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Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story.
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father's life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.
3) Ghost boys
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English
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"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
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English
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2023 Youth Media Award Winners
Golden Dome 2023-2024
J Fiction New
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
Golden Dome 2023-2024
J Fiction New
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
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"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself."--
5) Dear Martin
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English
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"Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend--but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then...
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English
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
8) Three keys
Author
Series
Front desk volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Black History & Activism: Recommended Reading for MLK Day
JTL BHM Children
New Children's & Young Adult Books-Hartford Library
JTL BHM Children
New Children's & Young Adult Books-Hartford Library
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A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will.
10) You have a voice
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Publisher
Hightree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A teacher encourages their students to speak up when they see or experience racism, because their voices can make a difference.
11) Punching the air
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English
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"Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy ... Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words,...
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
437 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Junie Kim just wants to fit in. So she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention to herself. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out. Then Junie's history teacher assigns a project and Junie decides to interview her grandparents, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma's fierce determination to overcome...
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English
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"When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation... Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She...
15) Room to dream
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.
17) Fast pitch
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever."--
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Upon arriving at the prestigious Wooddale University, seventeen-year-old Savannah Howard comes face-to-face with microaggressions and outright racism--but if she stands up for justice, will she endanger her future?
19) Betty before X
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Black History Month
2023 Youth Media Award Winners
Green Mountain Book Award 2023-2024
Titles for Pride Month
2023 Youth Media Award Winners
Green Mountain Book Award 2023-2024
Titles for Pride Month
Description
"What’s more important: Knowing the truth or keeping the peace?
Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving...
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