Showing 1–50 of 162 titles
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Accused! The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment
The impeccably researched story of nine African American young men falsely accused of raping two white girls in 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama.- Nonfiction, History, US History
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781629797755
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All the Greys on Greene Street
Olympia must navigate both the disappearance of her father and her mother's growing struggle with depression.- Fiction, Mystery
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780451479532
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team
With superb narrative nonfiction writing, Soontornvat skillfully describes the dramatic real-life rescue of the Thai Boys’ soccer team in 2018.
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Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
Ha shares her experience of a surprise move from South Korea to Alabama with her single mom. Feeling out of place in her new stepfamily and high school, she acclimates with the help of a comic-making class.
- Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Autobiography
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062685100
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Amal Unbound
Unknowingly, Amal insults a corrupt but powerful man in her small Pakistani village. As retribution, he claims her as an indentured servant.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399544682
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Amina's Voice
A Pakistani American Muslim middle-school girl attempts to blend her family's traditions and her experience in school to be accepted.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481492065
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Apollo 8: The Mission that Changed Everything
With riveting text and stunning archival photos capturing the excitement and danger, this compelling account of the Apollo 8 mission emphasizes the turning point of the space program.- Nonfiction, Technology
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780763694890
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Armstrong and Charlie
A strong friendship develops between two boys from different economic and racial environments.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9780544826083
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As Brave As You
As their parents try to repair their marriage, brothers Ernie and Genie uncover family history and the extent of their own bravery, while spending an eye-opening summer with their grandparents in Virginia.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 9781481415903
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Ashes to Asheville
Two sisters set off without adults on an impromptu road trip to scatter their mother's ashes in this moving, sensitive novel.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399165047
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Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City
This is a comprehensive account of the people and the events involved in the first all-Black high school basketball team that confronted segregation in Indianapolis and won.- Nonfiction, Biography, Sports & Recreation
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780374306120
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Baba Yaga's Assistant
Using skills learned from her beloved grandma, Masha must pass a series of tests to become a witch's assistant and get her annoying stepsister home safely. Graphic panels magically blend the contemporary with the traditional.- Fiction, Graphic Novels
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Older
- ISBN: 9780763669614
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The Ballad of a Broken Nose
Bart, a quirky Norwegian 13-year-old, faces many odds: an alcoholic, overweight mother who loves him dearly; life in a run-down apartment; classmates who bully him and break his nose; and boxing lessons he takes to toughen himself—all juxtaposed with his desire to become an opera singer!
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2017 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481415422
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Be Prepared
Brosgol comically recounts her experiences at a summer camp for Russian American kids in this graphic memoir.- Fiction, Graphic Novels
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9781626724440
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Before the Ever After
In this novel in verse, 12-year-old ZJ leans on his community for support as his football-star father experiences alarming medical symptoms and dramatic changes as a result of the sport (later revealed to be CTE).
- Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399545436
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Beverly, Right Here
After the loss of her beloved dog, Beverly runs away from home and starts a new life.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780763694647
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Beyond the Bright Sea
In a stunningly beautiful novel, orphan Crow decides to investigate her own past and in doing so uncovers the complicated history of a nearby former leper colony.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781101994856
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The Bitter Side of Sweet
Three children band together to escape a life of slavery on a cacao farm in the modern-day Ivory Coast.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399173073
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Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights
Jonathan Daniels devoted his life to helping others, leading him to stand up and march for civil rights. Through journal entries, letters, and insight, readers experience his heartfelt fight for human rights.- Nonfiction, History, US History, Biography
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781629790947
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Booked
Twelve-year-old Nick excels on the soccer field but struggles to deal with his parents' divorce in this touching yet humorous novel in verse.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9780544570986
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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
People who lived through the Vietnam War discuss its history and politics in this illuminating book featuring dramatic photographs and first-person accounts.- Nonfiction, History, World History, Biography
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780670785063
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Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race across America
The well-researched, compellingly written account of 20 aviators competing in the first all-female, cross-country air derby.- Nonfiction, History, Sports & Recreation
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781626721302
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Hoose presents the true World War II story of eight Danish teens who became resistance fighters while most of the adults in their country reacted passively to the Nazi takeover. He and Knud Pedersen, the original organizer of their Churchill Club, extensively conversed in person and via email; Hoose weaves Pedersen's own words into an adventurous narrative about these young heroes. -
Brother’s Keeper
Sora and her family flee Communist North Korea during the Korean War in 1950. When the family becomes separated, Sora fights for her brother's survival as they travel south.
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Older
- ISBN: 9780823444946
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Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice
This thorough look at the landmark Supreme Court case that ended school segregation illuminates an important part of U.S. history.- Nonfiction, Social Sciences
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9780823436460
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Chikwanine chronicles the harrowing tale of his kidnapping at age five in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the horrors of life as a child soldier. A graphic-novel biography.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Biography
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Older
- ISBN: 9781771381260
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Children of Blood and Bone
In an adventure infused with West African mythology, Zélie's magic reawakens and she battles to restore magic to the oppressed kingdom of Orïsha.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9781250170972
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Hoose reveals the true story of an unsung hero of the Montgomery bus boycott in a work that seamlessly merges Colvin's own recollections with the narrative voice, providing a uniquely personal view of Colvin and the civil rights movement. -
Cloud and Wallfish
Noah is whisked by his parents to a new life behind the Iron Curtain in 1989 East Germany. Mystery, intrigue, and friendship interweave as he questions everything he knows and loves.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9780763688035
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Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America
This account of American life during the 1930s covers the economic hardships and political changes of the period, as well as the lingering influences on America today.- Nonfiction, History, US History
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780316545860
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The Cruel Prince
In this dark high fantasy, twin mortal girls are caught up in the political machinations of powerful, blood-thirsty Faeries.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780316310277
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Cry, Heart, But Never Break
The figure of Death gently eases the pain of four siblings as they accept the loss of their grandmother.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2017 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781592701872
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Cuckoo Song
After almost drowning, Triss deals with gaps in her memory, her brother's ghost, a vengeful sister, and The Architect who seems to be orchestrating so much of her life. A cinematic and spine-tingling tale.- Fiction, Scary Stories
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Older
- ISBN: 9781419714801
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Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
Stunning art nouveau–inspired illustrations showcase a little-known WWI British and U.S. military strategy of camouflaging ships with dazzling effect.- Nonfiction, History, World History
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781512410143
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Dragon Hoops
This graphic novel intertwines the history of basketball with the triumphs and tribulations of the athletes on the champion team at the high school where Yang teaches.
- Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Autobiography
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Older
- ISBN: 9781626720794
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Heroes surface, and people find courage in this exceptional graphic novel that addresses incompetence, racism, and the resilience of the people of the Crescent City. -
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Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
The daughter of an American father and Cuban mother, poet and novelist Engle describes her childhood living between two countries during a time of political tension for Cuba and the U.S. -
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Arturo struggles to keep the family business, a Cuban restaurant, alive in the face of the gentrification of his Florida neighborhood in a fresh, often very funny novel. -
A Face Like Glass
Restless, impulsive Neverfell, with no memory of her past, finds herself in the underground city of Caverna, where faces are expressionless and her life is in incredible danger.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781419724848
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Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today
This thought-provoking examination of the history of the U.S. Constitution gives careful consideration to how it functions today.- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Politics & Government
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781561459452
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Fighting Words
Sisters Della and Suki rely on each other to move forward after years of abuse from their mother’s boyfriend. They find their own voices beyond the trauma through resilience and the bond of sisterhood.
- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2021 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2021
- Older
- ISBN: 9781984815682
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First Flight around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
In 1924, a group of brave men faced violent weather, unreliable navigation, crashes, and unfamiliar foreign cultures in their goal to win the race to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by plane.- Nonfiction, History
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Older
- ISBN: 9781419714825
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The First Rule of Punk
Malu and her “SuperMexican” mother move across the country, leaving behind the father who gets her punk identity. Through new friends and zines, she connects to her roots in an authentic way. -
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Readers will recognize themselves in this varied collection of sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant stories.- Fiction, General Fiction, Short Stories
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781101934593
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Forever, or a Long, Long Time
In a heartbreaking and lovely novel, foster-child Flora and her brother invent a past and struggle to trust their new family.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062385680
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Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
This brief history of how basketball became an Olympic sport looks at the ethical issues surrounding the U.S. team's decision to participate in the 1936 Olympics.- Nonfiction, History, Sports & Recreation
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780525514633
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Garvey's Choice
Utilizing tanka poems, this novel in verse relates how Garvey's family, new friend, and love of music lead him to personal discovery and self-acceptance.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781629797403
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Genesis Begins Again
Painfully self-conscious about her dark skin, 13-year-old Genesis faces new challenges when her family moves to suburban Detroit and she starts a new school.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481465809
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Ghost
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle-school track team, but his past slows him down.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481450157