https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks Check out these books to help you grow as an antiracist educator and to use with students. Most books are written by Own Voices authors. en-us 2021-07-01 14:53:50 UTC 2025-12-10 20:57:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/396362661/48531827b3ba1cfffaf77b5788bbbe70/IdealBookshelf1162_AntiRacism_72dpi_banner1.webp brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633538575 Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial justice.]]> 2021-07-01 14:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633538575 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633540561 Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot

How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? ]]> 2021-07-01 15:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633540561 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633543251 Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Souls is a chronological account of four hundred years of Black America as told by ninety of America's leading Black writers.]]> 2021-07-01 15:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633543251 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633545072 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it.]]> 2021-07-01 15:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633545072 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633547936 The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time, from one of the country’s leading organizers and a co-creator of Black Lives Matter.]]> 2021-07-01 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633547936 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633549332 I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America.]]> 2021-07-01 15:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633549332 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633550644 One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, the startling—and timely—history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin.]]> 2021-07-01 15:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633550644 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633552226 In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.]]> 2021-07-01 15:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633552226 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633553358 Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor

Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of colour, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.]]> 2021-07-01 15:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633553358 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633555512 Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.]]> 2021-07-01 15:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633555512 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633556503 Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides.]]> 2021-07-01 15:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633556503 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633558242 Original - Ibram X. Kendi (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25898216-stamped-from-the-beginning?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=V8nrz2qUxt&rank=2)
Remix - Jason Reynolds
For Kids - Sonja Cherry-Paul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55922188-stamped-for-kids?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NMmFpTpUOk&rank=1)]]> 2021-07-01 15:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633558242 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633562519 Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

The framework is essential and universal for all students, especially youth of color, who traditionally have been marginalized in learning standards, school policies, and classroom practices.]]> 2021-07-01 15:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633562519 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633564416 We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.]]> 2021-07-01 15:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633564416 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633565772 The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Handbook]]> 2021-07-01 15:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633565772 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633567245 This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work

Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism work in 20 carefully laid out chapters. Written by anti-bias, anti-racist, educator and activist, Tiffany Jewell, and illustrated by French illustrator Aurélia Durand in kaleidoscopic vibrancy.]]> 2021-07-01 15:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633567245 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633578856 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Project LIT Pick

Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.]]> 2021-07-01 15:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633578856 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633582657 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut.]]> 2021-07-01 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633582657 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633584139 Best for 9th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick

One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.]]> 2021-07-01 15:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633584139 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633588562 Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

In this very personal work, acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633588562 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633591029 Best for 5th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Graphic Memoir

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.]]> 2021-07-01 15:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633591029 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633592313 We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

While challenging the teacher as hero trope, We Got This shows how authentically listening to kids is the closest thing to a superpower that we have. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633592313 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633594060 Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension

Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of our students' lives, yet when these subjects are brought up at school teachers often struggle with how to respond.]]> 2021-07-01 15:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633594060 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633595615 Best for 7th-10th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Novel in Verse

Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.]]> 2021-07-01 15:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633595615 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633598088 Tommy Orange is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.

Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.]]> 2021-07-01 15:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633598088 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633600599 Sylvia Moreno-Garcia is Mexican-Canadian author.

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.]]> 2021-07-01 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633600599 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633603154 Best for 6th-9th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Graphic Novel based on Mohamed's experience

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.]]> 2021-07-01 15:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633603154 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633605212 Brit Bennett is a Black American author.

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.]]> 2021-07-01 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633605212 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633607435 Best for 9th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border.]]> 2021-07-01 15:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633607435 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633609769 Best for 7th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Novel in Verse

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated]]> 2021-07-01 15:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633609769 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633612236 Best for 9th-12th Grade

From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.]]> 2021-07-01 15:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633612236 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633613471 Best for 7th-12th Grade
Global Read Aloud Pick 2021
Fantasy

Imagine an America very similar to our own. However, this America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not.]]> 2021-07-01 15:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633613471 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633617302 Best for 6th-9th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Gentrification

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?]]> 2021-07-01 16:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633617302 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633620087 Best for 6th-8th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Older sibling taking care of younger siblings

Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they’ve got to do.]]> 2021-07-01 16:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633620087 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633621524 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Graphic Novel

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!]]> 2021-07-01 16:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633621524 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633623256 Best for 5th-8th Grade
PTSD, survival

One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace.]]> 2021-07-01 16:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633623256 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633625370 Best for 8th-12 Grade
Project LIT Pick
Novel in Verse

National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.]]> 2021-07-01 16:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633625370 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633626629 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Based on the author's experience

Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he’s trouble—all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry.]]> 2021-07-01 16:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633626629 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633628167 Best for 6th-8th Grade
Foster care and abuse

In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other.]]> 2021-07-01 16:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633628167 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633629428 Best for 4th-7th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Global Read Aloud 2020 Pick

In this moving middle-grade novel drawing upon Umpqua author Charlene Willing McManis's own tribal history, Regina must find out: Who is Regina Petit? Is she Indian? Is she American? And will she and her family ever be okay?]]> 2021-07-01 16:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633629428 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633633334 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Cerebral Palsy

In this breakthrough story, from multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper, readers will come to know a brilliant mind and a brave spirit who will change forever how they look at anyone with a disability.]]> 2021-07-01 16:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633633334 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633635100 Best for 4th-7th Grade
Dyslexia

Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions.]]> 2021-07-01 16:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633635100 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633637071 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Adoptive parents
OCD

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life...until now.]]> 2021-07-01 16:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633637071 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633902726 2021-07-01 21:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1633902726 https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639035505 Best for 4th- 7th
Middle Grade Novel

Inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity.]]> 2021-07-06 16:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639035505 https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639076217 Best for 4th - 6th Grade
Project LIT Pick

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime? This book explores wrongful incarceration of black males. ]]> 2021-07-06 17:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639076217 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639167361 Best for 4th-7th Grade
Project LIT Pick
First in a series

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed.]]> 2021-07-06 19:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1639167361 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640336103 This young reader's edition is the most up to date.

From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike.]]> 2021-07-07 13:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640336103 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640338884 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Global Read Aloud Pick 2021

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.]]> 2021-07-07 13:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640338884 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640340594 Best for 9th - 12th Grade
Reese's YA Book Club Pick

Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor.]]> 2021-07-07 13:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640340594 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640342607 Best for 4th-6th Grade
Project LIT Pick

Isaiah is now the big man of the house. But it's a lot harder than his dad made it look. His little sister, Charlie, asks too many questions, and Mama's gone totally silent.]]> 2021-07-07 13:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640342607 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640344520 Best for 9th-12th Grades
Prequel to The Hate U Give (you also should read that one!)

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.]]> 2021-07-07 13:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640344520 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640346809 Best for 9th - 12th Grade
Historical (90s) Fiction

This coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.]]> 2021-07-07 13:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640346809 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640348236 Best for 9th - 12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Graphic Novel

It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes—but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.]]> 2021-07-07 13:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640348236 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640569585 Picture Book for all Ages
Book Love Foundation Pick

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption--a bold and lyrical picture book written.]]> 2021-07-07 16:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640569585 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640576639 Picture Book for All Ages

Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA.

]]> 2021-07-07 16:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640576639 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640681530 Best for 2nd - 12th Grade
Picture Book
Other contributors - Elizabeth Acevedo and Oliva Gatwood

Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.]]> 2021-07-07 17:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640681530 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640684259 Best for 5th - 8th Grades
Project LIT Pick
African American and West African Mythology Series

In a last attempt to wrestle his journal out of a creature’s hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world.]]> 2021-07-07 17:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640684259 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640686868 Best for 8th - 12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
West African Mythology Series

Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.]]> 2021-07-07 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640686868 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640688917 Follow this grassroots organization driven by diversity and student choice on twitter @projectlitcomm


]]> 2021-07-07 17:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640688917 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640692739 Best for 9th - 12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Mass Incarceration/Wrongfully Convicted

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time—her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens.]]> 2021-07-07 17:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640692739 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640695549 Best for 8th - 12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Magical

In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.]]> 2021-07-07 17:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640695549 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640697214 Colson Whitehead is a Black American author who has won the Pulitzer Prize TWICE.

The author of The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida.]]> 2021-07-07 17:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640697214 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640700959 Best for 10th - 12th Grade
Novel in Verse

A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo. A bold story about the power of embracing your uniqueness.]]> 2021-07-07 18:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640700959 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640703094 Christy Lefteri is the daughter of Greek Cypriot parents to moved to London during the Turkish Invasion in the 1970s.

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape.]]> 2021-07-07 18:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640703094 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640705985 Best for 4th-7th Grade
Global Read Aloud 2020
Think: Little House on the Prairie but not racist

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Hanna, a half-Asian girl in a small town in America's heartland, lives in 1880.]]> 2021-07-07 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640705985 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640708817 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Filipino American

A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family.]]> 2021-07-07 18:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640708817 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640710714 Best for 4th-7th Grade
Grief

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, crisscrossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.]]> 2021-07-07 18:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640710714 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640712586 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Sci Fi Series

Babel’s spaceship is full of secrets. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win this fortune at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be human.]]> 2021-07-07 18:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640712586 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640715174 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Newberry Medal Finalist

It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.]]> 2021-07-07 18:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640715174 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640717310 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Love Story

It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.]]> 2021-07-07 18:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640717310 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640718448 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick

For most of high school, Bijan Majidi has flown under the radar.  When he’s called off the basketball team’s varsity bench and makes the winning basket in a playoff game, everything changes in an instant.]]> 2021-07-07 18:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640718448 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640719948 Best for 4th-6th Grade
Project LIT Pick

When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm--and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.]]> 2021-07-07 18:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640719948 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640721542 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Novel in Verse

Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He’s starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool.]]> 2021-07-07 18:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640721542 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640723544 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Intersectionality

Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming—especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life.]]> 2021-07-07 18:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640723544 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640724989 Best for 3rd-6th Grade
Project LIT Pick
Graphic Novel based on author's life

Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different.]]> 2021-07-07 18:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640724989 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640726369 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Graphic Memoir

A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, and struggles with extreme culture shock and isolation, until she discovers her passion for comic arts.]]> 2021-07-07 18:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640726369 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640727341 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Project LIT Pick

Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman - or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. But Efrén worries about his parents; although he’s American-born, his parents are undocumented.]]> 2021-07-07 18:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640727341 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640729193 Best for 7th-12th Grade
Mixed Race Identity
Baseball

Before people find out he can’t speak Spanish, and before they realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they’ve got him pegged. But it works the other way too. And Danny’s convinced it’s his whiteness that sent his father back to Mexico.]]> 2021-07-07 18:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640729193 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640730390 Best for 4th-6th Grade
Project LIT Pick

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke--the first professional baseball player to come out as gay--into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself.]]> 2021-07-07 18:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1640730390 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641988571 Best for Grades K-6th
Picture Book

From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.]]> 2021-07-08 14:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641988571 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641991968 Poetry
Picture Book

Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, use this fictional setup to delve into different experiences of race in a relatable way, exploring such topics as hair, hobbies, and family dinners. Accompanied by artwork from acclaimed illustrators Sean Qualls and Selina Alko, this remarkable collaboration invites readers of all ages to join the dialogue by putting their own words to their experiences.]]> 2021-07-08 14:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641991968 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641995805 Best for Middle Grade or YA
Project LIT Pick

Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with New York Times bestselling Nic Stone and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem--his G'ma included.


]]> 2021-07-08 14:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641995805 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641998942 Best for Grades 4th-8th 
Project LIT Pick

This is a powerful story about family, the places that make us who we are, and how we find ways to connect to our history across time and distance.]]> 2021-07-08 14:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1641998942 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642004615
Best for Grades K-5th

Beautifully and imaginatively illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, this book describes what it is like to be a child in a migrant family. ]]> 2021-07-08 14:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642004615 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642015288 Best for K-5th
Picture Book

This resonant and award-winning picture book tells the story of one girl who constantly gets asked a simple question that doesn’t have a simple answer. A great conversation starter in the home or classroom—a book to share]]> 2021-07-08 14:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642015288 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642018270 Best for K-6th
Picture Book

Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives.

Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers with guidelines for discussing race and racism with children, child-friendly definitions, and sample dialogues. Free, downloadable educator materials (including discussion questions) are available at www.apa.org.]]> 2021-07-08 14:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642018270 fentons https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642023055 Best for Grades K-5th
Picture Book

When something really matters, one voice can make a difference. This spirited, picture book celebrates diversity and encourages kids to speak up, unite with others, and take action when they see something that needs to be fixed.]]> 2021-07-08 14:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1642023055 https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652967854 Legend of Auntie Po
by Shing Yin Khor
Graphic Novel
Grades 5-8]]> 2021-07-16 20:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652967854 https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652970150 by Colson Whitehead

]]> 2021-07-16 20:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652970150 https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652973742 2021-07-16 20:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1652973742 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1664168625 Best for 7th-12th Grade
All Star Team of Authors

A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks…
A first meeting. 
Long-time friends. 
Bitter exes. 
And maybe the beginning of something new.]]> 2021-07-29 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1664168625 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1664170316 S.A. Cosby is perfect for those who love gory thrillers and a revenge plot.

Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.]]> 2021-07-29 14:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1664170316 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1817972081 Best for 4th-7th
Project LIT Pick
Also discusses neurodivergence and biracial identity

When Collin asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe, and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his condition.]]> 2021-10-14 19:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1817972081 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1817981212 Best for 9th-12th Grade
Mystery

As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother.]]> 2021-10-14 19:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/1817981212 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234459331 Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom

Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, “it is not light that is needed, but fire”, author Matthew Kay has spent his career learning how to lead students through the most difficult race conversations.

]]> 2022-06-30 17:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234459331 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234461467 Best for 9th-12th Grade
Dual Narration
Also deals with racial identity and weight

Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post everything online—poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial macroaggressions she experiences—and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by online trolls. When things escalate, the principal shuts the club down. Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices—and those of other young women—to be heard.]]> 2022-06-30 17:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234461467 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234462601 Best for 5th-8th Grade
2020 ALA Notable Children's Book

Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates.]]> 2022-06-30 17:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234462601 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234463635 Best for 5th-8th Grade

In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, an eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion.]]> 2022-06-30 17:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234463635 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234465988 A Reese's Book Club Pick

Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past.]]> 2022-06-30 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234465988 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234466790 Best for 7th-12th Grade
Graphic Novel Series
Recently adapted into a Netflix series

Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...?]]> 2022-06-30 17:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234466790 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234467808 Unique writing style - no quotation marks and lots of Deaf history

A transporting novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the Deaf.]]> 2022-06-30 17:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234467808 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234469058 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Discusses drug addiction

Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup—special effect makeup, to be exact. When she is experimenting with new looks, Wren can create a different version of herself. A girl who isn’t in a sort-of-best friendship with someone who seems like she hates her. A girl whose parents aren’t divorced and doesn’t have to learn to like her new stepmom.]]> 2022-06-30 17:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234469058 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234469934 Best for 8th-12th Grade

When his best friend Delaney manages to secure both her and Cash full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash will have to grapple with his need to protect and love Delaney, and his love for the grandparents who saved him and the town he would have to leave behind.]]> 2022-06-30 17:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234469934 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234470549 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Navajo Nation

One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds something extraordinary. A Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story—a Water Monster—in need of help. Now Nathan must summon all his courage to save his new friend. With the help of other Navajo Holy Beings, Nathan is determined to save the Water Monster, and to help Uncle Jet heal from his own pain.]]> 2022-06-30 17:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234470549 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471239 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Gentrification and advocacy

Wes has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew and playing video games--is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy Kensington Oaks, the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes.]]> 2022-06-30 17:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471239 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471616 Best for 5th-8th Grade
Historical Racism in Sports

From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author, comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the pitch.]]> 2022-06-30 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471616 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471977 Best for 8th-12th Grade
Graphic Memoir

A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, and struggles with extreme culture shock and isolation, until she discovers her passion for comic arts.]]> 2022-06-30 17:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234471977 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234473415 Best for 4th-12th Grade
Picture Book

The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.]]> 2022-06-30 17:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234473415 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234473995 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present.

In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.]]> 2022-06-30 17:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234473995 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234475653 An interesting way to learn more about the Black Panther Party and the Civil Rights Movement

Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a revolutionary political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and legacy of the Panthers.]]> 2022-06-30 17:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234475653 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234476175 About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, & More

An approachable guide to being an informed, compassionate, and socially conscious person today—from issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond—from critically acclaimed historian, educator, and author Blair Imani.]]> 2022-06-30 17:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234476175 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234477195 Best for 6th-9th Grade
Persian Mythology
Based on the author's experience

Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, author Daniel Nayeri weaves a tale of Khosrou trying to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story). It is Daniel's.]]> 2022-06-30 17:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234477195 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234478049 Best for 7th-10th Grade
Ojibwe Identity
Love Story

The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother.]]> 2022-06-30 17:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234478049 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234478706 Best for 4th-8th Grade
Short stories

Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors--including Jason Reynolds (the Track series), Jerry Craft (New Kid), and edited by Kwame Mbalia (the Tristan Strong series)!]]> 2022-06-30 17:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234478706 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234479601 Best for 5th-7th Grade
Sick Parent

Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian American student, and home, with her family’s traditions and holidays. But Reha’s parents don’t understand why she’s conflicted—they only notice when Reha doesn’t meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked—Reha means “star” and Punam means “moon”—but they are a universe apart.]]> 2022-06-30 17:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234479601 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234480359 Best for 7th-12th Grade
Graphic Novel
Asian American Discrimination

The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Chinatown to Downtown Metropolis. While Dr. Lee is eager to begin his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to the famous superhero Superman!]]> 2022-06-30 17:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234480359 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234480957 Dual narration to understand the effects police brutality in a new way

Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event—a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives.]]> 2022-06-30 17:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2234480957 brighama https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2255891575 Best for 9th-12th Grade
Graphic Memoir
Gender Identity Exploration

Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.]]> 2022-08-06 14:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sgfcsd/abarbooks/wish/2255891575