In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color
By: Aida Salazar
4.28
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Celebratory, triumphant, and inspiring, In the Spirit of a Dream is a tribute to American immigrant…
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1. The Princess in Black (The Princess in Black, #1)
By: Shannon Hale , LeUyen Pham , Dean Hale
3.89
Format: 575 pages, Hardcover
Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia … read more
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2. Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
By: Margarita Engle , Rafael López
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Girls cannot be drummers.Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--unti… read more
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3. Watercress
By: Andrea Wang
4.53
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
4. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.69
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the his… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- picture books
- childrens
5. The Talk
By: Darrin Bell
4.65
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
6. Swim Team
By: Johnnie Christmas
4.28
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
7. Love in the Library
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
8. The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story
By: Aya Khalil
4.42
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
9. Other Words for Home
By: Jasmine Warga
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
- childrens
"Americans are obsessed with murder"-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
10. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
11. Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1)
By: Sharee Miller
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
New Kid meets The Baby-sitters Club in this graphic novel series opener about the Curlfriends, four… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
12. Batcat: The Ghostly Guest (Batcat, #1)
By: Meggie Ramm
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A new graphic novel series for emerging readers about accepting yourself and others from up-and-com… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
13. Us
By: Sara Soler
4.37
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
¿Qué pasa cuando la vida que tenías asumida da un giro de 180 grados? Nada... Y también todo. Us es… read more
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- nonfiction
14. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
15. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel
By: Betty C. Tang
4.25
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
16. Meet Cute
By: Helena Hunting
3.73
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Talk about an embarrassing introduction. On her first day of law school, Kailyn ran quite literally… read more
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"Sometimes the biggest mistakes are made with the best of intentions."-Helena Hunting, Meet Cute
17. Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)
By: Anna James
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Do not wait too long for something special to present itself. Go out and find it."-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)
"Words can mean much more, or less, than they seem, and we can put them to such creative uses."-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)
"But not really at your service, you understand, it’s a symbolic thing. I’m a prince – I’m not going to actually help you with anything."-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)
"Books aren't interested in who is reading them... A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you wa…"-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)
18. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
By: Jason Reynolds
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a nove… read more
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- short stories
- middle grade
- childrens
"Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"Difference: Then I think about Ms Broome's assignment. What could I be? What do I wish I could become to change the world? I think about telling Benni I might want to be wet cement to fill the cracks…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"A school bus is many things. A school bus is a substitute for a limousine. More class. A school bus is a classroom with a substitute teacher. A school bus is the students' version of a teachers' loun…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
19. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)
By: Lewis Hancox
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
20. The Lifeguards
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The bonds between three picture-perfect--but viciously protective--mothers and their close-knit son… read more
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21. Eagle Drums
By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
22. The Artivist
By: Nikkolas Smith
4.34
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring picture book about how children can combine art and activism in their daily lives. "T… read more
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- art
- picture books
- childrens
23. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more
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- middle grade
- nonfiction
- biography
- childrens
24. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
By: Leslie Connor
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
25. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
By: Sonia Sotomayor
4.49
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of p… read more
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- nonfiction
- picture books
- childrens
26. The Borrow a Boyfriend Club
By: Page Powars
4.13
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who join… read more
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27. Hex Americana
By: Bree D. Wolf
3.39
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
"A sweet and quirky romance sure to set hearts racing." — KIRKUS Starred Review "A rip-roaring tal… read more
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- middle grade
28. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
By: Bex Ollerton
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more
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- nonfiction
- anthologies
29. In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color
By: Aida Salazar
4.28
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Celebratory, triumphant, and inspiring, In the Spirit of a Dream is a tribute to American immigrant… read more
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- poetry
- art
- biography
- childrens
- picture books
- middle grade
- anthologies
- short stories
- nonfiction
30. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
