Book Reviews by Themes - Social Justice Books

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Activism

13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance by Melissa Cardoza - ★★★★★
Ballad of an American by Sharon Rudahl - ★★★★★
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz - ★
Celebrate People's History! by Josh MacPhee - ★★★★★
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley - ★★★★★
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes - ★★★
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Journey for Justice by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Gayle Romasanta - ★★★★★
Kent State by Derf Backderf - ★★★★★
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell - ★★★
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara - ★★★★★
No Voice Too Small by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley - ★★★★★
One by Kathryn Otoshi - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
Poisoned Water by Candy J Cooper, Marc Aronson - ★★★★★
Portraits of Racial Justice by Robert Shetterly - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon - ★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Swimmy by Leo Lionni - ★★★★★
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
GREAT BANNED BOOKS BAKE SALE by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★
Great Kapok Tree, The by Lynne Cherry - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Voting Booth, The by Brandy Colbert - ★★★★★
Water Walker, The by Joanne Robertson - ★★★★★
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy - ★★★★★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Vicki and a Summer of Change! ¡Vicki Y Un Verano de Cambio! by Raquel M. Ortiz, Iris Morales - ★★★★★
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★
Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot - ★★★★★
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom - ★★★★★
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson - ★★★★★
Young Water Protectors by Aslan Tudor, Kelly Tudor - ★★★★★

Africa

Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger - ★★★★★
Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight, Mark Melnicove - ★★★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
Bottle Tops by Alison Goldberg - ★★★★★
Crossing the Stream by Elizabeth Irene-Baitie - ★★★★★
Door of No Return, The by Kwame Alexander - ★★★★★
Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson - ★★★★★
Fly High, Lolo by Niki Daly - ★★★★★
Gbagba by Robtel Neajai Pailey - ★
Grandpa Cacao by Elizabeth Zunon - ★★★★★
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo - ★★★★★
Jahohora by Mari Serebrov - ★★★★★
King Shaka by Luke W. Molver - ★★★★★
Mirage by Somaiya Daud - ★★★★★
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson - ★
Nile Crossing by Katy Beebe - ★★★★★
Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie - ★★★★★
One Shadow on the Wall by Leah Henderson - ★★★
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide - ★★★★★
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo - ★
Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan - ★★★★★
Shaka Rising by Luke W. Molver - ★★★★★
Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl - ★★★★★
Solo by Kwame Alexander - ★★★★★
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn - ★★★★★
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o - ★★★★★
Banana-Leaf Ball, The by Katie Smith Milway - ★
Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, The by Cristina Kessler - ★★★★★
Bitter Side of Sweet, The by Tara Sullivan - ★★★★★
Boy who Harnessed the Wind, The by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer - ★★★★★
Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye, The by Manu Herbstein - ★★★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Mangrove Tree, The by Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth - ★
World Beneath, The by Janice Warman - ★★★
Too Small Tola by Atinuke - ★★★★★
Walking Home by Eric Walters - ★★★
Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot - ★★★★★
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi - ★★★★★
We Kiss Them with Rain by Futhi Ntshingila - ★★★★★
When I Get Older by K'Naan - ★★★★★
When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina - ★★★★★
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonOmar Mohamed - ★★★★★

African American

42 Is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
Werewolf Named Oliver James, A by Nicholas John Frith - ★
Wish After Midnight, A by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger - ★★★★★
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds - ★★★
Baby's First Words by Stella Blackstone, Sunny Scribens - ★★★★★
Ballad of an American by Sharon Rudahl - ★★★★★
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by Calvin A. Ramsey, Bettye Stroud - ★★★★★
Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White, Laura Atkins - ★★★★★
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney - ★★★
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy - ★★★★★
Black Lives Matter at School by Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones - ★★★★★
Cause by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson - ★★★★★
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older - ★★★★★
Dear Martin by Nic Stone - ★★★
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley - ★★★★★
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Dream Builder by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes - ★★★
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry - ★★★★★
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
It Jes' Happened by Don Tate - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell - ★★★
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - ★★★★★
Man Up! by Riley Campbell, London Jones, Shirelle Hurt - ★★★★★
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - ★
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano - ★
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle - ★★★★★
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver - ★★★★★
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes - ★★★★★
Panther Baby by Jamal Joseph - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Risking Everything by Michael Edmonds - ★★★★★
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor - ★★★★★
Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser - ★
Round & Round Together by Amy Nathan - ★★★★★
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey - ★★★★★
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Sing a Song by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
So Done by Paula Chase - ★★★★★
Someday Is Now by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Sometimes We Do by Omowale Moses - ★★★★★
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers - ★★★
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi - ★★★★★
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) by Lawrence Goldstone - ★★★★★
Take a Seat -- Make a Stand: A Hero in the Family by Amy Nathan - ★★★★★
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Adventures of Sparrowboy, The by Brian Pinkney - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Great Migration, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, The by Jeanne Theoharis, Brandy Colbert - ★★★★★
Voting Booth, The by Brandy Colbert - ★★★★★
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★
Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson - ★★★★★
We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill - ★★★★★
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses? by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
When Rosa Parks Went Fishing by Rachel Ruiz - ★
Where's Rodney? by Carmen Bogan - ★★★★★
William Still and His Freedom Stories by Don Tate - ★★★★★

Afro-Latino

Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt - ★
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Graphic Novel) by Justin A. Reynolds - ★★★
Pelo Bueno by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro - ★★★★★
Jumbies, The by Tracey Baptiste - ★★★★★
Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales - ★★★★★

American Indians, First Nations, Metis, Inuit

Ajijaak - Crane by Cecelia LaPointe - ★★★★★
Apple by Eric Gansworth - ★★★★★
Boozhoo: Come Play With Us by Fond du Lac Headstart - ★★★★★
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child - ★★★★★
Dreaming in Indian by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy - ★★★★★
Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever - ★★★★★
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley - ★★★★★
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier - ★
I Am Birch by Scott Kelley - ★
I See Me by Margaret Manuel - ★★★★★
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse - ★★★
Mission to Space by John Bennett Herrington - ★★★★★
My Heart is on the Ground by Ann Rinaldi - ★
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - ★
Rock and Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson - ★★★★★
Blue Raven, The by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
Brave, The by James Bird - ★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
Medicine Wheel, The by Teddy Anderson - ★
Sea in Winter, The by Christine Day - ★★★★★
Urban Tribes by Lisa Charleyboy - ★★★★★
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by Joy Harjo - ★★★★★
Wild Eggs by Suzie Napayok-Short - ★★★★★
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon - ★
Zoe and the Fawn by Catherine Jameson - ★★★★★

American Indians First Nations Metis Inuit

Mittens and Mukluks! Winter in Alaska by Joni Spiess - ★★★★★
Day with Yayah, A by Nicola I. Campbell - ★★★★★
Girl Called Echo, A by Katherena Vermette - ★★★★★
Letter for Bob, A by Kim Rogers - ★★★★★
Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Debbie Reese, Jean Mendoza - ★★★★★
Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley - ★★★★★
At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell - ★★★★★
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt - ★★★★★
Birdsong by Julie Flett - ★★★★★
Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting - ★
Contenders by Traci Sorell - ★★★★★
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older - ★★★★★
Deb Haaland by Matthew J. Martinez, Jill Doerfler - ★★★★★
Dragonfly Kites by Tomson Highway - ★★★★★
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer - ★★★★★
Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck - ★★★★★
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard - ★★★★★
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young - ★★★★★
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith - ★★★★★
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis, Kathy Kacer - ★★★★★
I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner - ★★★★★
In My Anaana's Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok - ★★★★★
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III - ★★★★★
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell - ★★★★★
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - ★
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley - ★★★★★
Johnny's Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema - ★★★★★
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson - ★★★★★
Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten - ★★★★★
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words by Melanie Florence - ★
Kiska by John Smelcer - ★
Kiss by Kiss / Ocêtôwina by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! by Art Coulson - ★★★★★
Mary and the Trail of Tears by Andrea L. Rogers - ★★★★★
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith - ★★★★★
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson - ★★★★★
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom - ★★★★★
Nipehon / I Wait by Caitlin Nicholson - ★★★★★
Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale - ★★★★★
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson - ★★★★★
Remember by Joy Harjo - ★★★★★
Rez Ball by Byron Graves -
Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck - ★★★★★
Sharice's Big Voice by Sharice Davids, Nancy K. Mays - ★★★★★
She Sang Promise by Jan Godown Annino - ★★★★★
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith - ★★★★★
Spílexm by Nicola I. Campbell - ★★★★★
Spotted Tail by David Heska Wanbli Weiden - ★★★★★
Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie - ★★★★★
Case of the Burgled Bundle: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery: Book 3, The by Michael Hutchinson - ★★★★★
Diné Reader, The by Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Connie A. Jacobs - ★★★★★
Fire, The by Thomas Peacock - ★★★★★
Frog Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson - ★★★★★
Great Bear, The by David A. Robertson - ★★★★★
Grizzly Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson - ★★★★★
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline - ★★★★★
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The by Emily M. Danforth - ★
People Shall Continue, The by Simon J. Ortiz - ★★★★★
Quest for Z, The by Greg Pizzoli - ★
Range Eternal, The by Louise Erdrich - ★★★★★
Round House, The by Louise Erdrich - ★★★★★
Secret Project, The by Jonah Winter - ★
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild - ★★★★★
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech - ★
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom - ★★★★★
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
We Still Belong by Christine Day - ★★★★★
When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton - ★★★★★
When We Were Alone by David Robertson - ★★★★★
Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac - ★★★★★
Young Water Protectors by Aslan Tudor, Kelly Tudor - ★★★★★

Animals

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Como Se Dice? by Angela Dominguez - ★★★★★
Jahohora by Mari Serebrov - ★★★★★
Kamik Joins the Pack by Darryl Baker - ★★★★★
Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie - ★★★★★
Olita and Manyula by Jorge Argueta - ★★★
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo - ★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Las Mañanitas/the Birthday Book by Susie Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Tortoise and the Princess, The by Oke, Ikeogu - ★★★★★
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses? by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★

Arabic

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - ★★★★★
Sitti's Bird by Malak Mattar - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Arabic Quilt, The by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★
Night Before Eid, The by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★

Art

Bottle Tops by Alison Goldberg - ★★★★★
Celebrate People's History! by Josh MacPhee - ★★★★★
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
It Jes' Happened by Don Tate - ★★★★★
Just Jerry by Jerry Pinkney - ★★★★★
Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish - ★★★
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara - ★★★★★
Painting for Peace in Ferguson by Carol Swartout Klein - ★
Photographic by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe - ★★★★★
Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall - ★★★★★
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
Sitti's Bird by Malak Mattar - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Harlem Charade, The by Natasha Tarpley - ★★★★★
Medicine Wheel, The by Teddy Anderson - ★
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
What If... by Samantha Berger - ★★★★★
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick - ★★★★★

Asia

Different Pond, A by Bao Phi - ★★★★★
Morning with Grandpa, A by Sylvia Liu - ★★★★★
Path of Stars, A by Anne Sibley O'Brien - ★★★★★
Time to Dance, A by Padma Venkatraman - ★★★★★
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth - ★★★★★
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed - ★★★★★
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Bravo Anjali! by Sheetal Sheth - ★★★★★
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan - ★★★★★
First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★
Journey for Justice by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Gayle Romasanta - ★★★★★
Mali Under the Night Sky by Youme Landowne - ★★★★★
My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara - ★★★★★
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh - ★★★★★
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel - ★
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★

Asian American

Different Pond, A by Bao Phi - ★★★★★
Morning with Grandpa, A by Sylvia Liu - ★★★★★
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan - ★★★
Displacement by Kiku Hughes - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland - ★★★★★
Frankly in Love by David Yoon - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Front Desk by Kelly Yang - ★★★★★
Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson - ★★★★★
Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins - ★★★★★
More to the Story by Hena Khan - ★★★★★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Great Wall of Lucy Wu, The by Wendy Wan-Long Shang - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★
Troublemaker by John Cho - ★★★★★
Troublemaker by John Cho - ★★★★★
We Are Gems: Healing from Anti-Asian Microaggressions Through Self-love & Solidarity by Ko Kim - ★★★★★
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★

Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★

Banned Books

All the Colors We are by Katie Kissinger - ★★★★★
American Street by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Debbie Reese, Jean Mendoza - ★★★★★
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy - ★★★★★
Black was the Ink by Michelle Coles - ★★★★★
Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Front Desk by Kelly Yang - ★★★★★
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard - ★★★★★
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes - ★★★★★
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★★
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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor - ★★★★★
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Sing a Song by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o - ★★★★★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline - ★★★★★
Poet X, The by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
Proudest Blue, The by Ibtihaj Muhammad - ★★★★★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonOmar Mohamed - ★★★★★

Bilingual

Our Celebracin!: La Celebracion! by Susan Middleton Elya - ★★★★★
13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance by Melissa Cardoza - ★★★★★
Mystery Bigger Than Big / Un Misterio Mas Grande Que Grandisimo: A Mickey Rangel Mystery / Coleccion Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado, A by René Saldaña Jr. - ★★★
Surprise for Teresita, A by Virginia Sanchez Korrol - ★★★★★
Call Me Tree by Maya Christina Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
Caravan to the North by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
César by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - ★★★★★
Dalia's Wondrous Hair (El Cabello Maravilloso de Dalia) [eBook - NC Kids Digital Library] by Laura Lacámara - ★★★★★
For All by Alejandra Domenzain - ★★★★★
Furqan's First Flat Top by Robert Liu-Trujillo - ★★★★★
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina - ★★★★★
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson - ★★★★★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susan Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter - ★★★★★
Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
Por ahí viene el huracán: Una aventura de Isa y Mau by Laura Rexach Olivencia - ★★★★★
Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall - ★★★★★
Rooster Joe and the Bully / Gallo Joe Y El Abuson by Xavier Garza - ★★★★★
Rudas: Nino's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Salsa by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Las Mañanitas/the Birthday Book by Susie Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Espíritu Del Parque Chicano by Beatrice Zamora - ★★★★★
Club de Lectur by Diane Gonzales Bertrand - ★★★★★
Story Circle/El Circulo de Cuentos, The by Diane Gonzales Bertrand - ★★★★★
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey Del Mambo by - ★★★★★
Train called Hope by Mario Bencastro - ★★★★★

Biography and Autobiography

42 Is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern - ★
Ballad of an American by Sharon Rudahl - ★★★★★
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter - ★★★
Bottle Tops by Alison Goldberg - ★★★★★
Contenders by Traci Sorell - ★★★★★
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Greta Thunberg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - ★
Just Jerry by Jerry Pinkney - ★★★★★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell - ★★★
Marti's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy - ★★★★★
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - ★
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano - ★
My Heart is on the Ground by Ann Rinaldi - ★
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson - ★
One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World's Oldest University by M. O. Yuksel - ★★★★★
Panther Baby by Jamal Joseph - ★★★★★
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate - ★★★★★
President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern - ★
Rock and Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson - ★★★★★
Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser - ★
Satchel Paige by James Sturm - ★★★
Stacey Abrams by Sarah Warren - ★
Stayed On Freedom by Dan Berger - ★★★★★
Teddy Roosevelt by Sharon Gayle - ★
Boy who Harnessed the Wind, The by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Mangrove Tree, The by Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth - ★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy - ★★★★★
Unpresidented by Martha Brockenbrough - ★★★★★
We're in This Together by Linda Sarsour - ★★★★★
When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill - ★★★★★

Black History

Call Me Miss Hamilton by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
Choosing Brave by Angela Joy - ★★★★★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -

Books and Libraries

Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter - ★★★
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley - ★★★★★
Pura's Cuentos by Annette Bay Pimentel - ★★★★★
Waiting for the BiblioBurro by Monica Brown - ★★★

Bullying

Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Abigail the Whale by Davide Cali - ★
Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes - ★★★
Man Up! by Riley Campbell, London Jones, Shirelle Hurt - ★★★★★
Out of Breath: Kendra's Big Secret by Destiney Mayhew, Aderemi Abosede, Kairon Cunningham - ★★★★★
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde - ★★★★★
Rooster Joe and the Bully / Gallo Joe Y El Abuson by Xavier Garza - ★★★★★
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan - ★★★★★
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Shine by Lauren Myracle - ★★★★★
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Hoodie Hero, The by Ashley Cooper, Daequan Golden, Rico McCard - ★★★★★
Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson - ★★★★★

Caribbean

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Islandborn by Junot Díaz - ★★★★★
Marti's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy - ★★★★★

Central America

13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance by Melissa Cardoza - ★★★★★
Movie in My Pillow, A by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Mystery Bigger Than Big / Un Misterio Mas Grande Que Grandisimo: A Mickey Rangel Mystery / Coleccion Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado, A by René Saldaña Jr. - ★★★
ABC El Salvador by Holly Ayala, Elizabeth Gómez - ★★★★★
Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castaeda - ★★★
Caminar by Skila Brown - ★★★★★
Caravan to the North by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Dos Conejos Blancos by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter - ★★★★★
Olita and Manyula by Jorge Argueta - ★★★
Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall - ★★★★★
Silver People by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Sleeping with the Light On by David Unger - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Girl from Chimel, The by Rigoberta Menchú - ★★★★★
Gravedigger's Archaeology, The by William Archila - ★★★★★
Honey Jar, The by Rigoberta Menchú - ★★★★★
Knife and the Butterfly, The by Ashley Hope Pérez - ★★★★★
Only Road, The by Alexandra Diaz - ★★★★★
Radius of Us, The by Marie Marquardt - ★★★
Secret Legacy, The by Rigoberta Menchú - ★★★★★
Train called Hope by Mario Bencastro - ★★★★★
With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez - ★★★★★

Civil Rights Movement

Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by Calvin A. Ramsey, Bettye Stroud - ★★★★★
Call Me Miss Hamilton by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
Evicted! by Alice Faye Duncan - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell - ★★★
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - ★
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
Panther Baby by Jamal Joseph - ★★★★★
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito - ★★★★★
Risking Everything by Michael Edmonds - ★★★★★
Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser - ★
Round & Round Together by Amy Nathan - ★★★★★
Someday Is Now by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers - ★★★
Stayed On Freedom by Dan Berger - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Take a Seat -- Make a Stand: A Hero in the Family by Amy Nathan - ★★★★★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, The by Jeanne Theoharis, Brandy Colbert - ★★★★★
Teachers March!, The by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace - ★★★
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy - ★★★★★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
We March by Shane W. Evans - ★★★★★
When Rosa Parks Went Fishing by Rachel Ruiz - ★

Cree

Kiss by Kiss / Ocêtôwina by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas - ★★★★★

Criminal Justice

Dear Martin by Nic Stone - ★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson - ★★★★★
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Missing Daddy by Mariame Kaba - ★★★★★
Disturbed Girl's Dictionary, The by NoNieqa Ramos - ★★★
Knife and the Butterfly, The by Ashley Hope Pérez - ★★★★★
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★
We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill - ★★★★★
Yummy by Greg Neri - ★★★★★

Cuba

Forest World by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★

Dance

Boys Dance! (American Ballet Theatre) by John Robert Allman - ★★★

Death and Dying

Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
Stars Beneath Our Feet, The by David Barclay Moore - ★★★★★
Violet the Snowgirl by Lisa L. Walsh - ★★★★★
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★

Democracy and Citizenship

President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern - ★
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano - ★
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle - ★★★★★
President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern - ★
Teddy Roosevelt by Sharon Gayle - ★

Disabilities

Boy Called Bat, A by Elana K. Arnold - ★★★★★
All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel - ★★★
Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys - ★★★★★
Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson - ★★★★★
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth - ★★★★★
Listen by Shannon Stocker - ★★★★★
Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali - ★★★★★
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal - ★★★★★
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland - ★
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde - ★★★★★
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★★★
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank - ★★★★★

Dystopian

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - ★★★★★
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline - ★★★★★

Early Childhood Anti-Bias

All the Colors We are by Katie Kissinger - ★★★★★
Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom by Katie Kissinger - ★★★★★
Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman - ★★★
One by Kathryn Otoshi - ★★★★★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli - ★★★★★

Early Elementary Chapter Books

Fly High, Lolo by Niki Daly - ★★★★★

Economic Class

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood - ★★★★★
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan - ★★★★★
Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares - ★★★★★
Hope Springs by Eric Walters - ★★★★★
Joelito's Big Decision by Ann Berlak - ★★★★★
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Pride by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting - ★
So Done by Paula Chase - ★★★★★

Education

Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom by Katie Kissinger - ★★★★★
Black Lives Matter at School by Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones - ★★★★★
Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting - ★
Lessons in Liberation by Collective the Education for Liberation - ★★★★★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Sometimes We Do by Omowale Moses - ★★★★★
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★
Arabic Quilt, The by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★
Assignment, The by Liza Wiemer - ★★★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
Story Circle/El Circulo de Cuentos, The by Diane Gonzales Bertrand - ★★★★★
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank - ★★★★★
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonOmar Mohamed - ★★★★★

Emotions & Feelings

Violet the Snowgirl by Lisa L. Walsh - ★★★★★

Environment

Bigger Picture, A by Vanessa Nakate - ★★★★★
Ada's Violin by Susan Hood - ★★★★★
Ajijaak - Crane by Cecelia LaPointe - ★★★★★
Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Creekfinding by Jacqueline Briggs Martin - ★★★★★
Forest World by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker - ★
Greta Thunberg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - ★
Heroes of the Environment by Harriet Rohmer - ★★★★★
Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davila - ★★★★★
Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter - ★★★★★
Nibi Is Water by Joanne Robertson - ★★★★★
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo - ★
Poisoned Water by Candy J Cooper, Marc Aronson - ★★★★★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall - ★★★★★
Coquíes Still Sing, The by Karina Nicole González - ★★★★★
Great Kapok Tree, The by Lynne Cherry - ★★★★★
Grizzly Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson - ★★★★★
Head of the Saint, The by Socorro Acioli - ★★★★★
Mangrove Tree, The by Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth - ★
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline - ★★★★★
Water Walker, The by Joanne Robertson - ★★★★★
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz - ★★★★★
Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot - ★★★★★
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom - ★★★★★

Europe

Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★

Fables

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - ★★★★★
Jahohora by Mari Serebrov - ★★★★★
Jumbies, The by Tracey Baptiste - ★★★★★
Tortoise and the Princess, The by Oke, Ikeogu - ★★★★★

Family

Different Pond, A by Bao Phi - ★★★★★
Morning with Grandpa, A by Sylvia Liu - ★★★★★
Path of Stars, A by Anne Sibley O'Brien - ★★★★★
Surprise for Teresita, A by Virginia Sanchez Korrol - ★★★★★
Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
All Around Us by Xelena Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
Baby's First Words by Stella Blackstone, Sunny Scribens - ★★★★★
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins - ★★★
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney - ★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
Boozhoo: Come Play With Us by Fond du Lac Headstart - ★★★★★
Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram - ★★★★★
Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys - ★★★★★
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario - ★★★★★
Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Frankly in Love by David Yoon - ★★★★★
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier - ★
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
Grandpa Cacao by Elizabeth Zunon - ★★★★★
Home at Last by Vera B. Williams - ★★★★★
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Hope Springs by Eric Walters - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III - ★★★★★
Islandborn by Junot Díaz - ★★★★★
Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman - ★★★
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina - ★★★★★
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Kamik Joins the Pack by Darryl Baker - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Love by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - ★★★★★
Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish - ★★★
Mama The Alien/Mama la Extraterrestre by René Colato Laínez - ★★★★★
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse - ★★★
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina - ★★★★★
Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter - ★★★★★
Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Me and Ms. Too by Laura Ruby - ★★★
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson - ★★★★★
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Nipehon / I Wait by Caitlin Nicholson - ★★★★★
Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
One Shadow on the Wall by Leah Henderson - ★★★
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl - ★★★★★
Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar - ★★★★★
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry - ★★★★★
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Big Bed, The by Bunmi Laditan - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
Girl from Chimel, The by Rigoberta Menchú - ★★★★★
Great Migration, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Great Wall of Lucy Wu, The by Wendy Wan-Long Shang - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Doctorcito by Juan J. Guerra - ★★★★★
Only Road, The by Alexandra Diaz - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Princess of Fort Hill Shelter, The by Karta Morris, Darne’sha Walker, Zorita Workman - ★★★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
Stars Beneath Our Feet, The by David Barclay Moore - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★
World Beneath, The by Janice Warman - ★★★
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie - ★★★
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank - ★★★★★
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★
Walking Home by Eric Walters - ★★★
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton - ★★★★★
When We Were Alone by David Robertson - ★★★★★
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★
Wild Eggs by Suzie Napayok-Short - ★★★★★
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick - ★★★★★

Folklore

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - ★★★★★
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susan Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie - ★★★★★

Food

Down To Earth by Nikki Tate - ★★★
Salsa by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★

Friendship

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds - ★★★
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney - ★★★
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram - ★★★★★
Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys - ★★★★★
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley - ★★★★★
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Como Se Dice? by Angela Dominguez - ★★★★★
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
One by Kathryn Otoshi - ★★★★★
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde - ★★★★★
Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw - ★
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan - ★★★★★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Blue Raven, The by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
First Rule of Punk, The by Celia C. Pérez - ★★★★★
Harlem Charade, The by Natasha Tarpley - ★★★★★
Only Road, The by Alexandra Diaz - ★★★★★
Parker Inheritance, The by Varian Johnson - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank - ★★★★★

Gender Identity

Calvin by Vanessa Ford, JR Ford - ★★★★★
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal - ★★★★★

Genocide

Broken Memory by Elisabeth Combres - ★★★★★

Gentrification

Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson - ★★★★★
Espíritu Del Parque Chicano by Beatrice Zamora - ★★★★★

Girls and Women

Abigail the Whale by Davide Cali - ★
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Grace for President by Kelly S. DiPucchio - ★★★
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell - ★★★
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davila - ★★★★★
Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale - ★★★★★
Photographic by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
So Done by Paula Chase - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, The by Cristina Kessler - ★★★★★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Moon Within, The by Aida Salazar - ★★★★★
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy - ★★★★★
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★

Grandparents and Elders

A-Train Allen by Lesley Younge - ★★★★★
Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castaeda - ★★★
Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus - ★★★★★
Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry - ★★★★★
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★
With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez - ★★★★★

Graphic Novels and Comics

¡Brigadistas! by Miguel Ferguson - ★★★★★
Ballad of an American by Sharon Rudahl - ★★★★★
Displacement by Kiku Hughes - ★★★★★
District Comics by Matt Dembicki - ★
Drama: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier - ★
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier - ★
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
King Shaka by Luke W. Molver - ★★★★★
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Graphic Novel) by Justin A. Reynolds - ★★★
Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney - ★★★★★
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - ★★★★★
Photographic by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Satchel Paige by James Sturm - ★★★
Shaka Rising by Luke W. Molver - ★★★★★
Adventures of Sparrowboy, The by Brian Pinkney - ★★★★★
Best We Could Do, The by Thi Bui - ★★★★★
Blue Raven, The by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonOmar Mohamed - ★★★★★
Yummy by Greg Neri - ★★★★★

Grief

Letter for Bob, A by Kim Rogers - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★

Hair

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry - ★★★★★
Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani - ★★★★★
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom - ★★★★★
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal - ★★★★★
Pelo Bueno by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro - ★★★★★

Haiti

Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat - ★★★★★
Pride by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
Deep Past of Haiti, The by Jubilee School's 2013 fifth and sixth grade class - ★★★★★

Health

Broken Memory by Elisabeth Combres - ★★★★★
Doctorcito by Juan J. Guerra - ★★★★★
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★

Historical Fiction

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan - ★★★★★
Caminar by Skila Brown - ★★★★★
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson - ★★★★★
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Silver People by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Bitter Side of Sweet, The by Tara Sullivan - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Parker Inheritance, The by Varian Johnson - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
World Beneath, The by Janice Warman - ★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★

Holidays and Celebrations

Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid - ★★★★★
Birthday Cake for George Washington, A by Ramin Ganeshram - ★
Night Before Eid, The by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★
Story of Juneteenth, The by Dorena Williamson - ★

Homelessness

Evicted by Matthew Desmond - ★★★★★
Shine by Lauren Myracle - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Old Man, The by Sarah V - ★★★★★
Princess of Fort Hill Shelter, The by Karta Morris, Darne’sha Walker, Zorita Workman - ★★★★★
Walking Home by Eric Walters - ★★★

Humor

8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina - ★★★★★
Rudas: Nino's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie - ★★★
Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson - ★★★★★

Immigration and Emigration

Movie in My Pillow, A by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Alfredito Flies Home by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
American Street by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
American Street by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins - ★★★
Caravan to the North by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Counting Kindness by Hollis Kurman - ★
Dos Conejos Blancos by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario - ★★★★★
Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland - ★★★★★
For All by Alejandra Domenzain - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur by Rene Lainez - ★★★★★
Front Desk by Kelly Yang - ★★★★★
Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo - ★★★★★
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin - ★★★
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo - ★
Jasmín Pictures Home / Jasmín ilustra su hogar by Andy Pina, Antonia Marisol Garcia, Pedro Reyes, Yunior Jose Garcia - ★★★★★
Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegrino - ★★★★★
Juan Pablo and the Butterflies by JJ Flowers - ★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
La Linea by Ann Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - ★★★★★
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar - ★★★★★
Mama The Alien/Mama la Extraterrestre by René Colato Laínez - ★★★★★
Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat - ★★★★★
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina - ★★★★★
My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo - ★
My Shoes and I by René Colato Laínez - ★★★
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder - ★★★★★
On the Other Side of the Garden by Jairo Buitrago, Elisa Amado - ★★★★★
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Refugee by Alan Gratz - ★★★★★
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Arabic Quilt, The by Aya Khalil - ★★★★★
Best We Could Do, The by Thi Bui - ★★★★★
Distance Between Us: Young Reader's Edition, The by Reyna Grande - ★★★★★
Doctorcito by Juan J. Guerra - ★★★★★
Notebook Keeper, The by Stephen Briseño - ★★★★★
Only Road, The by Alexandra Diaz - ★★★★★
Radius of Us, The by Marie Marquardt - ★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles - ★★★★★
Train called Hope by Mario Bencastro - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★
Watch Me by Doyin Richards - ★★★
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin - ★★★★★
When I Get Older by K'Naan - ★★★★★
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★
With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez - ★★★★★

Incarceration

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson - ★★★★★
Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty - ★★★★★
Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat - ★★★★★
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
Missing Daddy by Mariame Kaba - ★★★★★
My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood - ★★★★★
See You Soon by Mariame Kaba - ★★★★★
Disturbed Girl's Dictionary, The by NoNieqa Ramos - ★★★
This Is My America by Kim Johnson - ★★★★★

Jewish

Assignment, The by Liza Wiemer - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★

Labor

Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
César by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - ★★★★★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Joelito's Big Decision by Ann Berlak - ★★★★★
Journey for Justice by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Gayle Romasanta - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Silver People by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
World Beneath, The by Janice Warman - ★★★

Latinx

Our Celebracin!: La Celebracion! by Susan Middleton Elya - ★★★★★
Bike Like Sergio's, A by Maribeth Boelts - ★
Surprise for Teresita, A by Virginia Sanchez Korrol - ★★★★★
Alfredito Flies Home by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Alma y Cómo Obtuvo Su Nombre / Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal - ★★★★★
Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle by Hilda Eunice Burgos - ★★★★★
Best Mariachi in the World by J. D. Smith - ★
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins - ★★★
Call Me Tree by Maya Christina Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
César by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - ★★★★★
Dalia's Wondrous Hair (El Cabello Maravilloso de Dalia) [eBook - NC Kids Digital Library] by Laura Lacámara - ★★★★★
For All by Alejandra Domenzain - ★★★★★
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur by Rene Lainez - ★★★★★
Gabi, fragmentos de una adolescente by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes - ★★★★★
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin - ★★★
Islandborn by Junot Díaz - ★★★★★
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Joelito's Big Decision by Ann Berlak - ★★★★★
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love - ★★★
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susan Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar - ★★★★★
Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish - ★★★
Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davila - ★★★★★
Mama The Alien/Mama la Extraterrestre by René Colato Laínez - ★★★★★
Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Marti's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy - ★★★★★
Max Loves Muñecas! by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina - ★★★★★
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
Photographic by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Pig Park by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise - ★★★★★
Pura's Cuentos by Annette Bay Pimentel - ★★★★★
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe - ★★★★★
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Rooster Joe and the Bully / Gallo Joe Y El Abuson by Xavier Garza - ★★★★★
Salsa by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older - ★★★★★
Side by Side by Marilisa Jiménez García - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Coquíes Still Sing, The by Karina Nicole González - ★★★★★
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, The by Pablo Cartaya - ★★★★★
First Rule of Punk, The by Celia C. Pérez - ★★★★★
Lost Dreamer, The by Lizz Huerta - ★★★★★
Moon Within, The by Aida Salazar - ★★★★★
Poet X, The by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
Radius of Us, The by Marie Marquardt - ★★★
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★
Smoking Mirror, The by David A. Bowles - ★★★★★
Espíritu Del Parque Chicano by Beatrice Zamora - ★★★★★
Woman Who Outshone the Sun, The by Alejandro Cruz Martinez - ★
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles - ★★★★★
Vicki and a Summer of Change! ¡Vicki Y Un Verano de Cambio! by Raquel M. Ortiz, Iris Morales - ★★★★★

Law

Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★

LGBTQ

10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert - ★★★★★
Baby's First Words by Stella Blackstone, Sunny Scribens - ★★★★★
Calvin by Vanessa Ford, JR Ford - ★★★★★
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings - ★★★★★
Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman - ★★★
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★★
Music of What Happens, The by Bill Konigsberg - ★★★★★
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde - ★★★★★
Queer History of the United States for Young People, A by Michael Bronski - ★★★★★
She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle - ★★★★★
Shine by Lauren Myracle - ★★★★★
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Stonewall by Rob Sanders - ★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, The by Maya MacGregor - ★★★★★
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The by Emily M. Danforth - ★
Moon Within, The by Aida Salazar - ★★★★★
Other Boy, The by M. G. Hennessey - ★★★★★
Poet X, The by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
They, She, He, Me by - ★★★★★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon - ★

Mathematics

Counting Kindness by Hollis Kurman - ★
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Kiss by Kiss / Ocêtôwina by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susan Jaramillo - ★★★★★
Sometimes We Do by Omowale Moses - ★★★★★

Mexico

Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario - ★★★★★
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur by Rene Lainez - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Rudas: Nino's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Distance Between Us: Young Reader's Edition, The by Reyna Grande - ★★★★★

Middle East

Little Piece of Ground, A by Elizabeth Laird - ★★★★★
Code Name: Butterfly by Ahlam Bsharat - ★★★★★
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - ★★★★★
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye - ★★★★★
Cat Man of Aleppo, The by Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha - ★★★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Syria Dilemma, The by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel - ★★★★★

Mississippi

Choosing Brave by Angela Joy - ★★★★★

Multigenerational

Day with Yayah, A by Nicola I. Campbell - ★★★★★
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III - ★★★★★
My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin - ★★★★★
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye - ★★★★★
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Big Bed, The by Bunmi Laditan - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★

Music

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood - ★★★★★
Best Mariachi in the World by J. D. Smith - ★
Bravo Anjali! by Sheetal Sheth - ★★★★★
Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Listen by Shannon Stocker - ★★★★★
Rock and Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson - ★★★★★
Sing a Song by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Solo by Kwame Alexander - ★★★★★
First Rule of Punk, The by Celia C. Pérez - ★★★★★
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey Del Mambo by - ★★★★★
When I Get Older by K'Naan - ★★★★★
When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill - ★★★★★
Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan - ★★★★★

Muslim

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan - ★★★
Amira's Picture Day by Reem Faruqi - ★★★★★
Baghdad Burning by Riverbend - ★★★★★
Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu - ★★★★★
Code Name: Butterfly by Ahlam Bsharat - ★★★★★
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets by Hena Khan - ★★★★★
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid - ★★★★★
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar - ★★★★★
Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali - ★★★★★
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - ★★★★★
Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - ★★★★★
My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin - ★★★★★
One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World's Oldest University by M. O. Yuksel - ★★★★★
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Proudest Blue, The by Ibtihaj Muhammad - ★★★★★
Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales - ★★★★★

Mysteries and Detective Stories

Shine by Lauren Myracle - ★★★★★
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★★★
Harlem Charade, The by Natasha Tarpley - ★★★★★
Parker Inheritance, The by Varian Johnson - ★★★★★
Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac - ★★★★★

Nature

Day with Yayah, A by Nicola I. Campbell - ★★★★★
Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Call Me Tree by Maya Christina Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Creekfinding by Jacqueline Briggs Martin - ★★★★★
First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★
Hope Springs by Eric Walters - ★★★★★
Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davila - ★★★★★
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo - ★
Frog Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton - ★★★★★
Where's Rodney? by Carmen Bogan - ★★★★★
Wounded Falcons by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★

Neighborhoods

A-Train Allen by Lesley Younge - ★★★★★

OwnVoices

Movie in My Pillow, A by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
A-to-Z: The Real DC by Reach Incorporated - ★★★★★
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds - ★★★
American Street by Ibi Zoboi - ★★★★★
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan - ★★★
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley - ★★★★★
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Front Desk by Kelly Yang - ★★★★★
How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali - ★★★★★
Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith - ★★★★★
Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale - ★★★★★
Out of Breath: Kendra's Big Secret by Destiney Mayhew, Aderemi Abosede, Kairon Cunningham - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Rooster Joe and the Bully / Gallo Joe Y El Abuson by Xavier Garza - ★★★★★
Salsa by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
Taking Down Ms. Moody by Rochelle Jones, Destiney Mayhew, Naseem Roach - ★★★★★
Adventures of Sparrowboy, The by Brian Pinkney - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Hoodie Hero, The by Ashley Cooper, Daequan Golden, Rico McCard - ★★★★★
Knife and the Butterfly, The by Ashley Hope Pérez - ★★★★★
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline - ★★★★★
Stars Beneath Our Feet, The by David Barclay Moore - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★
When I Get Older by K'Naan - ★★★★★
Yummy by Greg Neri - ★★★★★

Palestine

Sitti's Bird by Malak Mattar - ★★★★★

Peace

Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter - ★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye - ★★★★★
Peace Book, The by Todd Parr - ★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Waiting for the BiblioBurro by Monica Brown - ★★★

People & Places

42 Is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Ellen Oh - ★★★★★
Teddy Roosevelt by Sharon Gayle - ★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, The by Pablo Cartaya - ★★★★★
Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada - ★★★★★

Play

First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★

Poetry

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Forest World by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar - ★★★★★
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins - ★★★★★
Marti's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy - ★★★★★
Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale - ★★★★★
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes - ★★★★★
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga - ★★★★★
Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl - ★★★★★
Gravedigger's Archaeology, The by William Archila - ★★★★★
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles - ★★★★★
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by Joy Harjo - ★★★★★

Policing

Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus - ★★★★★
Painting for Peace in Ferguson by Carol Swartout Klein - ★
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting - ★

Public Policy

President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern - ★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★

Puerto Rico

Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★★
Coquíes Still Sing, The by Karina Nicole González - ★★★★★

Racial Identity

Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber - ★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★
World Needs More Purple People, The by Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart - ★
We Are a Garden by Lisa Westberg Peters - ★

Racism

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds - ★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
Cause by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - ★★★★★
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Different Differenter by Jyoti Gupta - ★★★★★
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes - ★★★
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life by Shelley Tougas - ★
Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber - ★
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano - ★
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee - ★★★★★
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection - Volume 2 by Hope - ★★★★★
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas - ★★★★★
Panther Baby by Jamal Joseph - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park - ★★★★★
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey - ★★★★★
Satchel Paige by James Sturm - ★★★
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi - ★★★★★
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) by Lawrence Goldstone - ★★★★★
Case for Loving, The by Selina Alko - ★★★
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy - ★★★★★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★
Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
We Are a Garden by Lisa Westberg Peters - ★

Read Alouds

All the Colors We are by Katie Kissinger - ★★★★★
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel - ★★★★★
Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan - ★★★★★
Sometimes We Do by Omowale Moses - ★★★★★
Swimmy by Leo Lionni - ★★★★★
Big Bed, The by Bunmi Laditan - ★★★★★

Reconstruction

Black was the Ink by Michelle Coles - ★★★★★
Cause by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet - ★★★★★

Refugees

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★

Religion

Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★

School

8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever - ★★★★★
Grace for President by Kelly S. DiPucchio - ★★★
Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
One of a Kind, Like Me / Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno - ★★★★★
Out of Breath: Kendra's Big Secret by Destiney Mayhew, Aderemi Abosede, Kairon Cunningham - ★★★★★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Taking Down Ms. Moody by Rochelle Jones, Destiney Mayhew, Naseem Roach - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Story Circle/El Circulo de Cuentos, The by Diane Gonzales Bertrand - ★★★★★
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★

Science

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Mission to Space by John Bennett Herrington - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Boy who Harnessed the Wind, The by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer - ★★★★★
Mangrove Tree, The by Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth - ★
Secret Project, The by Jonah Winter - ★
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - ★★★★★
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Mirage by Somaiya Daud - ★★★★★
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko - ★★★★★
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi - ★★★★★
Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac - ★★★★★

Siblings

Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish - ★★★
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★

Slavery

Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White, Laura Atkins - ★★★★★
Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens - ★★★★★
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson - ★★★★★
Freedom Bird by Jerdine Nolen - ★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano - ★
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle - ★★★★★
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar - ★★★★★
Birthday Cake for George Washington, A by Ramin Ganeshram - ★
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate - ★★★★★
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★

Social Themes

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss - ★
Violet the Snowgirl by Lisa L. Walsh - ★★★★★

South America

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood - ★★★★★
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin - ★★★
Head of the Saint, The by Socorro Acioli - ★★★★★
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★

South Asian

Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq - ★★★
Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins - ★★★★★
Laxmi's Mooch by Shelly Anand - ★★★★★
Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar - ★★★★★
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Bridge Home, The by Padma Venkatraman - ★★★★★

Spanish

ABC El Salvador by Holly Ayala, Elizabeth Gómez - ★★★★★
Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
Gabi, fragmentos de una adolescente by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★★
Espíritu Del Parque Chicano by Beatrice Zamora - ★★★★★
Vicki and a Summer of Change! ¡Vicki Y Un Verano de Cambio! by Raquel M. Ortiz, Iris Morales - ★★★★★

Spirituality

8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★

Sports

42 Is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport - ★★★★★
Little Piece of Ground, A by Elizabeth Laird - ★★★★★
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds - ★★★
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney - ★★★
Contenders by Traci Sorell - ★★★★★
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares - ★★★★★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Rez Ball by Byron Graves -
Rudas: Nino's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
Satchel Paige by James Sturm - ★★★
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Banana-Leaf Ball, The by Katie Smith Milway - ★
Great Wall of Lucy Wu, The by Wendy Wan-Long Shang - ★★★★★

Stories in Verse

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson - ★★★★★

Technology

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - ★★★★★

Teen Years

Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Time to Dance, A by Padma Venkatraman - ★★★★★
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan - ★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai - ★★★★★
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland - ★
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde - ★★★★★
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★★★
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
Stars Beneath Our Feet, The by David Barclay Moore - ★★★★★
Yummy by Greg Neri - ★★★★★

Transportation

Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas - ★★★★★

U.S. History

Wish After Midnight, A by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson - ★★★★★
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
District Comics by Matt Dembicki - ★
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell - ★★★★★
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly - ★★★★★
How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
Kent State by Derf Backderf - ★★★★★
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle - ★★★★★
Birthday Cake for George Washington, A by Ramin Ganeshram - ★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Rock and Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson - ★★★★★
Satchel Paige by James Sturm - ★★★
Shame the Stars by Guadalupe Garcia McCall - ★★★★★
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
Sing a Song by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
Someday Is Now by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - ★★★★★
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami - ★★★★★
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling - ★★★★★
Teddy Roosevelt by Sharon Gayle - ★
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott - ★★★★★
Great Migration, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Secret Project, The by Jonah Winter - ★
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★

Values & Virtues

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★

Voting

Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by Calvin A. Ramsey, Bettye Stroud - ★★★★★
Evicted! by Alice Faye Duncan - ★★★★★
Risking Everything by Michael Edmonds - ★★★★★
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) by Lawrence Goldstone - ★★★★★
Voting Booth, The by Brandy Colbert - ★★★★★
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★

War

¡Brigadistas! by Miguel Ferguson - ★★★★★
Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Baghdad Burning by Riverbend - ★★★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu - ★★★★★
Caminar by Skila Brown - ★★★★★
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson - ★★★★★
Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai - ★★★★★
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi - ★★★★★
Grandpa Stops a War by Susan Robeson - ★★★
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III - ★★★★★
Kiska by John Smelcer - ★
Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson - ★★★★★
My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo - ★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Sitti's Bird by Malak Mattar - ★★★★★
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
Assignment, The by Liza Wiemer - ★★★★★
Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye, The by Manu Herbstein - ★★★★★
Cat Man of Aleppo, The by Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha - ★★★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Secret Project, The by Jonah Winter - ★

Washington DC

A-to-Z: The Real DC by Reach Incorporated - ★★★★★
Dream Builder by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★

Weather

First Snow by Bomi Park - ★★★★★
Hope Springs by Eric Walters - ★★★★★
Por ahí viene el huracán: Una aventura de Isa y Mau by Laura Rexach Olivencia - ★★★★★
Smell of Old Lady Perfume, The by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez - ★★★★★

White identity

Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee - ★★★★★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown - ★★★★★

Women

Bigger Picture, A by Vanessa Nakate - ★★★★★
Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castaeda - ★★★
Baghdad Burning by Riverbend - ★★★★★
Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White, Laura Atkins - ★★★★★
Call Me Miss Hamilton by Carole Boston Weatherford - ★★★★★
Deb Haaland by Matthew J. Martinez, Jill Doerfler - ★★★★★
Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann - ★★★★★
One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World's Oldest University by M. O. Yuksel - ★★★★★
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo - ★
Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser - ★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot - ★★★★★

World History

13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance by Melissa Cardoza - ★★★★★
Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar - ★★★★★
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - ★★★★★
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan - ★★★★★
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - ★★★★★
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle - ★★★★★
My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara - ★★★★★
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson - ★
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz - ★★★★★
Assignment, The by Liza Wiemer - ★★★★★
Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye, The by Manu Herbstein - ★★★★★
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston - ★★★★★
Peace Tree from Hiroshima, The by Sandra Moore - ★★★
Syria Dilemma, The by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel - ★★★★★
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg - ★★★★★

Young Adult

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
Black was the Ink by Michelle Coles - ★★★★★
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★★
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng - ★★★★★
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis -
This Is My America by Kim Johnson - ★★★★★
Violet the Snowgirl by Lisa L. Walsh - ★★★★★
We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden - ★★★★★
We're in This Together by Linda Sarsour - ★★★★★
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams - ★★★★★