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Book cover of GIRL I AM WAS & NEVER WILL BE
GIRL I AM WAS & NEVER WILL BE
By: shannon gibney | Published: January 2023

Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black...

Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be, a book woven from her true story of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee and fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth, a child raised by a white, closeted lesbian. At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience. The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form.

Theme: Adoption, Prejudice & Racism, Bi-Racial, Memoir

  • ISBN
    9780593111994
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Biography
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GIRL WITH A MIND FOR MATH
By: julia mosca | Published: September 2018

After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial...

After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.

Theme: Stem, Prejudice & Racism, African Heritage, BIPOC

  • ISBN
    9781943147427
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Biography
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$22.95
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GLENN BURKE GAME CHANGER - THE MAN WHO I
By: phil bildner | Published: February 2024

An inspiring picture book biography about Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, and the story of how he created the...

An inspiring picture book biography about Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, and the story of how he created the world’s most recognizable handshake, the high five. Playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Glenn Burke could do it all—hit, throw, run, field. He was the heart of the clubhouse who energized his teammates with his enthusiasm and love for the game. It was that energy that led Glenn to invent the high five one October day back in 1977—a spontaneous gesture after a home run that has since evolved into our universal celebratory greeting. But despite creating this joyful symbol, Glenn Burke, a gay Black man, wasn’t always given support and shown acceptance in return. From acclaimed author Phil Bildner, with illustrations from Daniel J. O'Brien, this moving picture book biography recognizes the challenges Burke faced while celebrating how his bravery and his now-famous handshake helped pave the way for others to live openly and free.

Theme: Diversity, Sports - Baseball, LGBTQ2S+, Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9780374391225
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Biography
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GO HOME
By: terry farish | Published: August 2024

In a small New Hampshire town, two teenagers from vastly different backgrounds find their future dreams challenged by family trauma and racism.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism, Immigration

  • ISBN
    9781773069104
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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GOLDEN BOYS
By: phil stamper | Published: February 2022

Theme: Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9781547607372
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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GONE WOLF
By: amber mcbride | Published: October 2023

In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall...

In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often - he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too--she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room. In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist. Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement. Her two older brothers used to help her, but now she's on her own, until a college student helps her see the difference between being Blue and sad, and Black and empowered.

Theme: Diversity, BIPOC , Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9781250850492
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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Book cover of GOOD GIRL'S GT MURDER - KILL JOY
GOOD GIRL'S GT MURDER - KILL JOY
By: holly jackson | Published: February 2023

Welcome to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will love Pip’s final detective...

Welcome to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will love Pip’s final detective case in this mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Jackson. Six suspects. Three hours. One murder… Pip is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn’t the only case on her mind …

Theme: Thriller, Crime, Prejudice & Racism, Suspense

  • ISBN
    9780593426210
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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GOOD WAR
By: todd strasser | Published: January 2021

From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together--and then torn apart--by an...

From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together--and then torn apart--by an afterschool club that plays a video game based on WW2. There's a new afterschool club at Ironville Middle School. Ms. Peterson is starting a video game club where the students will playing The Good War, a new game based on World War II. They are divided into two teams: Axis and Allies, and they will be simulating a war they know nothing about yet. Only one team will win. But what starts out as friendly competition, takes an unexpected turn for the worst when an one player takes the game too far. Can an afterschool club change the way the students see eachother...and how they see the world?

Theme: Gaming, War/Children and War, Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9780593173657
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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Book cover of HARBOR ME
HARBOR ME
By: jacqueline woodson | Published: August 2018

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first...

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.

Theme: BIPOC , Diversity, Prejudice & Racism, Immigration

  • ISBN
    9780399252525
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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HARBOR ME
By: jacqueline woodson | Published: April 2020

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first...

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.

Theme: BIPOC , Prejudice & Racism, Immigration

  • ISBN
    9780525515142
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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HERO LIKE ME
By: jen reid | Published: June 2023

A Hero Like Me is inspired by the events of June 7th, 2020, when a statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour....

A Hero Like Me is inspired by the events of June 7th, 2020, when a statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour. It’s a ground-breaking picture book that provides important lessons and gives children an example of a hero that’s just like them.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9780711286313
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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HOPE ABLAZE
By: sarah rana | Published: February 2024

Eighteen-year-old Nida faces unexpected fame after her critical poem about a politician goes viral and wins a contest she never entered, which leaves...

Eighteen-year-old Nida faces unexpected fame after her critical poem about a politician goes viral and wins a contest she never entered, which leaves Nida unable to write poetry as she struggles with her family's expectations and questions her own desires.

Theme: Diversity, BIPOC , Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9781250899316
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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HOTEL FOR BUGS
By: suzy senior | Published: April 2022

The topics of inclusion and exclusion are explored through the adventures of a slug who wants to stay the night in the new “Hotel for...

The topics of inclusion and exclusion are explored through the adventures of a slug who wants to stay the night in the new “Hotel for Bugs” but is told that he can’t because the hotel is only for bugs. A new hotel for bugs has just opened, and the local bugs are so excited! When the doors open, they marvel at the decorations, check out the buffet, and lounge by the pool and spa. Soon, a slug enters the building and asks for a room, but the manager tells him that the hotel is only for bugs. The sad slug leaves, and the bugs point out to the manager that even the bugs are all different—and even stranger than the slug! Some of the bugs have ears on their knees, roll poop, and taste flowers with their feet. Can they convince the manager that the hotel is for everyone, not just bugs?

Theme: Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9781680102703
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of HOW DO YOU SPELL UNFAIR - MACNOLIA COX
HOW DO YOU SPELL UNFAIR - MACNOLIA COX
By: carole weatherford | Published: April 2023

From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion...

From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox. MacNolia Cox was no ordinary kid. Her idea of fun was reading the dictionary. In 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. And with that win, she was asked to compete at the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, where she and a girl from New Jersey were the first African Americans invited since its founding. She left her home state a celebrity—right up there with Ohio’s own Joe Louis and Jesse Owens—with a military band and a crowd of thousands to see her off at the station. But celebration turned to chill when the train crossed the state line into Maryland, where segregation was the law of the land. Prejudice and discrimination ruled—on the train, in the hotel, and, sadly, at the spelling bee itself. With a brief epilogue recounting MacNolia’s further history, How Do You Spell Unfair? is the story of her groundbreaking achievement magnificently told by award-winning creators and frequent picture-book collaborators Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism, African Heritage

  • ISBN
    9781536215540
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Biography
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HOW IT WENT DOWN
By: kekla magoon | Published: October 2014

A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book One death. Two bullets. Seven eyewitnesses...with seven different stories. When sixteen-year-old Tariq...

A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book One death. Two bullets. Seven eyewitnesses...with seven different stories. When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down. This title has Common Core connections.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism, Perspective, #BlackLivesMatter

  • ISBN
    9780805098693
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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