Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.09
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse a…
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1. Freewater
By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more
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"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater
2. 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
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3. Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
By: Mari Lowe
4.06
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
2023 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A comm… read more
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4. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.09
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse a… read more
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- poetry
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- history
- childrens
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
5. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- memoir
- childrens
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- nonfiction
6. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
7. Abuela, Don't Forget Me
By: Rex Ogle
4.50
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more
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- memoir
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me
"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me
8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
9. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
By: Elizabeth Partridge
4.53
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more
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- middle grade
- nonfiction
- history
- childrens
10. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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11. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Tommie Smith
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more
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- history
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- african american
12. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
13. Moonwalking
By: Zetta Elliott
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, this middle-grade novel-in-verse follows two boy… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
14. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
15. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
16. Aniana del Mar Jumps In
By: Jasminne Mendez
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile A… read more
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17. All He Knew
By: Helen Frost
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"A novel in verse about a young deaf boy during World War II, the sister who loves him, and the con… read more
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18. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)
By: Angela Joy
4.66
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's d… read more
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- history
- childrens
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
19. Every Variable of Us
By: Charles A. Bush
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After Philly teenager Alexis Duncan is injured in a gang shooting, her dreams of a college scholars… read more
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- audiobook
20. Mid-Air
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more
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21. Black Bird, Blue Road
By: Sofiya Pasternack
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more
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