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Adult Book List

African American Voices
  • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  • Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
  • The Travelers by Regina Porter
  • Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
  • The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Race by Robin DiAngelo
  • The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
  • Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  • Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
  • The Guide to White Women Who Teach Black Boys by Eddie Moore
  • The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
  • How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
  • Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
  • An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz
  • The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
Asian American Voices
  • Good Talk by Mira Jacob (Graphic Novel)
  • On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
  • The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
  • Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  • All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
  • The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
  • The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
  • The Leavers by Lisa Ko
  • Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
  • Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
  • They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (Graphic Novel)
  • A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
  • Exhalation by Ted Chiang
  • The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
Diverse Abilities
  • Disability Visibility: Twenty-first Century Disabled Voices by Alice Wong
  • Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith E. Heumann
  • The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
    by Keah Brown
  • Life at 8 MPH: How a Man With Cerebral Palsy Taught Me the Secret to Happiness by Peter Anderson
  • The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland by Dan Barry
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
  • Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
  • The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • The Story of a Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
  • Ugly by Robert Hoge
  • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
  • House Rules by Jodi Picoult
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova
  • Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos
  • Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
  • The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
  • The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Female Voices
  • The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
  • Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  • Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
  • Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • Girls Burn Brighter by Shoba Rao
  • Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
  • Is Rape A Crime? A Memoir, an Investigation and a Manifesto by Michelle Bowdler
  • The Burning by Laura Bates
  • Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff
  • Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
  • Bright Precious Thing by Gail Caldwell
  • The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Hispanic American Voices
  • The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
  • The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
  • Maya’s Notebook by Isabelle Allende
  • The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
  • This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
  • The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Retablos: Stories From a Life Lived Along the Border by Octavio Solis
Immigration
  • The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
  • On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
  • Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor’s Struggle for a Home in Rural America by Ayaz Virji
  • Separated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob Soboroff
  • The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
  • The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukla
  • Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi No Iftin
  • The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
  • Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
  • The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
  • The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
  • Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
  • The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
  • In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  • Fairest by Meredith Talusan
  • Dominicana by Angie Cruz
  • The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  • The Leavers by Lisa Ko
LGBTQ+
  • The Travelers by Regina Porter
  • Fairest by Meredith Talusan
  • Becoming Who I Am: Young Men on Being Gay by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
  • Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family by Garrard Conley
  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  • Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  • Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt
  • The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
  • She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
  • The Lauras by Sara Taylor
  • Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
  • Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
  • All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
  • Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
  • Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
  • Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
  • Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son by Richie Jackson
  • Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon
  • My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me, and Ended up Saving My Life
    by Ryan O’Callaghan
  • I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce
    by Michael Arceneaux
Native American Voices
  • Highway of Tears : A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
  • 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
  • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
  • Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwyne
  • House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
  • The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  • The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
  • The Bingo Queens of Oneida: How Two Moms Started Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin by Mike Hoeft
  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
  • There, There by Tommy Orange
  • Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso
  • There, There by Tommy Orange
Social Injustice
  • Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See Think and Do
    by Jennifer Eberhardt
  • Native Son by Richard Wright
  • Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
  • Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor
    by Layla F. Saad
  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  • A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
  • The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
    by Richard Rothstein
  • One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson
  • Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, From Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
    by Marc Lamont Hill
  • The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It
    by Timothy Noah
  • The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi
  • A Colony in a Nation by Christopher Hayes
  • The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement by Matthew Horace
  • Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
    by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  • Everyday Bias: Identifying and Overcoming Unconscious Prejudice in Our Daily Lives by Howard Ross
Voices of those experiencing Poverty & Homelessness
  • Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
  • This is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search for a Home by Lauren Sandler
  • Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
  • Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
    by Sarah Smarsh
  • $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin
  • The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp
  • The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle

Teen Book List

African American Voices
  • Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
  • Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights by Lawrence Goldstone
  • Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard by Echo Brown
  • The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen
  • The Black Kids by Christina Reed Hammonds
  • On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
  • Slay by Brittney Morris
  • Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
  • Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana Davis
  • For Everyone: A Poem. A Nod. A Nothing to Lose. by Jason Reynolds
  • Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
  • The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Asian American Voices
  • Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
  • When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhay Menon
  • Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
  • Internment by Samira Ahmed
  • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
  • Yes, No, Maybe So by Becky Albertalli
  • More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed Masood
  • You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
  • There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
  • Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
Diverse Abilities
  • Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
  • You’re Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner
  • Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
  • It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey
  • Love and F1rst Sight by Josh Sundquist
  • Strangers Assume My Girlfriend is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw
  • How We Roll by Natasha Friend
  • Bouncing Back by Scott Ostler
  • I Have No Secrets by Penny Joelson
  • Far From the Tree: How Children and their Parents LEarn to Accept One Another by Andrew Solomon
  • The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
  • Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Female Voices
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
  • Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
  • Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
  • I am Mala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai
  • You Too? 25 Voices Share Their #metoo Stories by Janet Gurtler
  • Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World
  • History vs. Women: The Defiant Lives That They Don’t Want You To Know by Anita Sarkeesian
  • We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hispanic American Voices
  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation by Ray Suarez
  • The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia
  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
  • Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope
  • Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
  • American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
  • The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
  • Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
  • From Farmworker to Astronaut: My Path to the Stars by Jose M. Hernandez
  • Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry
Immigration
  • Illegal by Eoin Colfer
  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  • Ask Me No Questions by Marina Tamar Budhos
  • Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
  • The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillippe
  • We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
  • Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor Iftin
  • American Street by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
  • Americanized by Sara Saedi
  • Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
  • Parachutes by Kelly Yang
  • Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories From the Dark Side of Immigration by Ann Bausum
LGBTQ+
  • Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
  • Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
  • Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer
  • Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
  • This Book is Gay by James Dawson
  • Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
  • True Letters From a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan
  • Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg
  • The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
  • At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces by Mary and Donald Collins
  • If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
  • Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gogglieb
  • All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-manifesto by George M. Johnson
  • Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle by Robin Stevenson
  • Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard by Alex Bertie
  • Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus by Rachelle Lee Smith
  • Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak OUt by Susan Kulin
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secret of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Native American Voices
  • #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by
  • The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
  • Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin
  • Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • Give Me Some Truth by Eric L. Gansworth
  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
  • Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War by Joseph Bruchac
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  • If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric L. Gansworth
  • Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac
  • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
  • Wolf Mark by Joseph Brucha
Social Injustice
  • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
  • How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon
  • American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
  • We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
  • Stamped: Racism, Anitracism and You by Jason Reynolds
  • This Book is Anti-racist by Tiffany Jewell
  • They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
  • Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice Mahogany L. Browne
  • We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World by Todd Hasak-Lowy
  • How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Maureen Johnson
Voices of those experiencing Poverty & Homelessness
  • Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
  • Saving Red by Sonya Sones
  • Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
  • Jackpot: All Bet$ are Off by Nic Stone
  • Trash by Andy Mulligan
  • Killing Time in Crystal City by Chris Lynch
  • Outside In by Sarah Ellis
  • Can’t Get There From Here by Todd Strasser
  • The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
  • Sorta Like a Rockstar by Matthew Quick
  • Roam by C.H. Armstrong
  • The Girl In Between by Sara Carroll

Youth Chapter Book List

African American Voices
  • A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
  • Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams
  • Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • For Black Girls Like Me by Mariarna Lockington
  • The Seasons of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
  • Love Like Sky by Leslie Youngblood
  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Asian American Voices
  • The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
  • Front Desk by Kelly Yang
  • Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
  • Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
  • Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
  • Meet Yasmin! By Saadia Faruqi
  • Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Diverse Abilities
  • Finding Perfect by Elly D. Swartz
  • Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
  • Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
  • I Funny by James Patterson
  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  • The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
  • Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
  • Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
  • Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
  • Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
  • El Deafo by Cece Bell
  • A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
  • Show Me A Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
  • Normal: One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey by Magdalena M. Newman
  • Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
Female Voices
  • The Runaway Princess by Johan Troianowski
  • The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club by Alex Bell
  • Amazons, Abolitionists and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for their Rights by Mikki Kendall
  • Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to be Awesome by Martha Freeman
  • Because I Was a Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages
  • Girling Up: How to be Strong, Smart and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik
  • Ellie Engineer by Jackson Pearce
  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle
Hispanic American Voices
  • The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
  • The Water Bears by Kimberly Baker
  • Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
  • Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes
  • Tree of Dreams by Laura Resau
  • My Corner of the Ring: A Memoir From a Champ by Jesselyn Silva
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda by Laurie Calkhoven
  • Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo
  • The Way to Rio Luna by Zoraida Cordova
Immigration
  • We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
  • Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
  • My Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss and Hope by Diane Guerrero
  • New Kid by Jerry Craft
  • American Immigration: Our History, Our Stories by Kathleen Krull
  • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
LGBTQ+
  • George by Alex Gino
  • The Pants Project by Cat Clarker
  • Birdie and Me by J.M.M. Nuanez
  • The Midwinter Witch by Molly Ostertag
  • Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Native American Voices
  • What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal by Eldon Yellowhorn
  • Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
  • Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
  • Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
  • The Birchbark House by Louise Erdich
  • Hidden Roots by Jospeh Bruchac
Social Injustice
  • Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
  • What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado
  • I’m an Activist by Wil Mara
  • Blended by Sharon M. Draper
  • Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Voices of those experiencing Poverty & Homelessness
  • No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen Fernlund
  • Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
  • The Fresh New Face of Griselda by Jennifer Torres
  • The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
  • Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
  • How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
  • The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
  • Almost Home by Joan Bauer
  • Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

Youth Picture Book List

African American Voices
  • The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
  • Black is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
  • Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
  • Hands Up by Breanna McDaniel
  • In Your Hands by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra Pinkney
  • Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
  • Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
  • Superluminous by Ian De Haes
  • Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior
  • Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
  • Lift As You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
  • Mixed Me by Taye Diggs
  • Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole Doyan
  • Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
  • Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan
  • Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  • Don’t Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller
  • Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  • Princess Hair by Sharee Miller
  • Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
Asian American Voices
  • The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
  • Front Desk by Kelly Yang
  • Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
  • Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
  • Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
  • Meet Yasmin! By Saadia Faruqi
  • Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Diverse Abilities
  • Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
  • My Ocean is Blue by Darren Lebeuf
  • Not so Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw
  • Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson
  • Autism and Me: Sibling Stories by Ouisie Shapiro
  • Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman
  • Let’s Talk About It: Extraordinary Friends by Fred Rogers
  • Some Kids Use Wheelchairs by Lola Schaefer
Female Voices
  • Sweety by Andrea Zuill
  • Black Women Who Dared by Naomi M. Moyer
  • Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like a Firebird by Misty Copeland
  • A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson
  • Girls Can Do Anything by Caryl Hart
  • Dress Like a Girl by Patricia Toht
Hispanic American Voices
  • Islandborn by Junot Diaz
  • Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de le Pena
  • Wachale!: Poetry and Prose Growing Up Latino in America
  • Looking for Bongo by Eric Velasquez
  • Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
  • Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera
  • Salsa Lullaby by Jen Arena
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Immigration
  • Where Are You From? By Yamile Saied Mendez
  • Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston
  • Mustafa by Marie-Louise Gay
  • The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates
  • What is a Refugee? By Elise Gravel
  • The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
LGBTQ+
  • I’m Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons
  • When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
  • Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson
  • I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
  • A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager
  • Home at Last by Vera B. Williams
  • My Maddy by Gayle Pitman
  • The GayBCs by M.L. Webb
  • Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn
  • Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Native American Voices
  • We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
  • We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
  • The People Shall Continue by Simon Ortiz
  • Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
  • Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
  • Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
  • Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child
  • At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell
Social Injustice
  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Justice by Marianne Celano
  • Antiracist Baby By Ibram X. Kendi
  • Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood
  • I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoet
  • Be Who You Are by Todd Parr
  • M is for Movement by Innosanto Nagara
  • We March by Shane Evans
  • A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
  • An ABC of Equality by Chana Ginelle Ewing
  • Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood Champions of Change by Robin Stevenson
  • Common Threads: Adam’s Day at the Market by Huda Essa
  • You Matter by Christian Robinson
Voices of those experiencing Poverty & Homelessness
  • What is Given From the Heart by Pat McKissack
  • A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts
  • Yard Sale by Eve Bunting
  • Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena