Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Audience: Older
• Genre: Fiction
• Genre: Historical Fiction
• Award year: 2019

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  Ghost Boys

  By Jewell Parker Rhodes

  This novel explores the issues of racial violence and police brutality from the viewpoint of Jerome, the ghost of a 12-year-old black boy gunned down by a white police officer.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780316262286
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  Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots

  By Margarita Engle, Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)

  In this novel-in-verse set in 1940's Los Angeles, several Mexican American teens are swept into the chaos of the Zoot Suit Riots.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781534409439
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  The Night Diary

  By Veera Hiranandani

  Told in the form of diary entries addressed to Nisha's dead mother, this novel traces a mixed-faith family's flight from Mirpur Khas, Pakistan, to Jodhpur, India, during the partitioning of India in 1947.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2019 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780780418462