Rooted in Joy: Creating a Classroom Culture of Equity, Belonging, and Care
By: Deonna Smith
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
How teachers can unlock the power of inclusivity and joy to transform their classroom and behavior …
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1. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
By: Zaretta Lynn Hammond
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement… read more
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- education
- teaching
2. Space Case (Moon Base Alpha #1)
By: Stuart Gibbs
4.12
Format: 260 pages, ebook
It's a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author … read more
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3. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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4. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder
By: Kerryn Mayne
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more
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5. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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6. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
7. Remember Us
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more
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8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- education
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
9. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
By: Emily Ladau
4.41
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more
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- education
10. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
4.04
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more
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11. The Last Lifeboat
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.33
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more
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12. Grief Is Love: Living with Loss
By: Marisa Renee Lee
4.17
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one heali… read more
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13. A Wish in the Dark
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Newbery Medal Honor Title (2021) A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. All light i… read more
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"You can't run away from darkness. It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light."-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
"The world wasn't what I wanted it to be," Pong went on. "Not Chattana. Not even Tanaburi. I thought if I ran far enough, I could find that perfect place where life is fair and everything is good. But…"-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
14. Hula
By: Jasmin Iolani Hakes
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Set in Hilo, Hawai'i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that u… read more
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"We used to grow taro, bananas, sweet potato. Now we grew headstones. The only remaining place where Hawaiians were still a majority was in the cemetery. We were a species on the brink of extinction."-Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula
"In Hilo, we are the `āina. Its mist is our breath, its rain our tears, its waters our blood. Our veins run deep, our song louder than their noise. Roots too deep to extract. That’s the thing about hu…"-Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula
15. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
By: Lisa Genova
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do … read more
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"You don't need memory to love or feel loved."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"Forgetting happens. If you stress about it, it'll happen even more."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"Our brains don’t remember everything, but maybe what they remember is enough."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"We frequently invent new information, often inaccurate, to fill in gaps in our memories so that the narrative feels more complete or pleasing."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
16. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.42
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more
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"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
17. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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18. Shark Heart
By: Emily Habeck
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their weddin… read more
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"What if magic is just mislabeled peace?"-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a privilege it was to mark time with the sun."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
"What a tragedy it is, being a woman. I would rather be a million other things."-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart
19. April May June July
By: Alison B. Hart
3.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all … read more
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20. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
By: Bettina L. Love
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more
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- education
- teaching
21. Utopia Avenue
By: David Mitchell
4.00
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone C… read more
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"I is an Empire of I's."-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue
"Self-pity can lift one's mood."-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue
"America loves exclamation marks."-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue
"Crows tumble like socks in a drier."-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue
22. Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
By: Victor Luckerson
4.38
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black… read more
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"The newspaper encouraged displaced entrepreneurs to open businesses in South Tulsa and continue smashing color barriers. But it also spoke to a larger argument about how the definition of black succe…"-Victor Luckerson, Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
23. The Parker Inheritance
By: Varian Johnson
4.18
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's… read more
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"Brandon said. “I guess I like boy books."-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance
"It’s just … I don’t think there’s such a thing as boy books or girl books. I think there are people books."-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance
"His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open a little. "You like puzzle books and you haven't read The Westing Game ?!' he yelled."-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance
24. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
25. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)
By: Renée Watson
3.97
Format: 177 pages, Hardcover
Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more
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26. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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27. Mostly Dead Things
By: Kristen Arnett
3.38
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has com… read more
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"Too much feeling in his body to handle anything appropriately."-Kristen Arnett, Mostly Dead Things
"The best way to get through anything at home is to just stay at work."-Kristen Arnett, Mostly Dead Things
"Love was a thing that needed constant care. Our intimacy was an uprooted plant, shriveled and withered."-Kristen Arnett, Mostly Dead Things
"I'd hated that because it didn't feel how I expected romance to feel: stressful and kind of blood-soaked, a constant power struggle."-Kristen Arnett, Mostly Dead Things
28. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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29. The Sky at Our Feet
By: Nadia Hashimi
3.83
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since … read more
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"It's easy to be brave in front of the camera and on fake sets. Real life. Now that's a whole other story, isn't it?"-Nadia Hashimi, The Sky at Our Feet
"I never thought being brave was a bad thing, I say. But I guess if you're being brave it's only because something bad is happening."-Nadia Hashimi, The Sky at Our Feet
"Sometimes people break rules because they think it's the best thing they can do. Sometimes it is the right thing to do. Sometimes it's not. These are tough questions, and tough questions never have e…"-Nadia Hashimi, The Sky at Our Feet
30. Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and Shut Down Than Ever—And What We Can Do About It
By: Hannah Beach
4.10
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Children are more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever.Faced with this epidemic of emotiona… read more
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- education
31. Rooted in Joy: Creating a Classroom Culture of Equity, Belonging, and Care
By: Deonna Smith
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
How teachers can unlock the power of inclusivity and joy to transform their classroom and behavior … read more
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