Diverse Books by Nora https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22 Coonley 6th graders recommend these diverse books! en-us 2022-05-03 13:52:23 UTC 2025-12-01 03:21:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png The Crossover by: Kwame Alexander https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168410782 This book cool and all its about kid who plays basketball and he is 12 year old. Post by: Jae   Click here for more. ]]> 2022-05-03 14:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168410782 Wonder by R.J Palacio https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168414657 Wonder is about a boy named Auggie Pullman who is born with a disability. He goes to school for the first time and he gets bullied. Auggie has to control it and ignore them.
Click more to find out about Auggie and wonder here
Noah]]> 2022-05-03 14:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168414657 phantom tower by keir graff https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168415201 really good book about 2 twins that don't always get along and move to a apartment and this book is diverse because the 2 twins and the mom lost there dad. to find out more click here to find out ]]> 2022-05-03 14:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168415201 Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168417893 Amal Unbound is about a girl named Amal who lives in a small Pakistani village. As the oldest child in her family she has to stay home from school to take care of her family. Amal is then taken away to become  a servant for their villages landlord. Amal realizes that she has to work really hard to have her dreams come true of becoming a teacher. Click here for more information.

Post by Camille]]> 2022-05-03 14:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168417893 In the role of Brie Hutchens By:Nicole Melleby https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418003 Brie is a ordinary girl in 8th grade shes doing fine until one day her mom cacthes her looking at maybe inappropriate images of a female actor to distract her she lies and says shes crowing mary her mom is over the moon about this news but brie knows shes gonna have to tell her the truth... both truths.... read to find out what they are.

-Alix
]]> 2022-05-03 14:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418003 See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418147 Alex is a 12-year-old boy who is obsessed with space. He enters a competition for a model rocket and thinks He wants to find his father, and he is somewhere in the country. This book is diverse because Alex has no father and has a mother that does not care about the stuff Alex does. Here is more details
-0liver]]> 2022-05-03 14:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418147 Out Of My Mind By: Sharon M. Draper https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418390 Out of my mind is about an 11 year old girl named Melody Brooks. She has a photographic memory meaning she remembers everything. But, she also has Cerebral Palsy meaning she can't move or talk. All her classmates think she is dumb and can't do anything but she know's she can prove them wrong. -Haroun

Find more info here]]> 2022-05-03 14:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418390 Other words from home by Jasmine Warga https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418481 Jude is a 12-year-old girl living on the coast of the Mediterranean sea in Syria with her dad, mom, and brother in till a war begins and she and her mom flea to America to be safe where she has to learn new things in a new country while her brother a dad stay behind.   
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- McKenzie]]> 2022-05-03 14:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418481 Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418623 Amal lives in Pakistan. She wants to be a teacher one day. That goal falls when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. She is forced into labor. Read the rest of the book to find out. click here for epic link]]> 2022-05-03 14:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168418623 Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168420920 This book is about a girl named Ha. She and her family lived in Saigon, Vietnam  before the city fell. Now she has to move to the United states with her mother and her brothers, where she has to learn a new language while struggling to fit in at a new school where everyone looks different than her. Read this book to follow Ha on her adventure to a new home filled with new possibilities. Find more info here. - Emma]]> 2022-05-03 14:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168420920 Three Keys by Kelly Yang https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168421126 This is a really good book. Mia Tang thinks she's going to have a great year.She and her parents are the owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing. But as it turns out. Their motel is struggling, and Mia has to worry about the Calivista's worried investors. A new immigration law is coming around and if it passes, it will threaten everything and everyone in Mia's life. Mia is trying her best to hold on. click here to find more.
- Elena 212]]> 2022-05-03 14:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168421126 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168421386 This book is about a boy named August. He has a deformed face and he gets bullied a lot read to find out what happens next click here - Erin]]> 2022-05-03 14:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168421386 the hate u give by angie thomas https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168423052 this book is about this 16 year old named starr carter and she lives in a poor neighborhood but she goes to a rich school. her bestie khalil gets shot by an officer because they are racist and its her trying to say the truth but also not die. click here i guess
this is by amazing annabel]]> 2022-05-03 14:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168423052 baby ssittttteerrsss club https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168431162 this iss my faaaavoorritteee book - Ddaaaaaaawwwnn]]> 2022-05-03 14:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168431162 A Blind Guide To Normal by: Beth Vrabel. sokon1 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168432907 This book is about a kid named Richie Ryder Raymond, He is awesome at making Friends and coming up with jokes, but he has something that sometimes keeps him from that, Ryder has a prosthetic eye he calls Artie(artificial) in his Right eye. He goes to Addison school for the blind, where he has made lots of friends, but his parents have finally decided to sen him to a real middle school, but it is far away, so his mother has decided for them to move in with their grandfather, who is one silly guy. when he gets to school, he makes his teacher faint, twice, gets in trouble with the popular kids, and that just his first day alone. How will Ryder survive middle school?     Look here for more info
posted by Sophie ]]> 2022-05-03 14:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168432907 The Princess Black https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168439329 Ella]]> 2022-05-03 14:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168439329 Number the stars https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168459800 It's a good book.
It is about a girl who helps shelter her Jewish friends from the Nazis. For more click here. -Will]]> 2022-05-03 15:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2168459800 The Girl From the Sea by:Molly Ostertag https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171728621 This is a really good book about a girl who hasn't come out to her family when she meets a mysterious girl.

Click here to find out more 
-sydney c 317]]> 2022-05-05 16:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171728621 The Complete Persepolis https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171728978 This is an autobiographical graphic novel, in which the author, Marjane Satrapi, wrote (and drew) about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
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-ali

]]> 2022-05-05 16:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171728978 Ghost by: Jason Reynolds https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171730094 Ghost follows the life of 7th grader, Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw as he struggles to overcome a difficult childhood and find a new direction in life with the help of his running coach and mentor, Coach Brody. if you want to learn more click here Kavi]]> 2022-05-05 16:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171730094 Magnus Chase and the Ship Of the Dead https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171731323 This is the last book from the Magnus Chase trilogy by Rick Riordan. It is my favorite one and it describes how Magnus and his friends save all of the asgaurd. There are diverse characters, such as Muslims, deaf people, and many other types of people.


https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=2880#section=resource&resourceid=2559276353&currentIndex=0&view=allCopiesDetailsTab]]> 2022-05-05 16:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171731323 From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171732191 This book is about a 12-year old african american girl who loves baking named Zoe Washington. On her birthday, she gets a letter from her biological father, who is in jail for a terrible crime. After reading it she embarks on a long journey to find her father and clear his name. Click here to read more. -Grace]]> 2022-05-05 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171732191 Lily and Duncan https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171734577 Lily and Duncan is a book about Lily, born as Timothy, and Duncan, who has bipolar disorder. The book is about them going through middle school but its hard for Lily to be a girl looking like a boy 

https://www.readbrightly.com/books/9780553536775/lily-and-dunkin-by-donna-gephart/]]> 2022-05-05 16:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171734577 yes no maybe so https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735053 (this is one of my favorite books) it's a book about Jamie, a Jewish (me!!!) boy, who is volunteering for the state senate candidate and is helping his sister with her bat mitzvah, and Maya, a Pakistani Muslim girl, whose parents are separating over Ramadan. click here for more (from sumner :D)]]> 2022-05-05 16:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735053 Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735669 This is a book about a 13-year old girl named Aven Green, who doesn't have any arms! She has to move to a whole new state, and live in an old amusement park called stagecoach pass. She has to discover the secrets inside, with her new friends. Click here for more info 👍]]> 2022-05-05 16:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735669 The Giver by Lois Lowry https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735803 This book is about a young boy named Jonas and everything is the same. But when he becomes 12 everything changes for him. He is supposed to be the new receiver and he meets the old receiver who uses painful memories of another life. This is diverse because Jonas and the Giver (the old receiver) use old memories to help their current life. Click here to learn more.
- Janista 317]]> 2022-05-05 16:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171735803 The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171737307 This was an amazing book to read! This story follows Rukhsana Ali, she is a Bengali-American. She grew up in America, but her parents grew up in Bangladesh. Her parents want her to marry a nice Bangali man, but she is already dating a girl that they don't know. She tries to tell her parents, but she is scared of how they will react. Read this book to learn more, click here to find out more!]]> 2022-05-05 16:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171737307 Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738232 Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus is a book about a girl named Aven. Aven was born without arms. She now has to go through a new school in which people are not used to it. She goes through a lot of struggles and ups and downs throughout the story and is a must-read in my book. To learn about this wonderful story more click here.]]> 2022-05-05 16:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738232 Ghost Boys https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738405 This book was very good, but also intense and rattling. It is about an African American boy named Jerome, who gets shot by the police because he had a toy gun. He then watches as a ghost what unfolds after his death. He also meets with the daughter of the police chief who killed Jerome as a ghost, while she struggles with her feelings about her father. You should read this book for a look at the hard truth of how it feels to be African American in America.]]> 2022-05-05 16:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738405 Heartstopper by Alice Oseman https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738489 Hearstopper is an amazing book about an LGBTQ experience in school. Charlie Spring goes to highschool and has a crush on a straight rugby player named Nick Nelson even though Charlie already has a boyfriend. He has to deal with his feelings and he finds out that Nick is maybe more than a silly crush to him. (It is also a show on Netflix if you want to watch it) Click here for more. - Beatrice 317]]> 2022-05-05 16:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738489 Soldier bear https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738728 Soldier bear is a book about a bear cub that was found during WWII and helped fight against the axis powers with his battalion. click here to read it. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11890246-soldier-bear]]> 2022-05-05 16:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171738728 The Red Pyramid https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171740397 In The red pyramid the two main characters Carter (who is African American) and Sadie Kane (who is mixed race) are siblings who get split up in a lawsuit by there grandparents blaming their dad for there mothers death. Then while they have a family reunion they learn that they have magical Egyptian powers shortly after their dad dies while trying to summon the gods. ]]> 2022-05-05 16:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171740397 When you Trap a Tiger https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171740893 This book is following the life of a young girl, Lily, who loves her grandmother. She, her mom, and her sister Sam move to her grandmother's... her Halmoni's house for some time. Her Halmoni is well known in her village for being mysterious and helpful. Some think she is weird because she believes in magic and stories she was told when she was younger. There, she stumbles upon a mysterious shadow of a tiger, and that tiger is hungry. One day, Lily's gramma becomes very sick. The tiger says that they can help Lily, at a cost. This book has magic mixed into folklore, with grief, loss, hope, and love mixed in... along with Korean stories.

To Find Out More, Click Here]]> 2022-05-05 16:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171740893 You Should See Me in a Crown, by Leah Johnson https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171742251 This book is about Liz Lighty, a high school student who is working towards a scholarship at her dream school, Pennington. When she finds out that she wasn't accepted there, her brother tells her that whoever wins prom queen gets a free scholarship. She starts working towards her goal but things get complicated when Liz starts talking with her ex-friend who she has avoided for 4 years, and when she meets Amanda Mcarthy... This book is full of twists, turns, and is very hard to put down. I highly recommend it.]]> 2022-05-05 16:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171742251 On a sunbeam by Walden Tillie https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171742478 This is one of my favorite graphic novels in the Coonley library. It's an interwoven story of the main characters past and present. This book is diverse because it features characters of many races and LGBTQIA+ characters. the past is when she is at a boarding school and meets a girl and falls in love with her. later when she leaves the school she took a job traveling through space repairing broken buildings and architecture. I would recommend this book because it is a cool read and a graphic novel.

Click here to find out more. 
-Vida(vee) Z. 317]]> 2022-05-05 16:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171742478 squad https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171743944 there werewolf's... yeah... some of them are gay.

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sub to squarrow pls]]> 2022-05-05 16:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171743944 When Stars are Scattered https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171743948 When Stars are Scattered is a graphic novel by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed based of Omar's real memories from when he was a child. He and his brother were refugees in a refugee camp during the  Sudanese civil war. Fatuma, Omar's mother like figure, takes care of him and his little brother Hassan. Hassan has a neurological condition that makes him not say very much and wander off. Omar wants to leave the camp and reunite with his mother but is offered a chance at school and to go to America. Click HERE to find out more. -Olivia W. 317

]]> 2022-05-05 16:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2171743948 Wonder: By RJ Palacio https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177715577 This book is about Auggie who has a face deformity and is homeschooled. He goes t school for the first time and will have to face bullying and much much more. Read to find out what happens!! - sam]]> 2022-05-10 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177715577 The storm runner By: Rick Riordan https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177721832 2022-05-10 14:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177721832 The Smoking Mirror by: David Bowels https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177734082 This book is great! It's about two Hispanic kids: Carol and Johnny. And they have to go into the underworld (which they call Mictlan) So that they can save their lost mom who is taken by the God Of Destruction Tezcatlipoca. and they end up having to use their rare twin powers to fight Tezcatlipoca.
for more info click here.
By: Arianna]]> 2022-05-10 14:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177734082 The Smoking Mirror - David Bowels https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177744297 This book is about two twins working together to  save their lost mother, but they face many trials along the way, will they make it? Read more here. - Alan]]> 2022-05-10 14:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177744297 Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177757654 This book is about a girl named aven and she has no arms. She moves to a new state and makes a new friend. Click here to learn more. Julien]]> 2022-05-10 14:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2177757654 Melissa's Story https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179748147 An awkward 10 year old named George has a problem. She was born a boy, but doesn’t feel like one. She wants to be a girl. She wants to grow her hair out, and wear flowy dresses, and be called Melissa, but she can't, because of the mean kids at school, and her brother, and her mom. Nobody can know her secret. Coming up was a school production of “Charlotte's Web.” George wanted to be Charlotte. She practiced for hours with her best friend Kelly and was finally ready to try out. -Melrose]]> 2022-05-11 16:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179748147 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179751991 Wonder is about a kid named August. He has deformities in his face. He had spent the past years in home school but this year hes going to a normal school. He gets bullied but makes friends.
This is a diverse book because h was born with deformities but he pulls through.
-soren]]> 2022-05-11 16:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179751991 The Goldfish Boy https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179752464 2022-05-11 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179752464 the red pencil by andrea davis pinkney dancejust https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179755928 this book is about a girl named amira in sudan and her story. she is in a village being herself when a group comes to their village terrorising it. amira goes to a refugee camp and she lives there for a while. she then receives a gift from someone, a red pencil. this inspires her to do so many more things. click here to find out more]]> 2022-05-11 16:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179755928 counting by 7s- holly goldberg sloan beilagan https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179756618 Willow chance, "genius" girl, loses both her parents in a fatal car crash. find out how she makes new friends, learns new things, and recovers from the "climax" of her life.
-brooke

https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=2880#section=resource&resourceid=1133320850&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab]]> 2022-05-11 16:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179756618 Out of my mind By: Sharon M. Draper https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179758965 Melody is an 11 yr old girl and she is a genius BUT she has cerebral palsy and is non verbal. She joins the Whiz kids an academic competition and figures out ways to communicate.
This is diverse because it has a kid with a physical disability and spreads awareness about cerebral palsy.
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Post by: Samantha]]> 2022-05-11 16:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179758965 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179759699 This book is about the life of four siblings, and where one of them, comes from a different father. Meg, Beth, and Amy are all black, but Jo is white. But little do they know, one of the girls has a secret. This book is diverse because it explores and produces awareness towards siblings that come from different parents, have a different skin color, or h, and it shows that they can all be loved the same.
-Katie
314]]> 2022-05-11 16:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179759699 The Fault in our Stars mptrost https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179760522 The Fault in our Stars is a fantastic book full of life, cancer and tragedy. Hazel Grace is a teenager who lives a normal life, aside from having cancer and having to have help all the time. One day she goes to support group and meets someone who will change her life, her newfound friend will try to help her navigate her life from here on out but no doubt there will be bumps in the road. Cancer is a very dangerous condition and with many people Hazel knows suffering from it Hazel wonders if she will go through the same thing. Click here to read more! 
- Miles Trost, 314 ]]> 2022-05-11 16:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179760522 insignificant life of a cactus by dusie bowling vryan22 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179760953 Aven Green is a thirteen-year old girl who was born without arms. She loves to make up crazy stories about what happened to her arms but she is struggling to cope with making friends and moving  and this is diverse because she has a physical disabilitie but if you want to read more click here  ]]> 2022-05-11 16:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179760953 Sylvia and Aki By: Winifred Conkling https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179764860 Two young Girls named Sylvia and Aki have to face the tough challenges because of their race. Sylvia is rejected from a school because she is Mexican - American and Aki has to move out of her home because of the hate after Pearl Harbor. The diversity element this books shows is that the two main characters are Mexican - American and Japanese - American.
Click here for more info!
-Morgan]]> 2022-05-11 16:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179764860 The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765032 Starr, a sixteen year-old basically lives in two worlds. The poor neighborhood that she lives in and the rich neighborhood where she goes to school. Then one day, she witnesses her childhood best friend Khalil get shot and killed by a police officer that thought he had a weapon. He didn't. Now Starr is left battling the system as a witness in this murder. This death is a headline and Khalil is called a "thug" and a "drug-dealer." Now there are protesters in the streets, and Starr is in the middle of it all. What she says can endanger her life-Khalil
Click Here! ]]> 2022-05-11 16:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765032 The Crossover By: Kwame Alexander https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765105 This book is about two twins who play basketball at their High School. They are the team leader and are very competitive. Their grandpa died of a disease. Their mom soon starts to worry that their dad(a retired basketball legends) has it. I rate this book 10/10 it was just all around great.
- Jake]]> 2022-05-11 16:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765105 Kids of Appetite By: David Arnold https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765579 The Kids of Appetite is about a boy named Vic who has fallen into depression after his dad dies. One day he runs from home to scatter his dad's ashes somewhere. Then he meets the kids of appetite and his whole life is flipped on its side.
Diverse Element:
Vic has moebius syndrome, which makes it so that he can't blink or smile. As an example, he gets bullied by kids at school because he has a disability.
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-Ryan]]> 2022-05-11 16:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179765579 The brilliant world of Tom Gates, by L.Pichon https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179766282 This book is about a british kid with ADHD in middle school. He likes to doodle and draw when he is supposed to do work. He cant wait to see to see "dude 3" with his friend derek.

This a great book to read if you want a few laughs ]]> 2022-05-11 16:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179766282 Insignificant Events in the Life of A Cactus By: Dusty Bowling https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179767368 This book is about a 13-year-old girl named Aven Green who was born with no arms and her family who moves from Kansas to Arizona, to what seems to be an old-fashioned town that is supposed to be a theme park. But the owner is nowhere to be seen, so they learn to run it themselves. Can Aven get along in her school and discover what happened to the owner read the book to find out and click here for more!

InsignificantEventsInTheLifeOfACactus

]]> 2022-05-11 16:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179767368 smoking mirror by david bowles https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773541 this book is about twins with hispanic heritage who go on a quest through the aztec underworld to save their mom

-ben]]> 2022-05-11 16:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773541 crossover https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773570 The crossover is about a black american 12 year old boy named Josh. His dad is a famous basketball legend. Josh loves basketball. The book goes through a couple crazy years of highschool. 
 
-Will]]> 2022-05-11 16:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773570 George By: Alex Gino jssajdak https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773672 This book is about a ten-year-old boy named George, but, She is a girl and her name is actually Melissa. She wants to be like the girls in the magazines she hides from her family. She wants to have long hair and wear skirts and cute baiting suits and wear makeup but, she can't because she feels like she has to hide everything from her friends and family but, she tries to give her best friend Kelly "Hints" on how she's a girl by trying out for Charlotte in her school play which is Charlotte's web. Click here to find out more.-Josie]]> 2022-05-11 16:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2179773672 Blended by Sharon M. Draper https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181597633 Blended is about a girl named Isabella who has a white mom and a black dad. This book is about her life after their divorce.
-ali]]> 2022-05-12 16:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181597633 Spirit animals by various people https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181600838 Spirit animals is a book about 4 kids(teens?) who summon certain animals thought to be dead and then they all have to save the world, it is diverse because there are people from all over the world and different races. The continents are similar to ours, one of the main characters, Abeke is from Nilo which is basically africa, another character Meilin, is from Zhong which would be asia. 
link https://www.goodreads.com/series/96069-spirit-animals

-Rylo]]> 2022-05-12 16:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181600838 Aru Shah Series https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181602475 The Aru Shah is a book series in the POV of a girl named Aru. She finds out she has powers, and with the help of her soul sister, goes on a quest. They meet new people, and uncover shocking tales that might change their lives forever. This story explores Indian mythology and will keep you glues to the book. Click here to learn more.]]> 2022-05-12 16:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181602475 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181604115 This book is a modern retelling of the classic novel "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. It is about four sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) who live in Brooklyn with their mom, but their dad is away for military purposes. It takes you on an adventure through their life full of ups and downs, then one day, their life is changed forever. Click here for more. 
-Grace]]> 2022-05-12 16:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181604115 Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181606367  Gracefully Grayson is about a twelve year old boy named Grayson who hasn't told anyone the 'he' is a girl. Thinking that they should be the opposite gender Grayson keeps under the radar. Grayson is in middle school which is crazy enough.

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Olivia W.-317]]> 2022-05-12 16:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2181606367 wonder https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182991267 Wonder is about a boy named Auggie who is born with a big disability. He has to go to school for the first time and gets bullied because of how he looks and what he does. Auggie has to control it but it is very hard.]]> 2022-05-13 14:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182991267 Drama by Raina Telgemeier https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182991969  Callie, a middle school student and theater-lover who works in her school production crew for a school play and meets new people throughout the entire book
This book is diverse because there is LGBTQIA+ with the two twins who are both apart of the LGBTQIA+ community
-Cailyn ]]> 2022-05-13 14:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182991969 Wonder by R.J Palacio https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182992040 Wonder is a book thats a bout a kid named auggie who is born with a rare condition. he gets bullied for having the condition.]]> 2022-05-13 14:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182992040 Wonder https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182992471 Wonder is about a boy named Auggie who is born with a big disability. He has to go to school for the first time and gets bullied because of how he looks and what he does. Auggie has to control it but it is very hard.

By: Joseph ]]> 2022-05-13 14:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182992471 Refugee by Alan Gratz https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994071 In this book, there are three children that are all refugees and are at different times in different places in the world. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015 during a war where he and his family have to get to safety. Isabel is an 11 year old girl who lives in Havana, Cuba in 1994. After the fall of Soviet Russia,  Cuba's economy collapsed and lots of things happened. Lastly, there is Josef who is a 12 year old Jewish boy who lives in Nazi Germany in 1938. Nazi's invaded and destroyed Jewish houses while then sending them to concentration camps. It is a lot to take in but this book is a must read. 

-Grant Bohn]]> 2022-05-13 14:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994071 The Fault in our stars By John Green https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994390 The fault in our stars is about a girl named hazel grace who has cancer. She meets a guy named august and shares a good Journey with each other. It is Diverse because it is about a girl who had cancer.
Luke.B]]> 2022-05-13 14:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994390 They'll never catch us - Jessica Goodman https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994593 This book is about two sisters who live in a small town formally known as dead-water and do cross country. This book is a murder mystery. The diversity element is that both the sisters are Jewish and one is Lesbian. The book changes perspectives in each chapter, from one sister to another. It was a really great book with a huge plot twist. -214 ]]> 2022-05-13 14:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182994593 George By: Alex Gino https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182995535 This book is about a boy named George who is experiencing some tough things in life. George is a boy on the outside but on the inside he feels like a girl. To find out more about George's journey read George by: Alex Gino. - Tyler 214]]> 2022-05-13 14:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182995535 Out Of My Mind https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182996396 Out Of My Mind is about a girl named Melody. She is a pretty normal 11 year old. But she lives with cerebral palsy, a condition that affects her body but not her mind. She is very smart but has never been able to learn normally because people commonly underestimate her. This book is diverse because it focuses on a character with a disability
Lillian]]> 2022-05-13 14:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182996396 The Fault in Our Stars https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182996974 The Fault in Our Stars is a novel about sixteen year old Hazel who has been fighting thyroid cancer for the past couple years. Her parents decide to send her to a support group with other kids with cancer. She is reluctant to go at first, but in the end she decides to go. There, she meets a boy named Augustus and they quickly become friends. They go on a roller coaster ride of emotions including sadness, joy, and love all while searching for the author of their favorite book. ]]> 2022-05-13 14:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182996974 Insignificant events in the life of a cactus https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182998582 This book is about a girl named Aven who was born with no arms. In her old school everyone was used to it but she moved and her new school doesn't really like her. She was adopted and along the way figures out things about herself she couldn't have imagined. ]]> 2022-05-13 14:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182998582 Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182999338 The book Stamped is about Racism and where it was and still is. It talks about Racism at the beginning of time and Racism today. It is a bit funny too seeing that it was written by Jason Reynolds and he is a funny writer.- Augosto]]> 2022-05-13 14:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2182999338 Ivy Aberdeen's Letters to the World https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183000142 Ivy's house gets destroyed by a tornado and her family is struggling. The worst part is she lost her notebook where all of her drawings are of a secret girl. Ivy's drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. This someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Ivy has to find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings. - Avery S]]> 2022-05-13 14:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183000142 Heartstopper by Alice Oseman https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183001276 Heartstopper is an LGBTQ+ book about a gay boy named Charlie Spring, and his crush on a straight boy, Nick Nelson, the school rugby player. Charlie has a secret boyfriend named Ben, but Ben doesn't want anyone to know about him and Charlie, and ignores him in public. One day Ben assaults Charlie, just because he asked to break up with Ben. Nick finds them, and chases Ben off. Nick then asks Charlie to join the rugby team, and they start to bond. 
Read more to find out what happens next!
- Sky]]> 2022-05-13 14:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183001276 Melissa's Story by Alex Gino scjohnson18 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183001601 George is a kid living a mostly normal life. But George is not George. She is a girl, and her name is Melissa. Melissa tries out for Charlotte in the class production of Charlotte's Web, but doesn't get accepted because she's "a boy". What does she do next?]]> 2022-05-13 14:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183001601 Crossover https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002165 Crossover is about a black kid named Josh who is 12 years old. His father is a really famous basketball player.Josh really loves basket ball the book goes through crazy years in highschool. -Olivier ]]> 2022-05-13 14:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002165 The Rebound https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002392 This book is about a black kid named Charlie who gets in trouble a lot because is dad passed. He hates basketball but then his cousin Roxie got Charlie into basketball.]]> 2022-05-13 14:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002392 Heartstopper by Alice Oseman https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002678 Charlie Springs is openly gay, and often made fun of because of it. He and his friends often face challenges at their grammar school in Britain and are considered the "black sheep" of the school. There, Charlie begins to fall for a boy named Nick Nelson. He's on the rugby team, and one of the most popular guys in the school. While trying to make Nick fall for him, he joins the rugby team, against his friend's advice. Nick and Charlie grow closer, and closer, and they both have to navigate their individual challenges such as finding real friends, mental health, and bullying. -Isabel A]]> 2022-05-13 14:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183002678 Drama by Raina Telgemeier sagolden1 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183008652 drama is about a girl named callie she loves drama and the school is putting on a play, the one problem is she is a terrible singer so she works on set but she dose not know how. drama starts on stage and of then when she meats to boys that she might  have a crush on. read more to find out. 
- Sofie ]]> 2022-05-13 14:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183008652 Insignificant life of a cactus By: Dusti bowling https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183010609 I love this book because you get to understand the challenges of not having arms an di love watching her make friends with challenges of their own. i also think it would be cool to live in  an amusement park I mean how cool is that. and i love how she adjusts to the area like a cactus. so thats why i love inagnificant life of a cactus please give this book a read!

-Tai M in 214]]> 2022-05-13 14:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2183010609 The Crossover by: Kwame Alexander https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2189832725 this book is about a 12 year old boy named Josh. His dad is a famous international basketball legend. Josh loves basketball. this book goes through a couple crazy years of his crazy life. this book is diverse because it is by a black american author and about a black american family.]]> 2022-05-18 16:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2189832725 Crossover By: Kwame Alexander lgarcia2222 https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2189851851 Crossover is a book about 2 boy who play basketball Josh and Jordan and they play basketball games and they win a lot of games. Read the book to see what happens.]]> 2022-05-18 16:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nswiltse/coonleydiverse22/wish/2189851851