26. Patchwork
By: Matt de la Peña
4.20
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From a Newbery Medal-winning author and a New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a deeply mov… read more
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27. Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
4.07
Format: 40 pages, ebook
In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was … read more
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- historical
- picture books
- sports
- nonfiction
- african american
- juvenile
28. The Lion Queens of India
By: Jan Reynolds
4.31
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In the far west of India, in Gir National Park, dwells one of the rarest big cats on the Asiatic l… read more
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