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J COLB, B
THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN
Brandy Colbert
WE STILL BELONG J DAY, C
Christine Day
When the only two black girls in their town discover a box of old journals in an attic, they team up to figure out exactly who's behind them and why they got left behind. Soon they discover shocking and painful secrets of the past and learn that nothing is quite what it seems.
J HUDS, W
THE RECKONING
Wade
Hudson
Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.
Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.
Gordon Korman LINKED J KORM, G
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing?
SHOW ME A SIGN J LEZO, A
Ann Clare LeZotte
Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her greatgreat-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people thereare deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. But recent events have delivered winds of change
Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend.
1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. At Kavi's school, her friends talk about the weekly Top 40, the Backstreet Boys, Shahrukh Khan, Leo & Kate… and who died--or didn't--in the latest bombing. But Kavi is afraid of something even scarier than war. She fears that if her friends discover her secret--that she is not who she is pretending to be--they'll stop talking to her.
Nisi Shawl SPECULATION J SHAW, N
In 1962, ten-year-old Winna Cole discovers a pair of magical spectacles that reveal both the friendly ghosts of her African American ancestors and a dangerous family curse.
Linda Sue Park PRAIRIE LOTUS J PARK, L
Charles Waters & Traci Sorell
An eighth-grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye's mascot should stay or change. Now six middle schoolers get involved in the contentious issue that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting ugly.
Kelly Yang
When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move--and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. As racism skyrockets, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country.
Akim Aliu is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice
'What Is White Privilege?' explores the concept of systemic and intrinsic racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach race issues with open eyes and minds.
Merberg
Presents thirty-six mini biographies that offer a fascinating window into the ways these extraordinary, outspoken and oddsdefying Jewish women have approached their fields and embraced their identities.
Coombs
Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here's the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective.
