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KM 12927KM 12927 42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero( Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Rappaport
Length: 0 Copyright: 2017

An eye-opening look at the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and became an American hero. Biography. IL 5-12. AR 7.0. Lexile 1010. GR X. Contains: 1 hardcover book, playaway, earbuds and 5 way splitter. Playaway run time: 2 hours.
42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero( Pla IJS  
B 123484B 123484 57 Bus
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Slater, Dashka
Length: 305 Copyright: 2017

If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight. Mature themes. Narrative nonfiction. Historical. IL 8-12. AR 6.5. RC 6.6. Lexile 930. Iowa Teen Award 2020-2021.
57 Bus JS  
KM 13225KM 13225 57 Bus (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Slater, Dashka
Length: 0 Copyright: 2018

If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight. Contents include playaway, book and a 5-way splitter. Playaway runtime: 5 hours and 45 minutes. Mature themes. Narrative nonfiction. Historical. Young adult. IL 8-12. AR 6.5. RC 6.6. Lexile 930. Iowa Teen Award 2020-2021.
57 Bus (Playaway) JS  
B 127622B 127622 Abuelita and Me
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Carranza, Leonarda
Length: 32 Copyright: 2022

Spending time at home with Abuelita means pancakes, puddle-jumping, and nail-painting. But venturing out into the city is not always as fun. On the bus and at the grocery store, people are impatient and suspicious, sometimes they even yell. Sad, angry, and scared, the story's young narrator decides not to leave home again, until a moment of empowerment helps her see the strength she and Abuelita share when they face the world together. Grandparent and child. Hispanic/Latino. Story about me. IL Pres-3. AR 3.2. Lexile 530.
Abuelita and Me KP  
B 92353B 92353 Activities for a Diverse Classroom (Grades 3-5)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Katz, Leah
Length: 80 Copyright: 2003

Subtitle: Connecting Students (2nd Edition). Offers activities that engage students in a process of understanding the need for friendships and acceptance of others. Helps teachers create a sense of community in the classroom and introduces students to new ways of thinking about relationships. Activities were designed for grades 3-5 to educate children about differences and increase their comfort level. Diversity. Tolerance.
Activities for a Diverse Classroom (Grades 3-5) T  
B 127707B 127707 Ain't Burned All the Bright
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Reynolds, Jason
Length: 384 Copyright: 2022

A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. 2023-2024 Iowa Teen Award. Young adult. African American. Prejudice & Racism. American poetry. 9-12. AR 5.2.
Ain't Burned All the Bright JS  
B 127680B 127680 All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Armand, Glenda
Length: 48 Copyright: 2023

During the Great Migration in 1930's Louisiana, eight-year-old Jenny tries to understand why a man named Jim Crow is making trouble for her family. Civil rights. Grief and loss. Social awareness. African American. Louisiana History. 20th century. Picture book for older readers. IL 2-6.
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration PI  
B 120576B 120576 All American Boys
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Reynolds, Jason
Length: 316 Copyright: 2015

When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Police brutality- Fiction. Racial profiling in law enforcement- Fiction. Alternating (Point of View). Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honors- 2016. Iowa High School Award 2017-2018.
All American Boys JS  
KM 12758KM 12758 All American Boys (15 copies)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Reynolds, Jason
Length: 316 Copyright: 2015

In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. Kit includes Audiobook CDs by Recorded Books. Young Adult. Audio CDs approximate run time: 6.5 hours. Novel Study. IL 9-12. AR 4.9. RC 6.7 Lexile 770. Set of 15 books.
All American Boys (15 copies) JS  
B 126691B 126691 All Because You Matter
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Charles, Tami
Length: 40 Copyright: 2020

A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will. Stories about me. Self-awareness. Social emotional learning. African Americans. IL K-4. AR 3.9. Lexile 810.
All Because You Matter KPI  
B 125747B 125747 Allies
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Gratz, Alan
Length: 322 Copyright: 2019

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive. Historical fiction. Multiple point of view. IL 6-10. AR 5.6.
Allies IJS  
B 126915B 126915 Amari and the Night Brothers (Book 1)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author:
Length: 408 Copyright: 2021

Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor African American girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician. Adventure. African American. Prejudice. First person point of view. Series fiction: Supernatural Investigations, Book 1. 2023-2024 Iowa Children's Choice Award. IL 5-8. AR 4.9.
Amari and the Night Brothers (Book 1) IJ  
KM 13658KM 13658 Amari and the Night Brothers (Book 1) (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Alston, B. B
Length: 0 Copyright: 2021

Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton--if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real. 2023-2024 Iowa Children's Choice Award. Contents include book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway runtime: 11 hours. Adventure. African American. Prejudice. First person point of view. Series fiction: Supernatural Investigations, Book 1. IL 5-8. AR 4.9.
Amari and the Night Brothers (Book 1) (Playaway) IJ  
B 127723B 127723 Ambassador of Nowhere Texas
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Holt, Kimberly Willis
Length: 314 Copyright: 2021

Companion to: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. In 2001, seventh-grader Rylee Wilson and new student Joe, whose father was a New York City first responder on 9/11, decide to find Zachary Beaver and reunite him with Rylee's father, Toby. 2023-2024 Iowa Children's Choice Award. Friendship story. Realistic fiction. Texas. IL 5-8. AR 4.7. Lexile 740.
Ambassador of Nowhere Texas IJ  
KM 13659KM 13659 Ambassador of Nowhere Texas (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Holt, Kimberly Willis
Length: 314 Copyright: 2021

Companion to "When Zachary Beaver Came to Town". In 2001, seventh-grader Rylee Wilson and new student Joe, whose father was a New York City first responder on 9/11, decide to find Zachary Beaver and reunite him with Rylee's father, Toby. 2023-2024 Iowa Children's Choice Award. Contents include book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 5 hours. Companion to: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Friendship story. Realistic fiction. Texas. IL 5-8. AR 4.7. Lexile 740.
Ambassador of Nowhere Texas (Playaway) IJ  
B 128325B 128325 American as Paneer Pie
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Kelkar, Supriya
Length: 311 Copyright: 2020

When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture. Authentic author. Asian American. Social awareness. Realistic fiction. AR 5.4. Lexile 840. GR U. IL 4-8.
American as Paneer Pie IJ  
B 124876B 124876 Amina's Voice
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Khan, Hena
Length: 197 Copyright: 2017

A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community. Realistic fiction. Muslims. Multicultural. Starred reviews. IL 4-8. AR 5.0. RC 5.3. Lexile 800.
Amina's Voice IJ  
KM 13204KM 13204 Amina's Voice (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Khan, Hena
Length: 197 Copyright: 2017

A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community. Playaway runtime: 4 hours and 25 minutes. Playaway, book and 5-way splitter. Muslims fiction. Multicultural. Realistic fiction. Starred reviews. IL 4-8. AR 5.0. RC 5.3. Lexile 800.
Amina's Voice (Playaway) IJ  
B 125347B 125347 Anger is a Gift
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Oshiro, Mark
Length: 463 Copyright: 2018

Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift. Conflict with Society. Mature themes. Young adult fiction. Realistic fiction. African American. IL 8-12. AR 5.0. Lexile 710.
Anger is a Gift JS  
B 95245B 95245 Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves
Grade Lvl: T Author: Derman-Sparks, Louise / Edwards, Julie
Length: 166 Copyright: 2010

Guide to confronting and eliminating barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity. Provides tips for helping staff and children respect each other, themselves, and all people. Chapters focus on culture and language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, different abilities, holidays, and more.
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves T  
B 124420B 124420 Backfield Boys
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Feinstein, John
Length: 353 Copyright: 2017

Freshman footballers Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson are a perfect pair: Jason is a blazing-fast wide-receiver, while his best friend Tom has all the skills a standout quarterback needs. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to be invited back with full-ride scholarships. But on day one of practice, they're shocked when the team's coaching staff makes Tom, a black kid, a receiver and Jason, a white kid, a quarterback. Confronted with mounting evidence of deep-seated racial bias, the boys speak out, risking their scholarships and chances to play. As tensions ratchet up with coaches and other players, Tom and Jason must decide how much they're willing to lose in a conflict with powerful forces that has nothing--and everything--to do with the game they love. YA. Realistic fiction. School stories. IL 7-12. AR 5.6. RC 5.5. Lexile 840. Iowa Teen Award, 2019-2020.
Backfield Boys IJS  
B 116855B 116855 Bear and Bee
Grade Lvl: K Author: Ruzzier, Sergio
Length: 40 Copyright: 2013

A hungry bear discovers that bees are not terrible monsters who never share their honey. IL Pres-K.
Bear and Bee K  
B 127860B 127860 Beneath the Wide Silk Sky
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Inouye Huey, Emily
Length: 326 Copyright: 2022

With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her. Young adult. Grief & loss. Historical fiction. World War II. Japanese internment. IL 9-12.
Beneath the Wide Silk Sky JS  
B 109950B 109950 Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Levine, Kristin
Length: 266 Copyright: 2009

In Moundville, Alabama, in 1917, twelve year old Did hopes the new postmaster will have a son his age, but instead he meets Emma, who is black, and their friendship challenges accepted ways of thinking and leads them to save the life of a condemned man. Acceptance. Social justice. AR and RC 4.2. Follett RL 5.1. Lexile 680.
Best Bad Luck I Ever Had IJS  
B 125580B 125580 Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
Length: 48 Copyright: 2018

Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes, a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation. Picture book for older readers. Biography. African American. IL 2-6. AR 4.0. RC 3.8. Lexile 660.
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art PI  
B 128316B 128316 Big
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Harrison, Vashti
Length: 60 Copyright: 2023

Traces a child's journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal. An emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small is a tender portrayal of how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time. Physical appearance. Body image. Self-acceptance. Growth fiction. Appropriate for older readers as well. 2024 Caldecott Medal Winner. IL Pres-3.
Big KP  
B 126757B 126757 Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Grade Lvl: S Author: Joseph, Frederick
Length: 254 Copyright: 2020

Frederick Joseph calls up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Each chapter features the voice of at least one artist or activist. Social issues. Prejudice and racism. Anecdotes. Civil and human rights. Young adult nonfiction. IL 10-12.
Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person S  
B 122463B 122463 Black Jack: the Ballad of Jack Johnson
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Smith, Charles R
Length: 40 Copyright: 2010

Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century. AR 5.3 RC 7.3 Lexile 980 GR level Q IL 1-4.
Black Jack: the Ballad of Jack Johnson PI  
B 126755B 126755 Black Kids
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Hammonds Reed, Christina
Length: 362 Copyright: 2020

With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble. African American. Historical fiction. Realistic fiction. Prejudice and racism. IL 9-12. AR 5.3. Lexile 830.
Black Kids JS  
KM 5753KM 5753 Boxed Books: Holocuast (Blackbirch)
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 1998

Eight volume series provides a chronological account of the Holocaust. The first volume relates the Nazi genocide to the long history of anti-Semitism. Volumes 2-5 discuss the history from 1935 to the end of WW II. The sixth volume discusses the survivors and hunt for war criminals. The seventh volume is a collection of primary sources--personal narratives. Volume eight is a resource guide. Also includes a cumulative index for the series. Four-week loan period.
Boxed Books: Holocuast (Blackbirch) JS  
DVD 2512DVD 2512 Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Boyne, John
Length: 94 Copyright: 2008

Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas highlights the secret friendship between two unlikely friends, the young son of a Nazi officer and the Jewish boy he encounters, a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Auschwitz (concentration camp). Contains scenes that depict human suffering and loss of life. Nazis. Includes an exploration of the role propaganda played in WWII Germany. Rated PG-13.
Boy in the Striped Pajamas IJS  
B 127888B 127888 Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story Retold for Young Readers
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Dronfield, Jeremy
Length: 373 Copyright: 2023

This powerful, moving young adult adaptation of the adult international bestselling narrative nonfiction book The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz shines a light on the true story of two brothers who experienced the atrocities of the Holocaust in very different ways. Jeremy Dronfield captures this family tale of bravery, love, hope, and survival with the help of extensive research and primary sources like Gustav's diary and interviews with family members. Maps, black-and-white photos, a timeline of events, a glossary, and more are included. Holocaust. Narrative nonfiction. Adaptation. Social awareness. World history. Concentration camps. IL 9-12.
Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story Retold for Young R JS  
B 89622B 89622 Brand New Kid
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Couric, Katie
Length: 32 Copyright: 2000

Lazlo, who has just moved to the U.S. from Hungary is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him. AR level 3.8.
Brand New Kid KP  
B 124580B 124580 Breakout
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Messner, Kate
Length: 441 Copyright: 2018

Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same. Novel shared in multiple perspectives: emails, text messages, news stories, and comics. Realistic fiction. IL 5-9. AR 5.4. RC 5.5. Lexile 840.
Breakout IJ  
B 110384B 110384 Brendan Buckley's Universe & Everything In It
Grade Lvl: I Author: Frazier, Sundee
Length: 198 Copyright: 2007

Brendan Buckley, a biracial ten-year-old, applies his scientific problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan's mother are estranged. Racially mixed people. Rock collecting. John Steptoe - Best New Talent Award 2008. Author is multiracial. AR 4.0. RC 3.4. Lexile 630.
Brendan Buckley's Universe & Everything In It I  
B 124515B 124515 Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman
Length: 134 Copyright: 2016

In 1954, one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the twentieth century aimed to end school segregation in the United States. Although known as Brown v. Board of Education, the ruling applied not just to the case of Linda Carol Brown, an African American third grader refused entry to an all-white Topeka, Kansas school, but to cases involving children in South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The decision was the culmination of work by many people who stood up to racial inequality, some risking significant danger and hardship, and of careful strategizing by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin tells the stories behind the ruling and the people responsible for it. She brings readers up to date with a country still grappling with a public shool system not yet fully desegregated. Timeline, source notes and index are included. Social studies. School integration. Narrative nonfiction. IL 6-10. AR 7.1. RC 8.3. Lexile 980.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice IJS  
B 124888B 124888 Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
Grade Lvl: JST Author:
Length: 178 Copyright: 2018

This is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past. A powerful collection of essays that create a chorus of evidence that the burden is real. IL 11-12.
Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery JST  
B 125579B 125579 Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Grade Lvl: PIJ Author: Latham, Irene / Waters, Charles
Length: 40 Copyright: 2018

Presents a collection of poems that looks at the experience of race through fifth graders Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is African American. Friendship poetry. Race awareness. Diversity. IL 3-7. AR 4.6. GR U.
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship PIJ  
B 107236B 107236 Candy Shop
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Wahl, Jan
Length: 32 Copyright: 2004

When a boy and his aunt find that a bigot has written something on the sidewalk outside the candy shop owned by a new immigrant from Taiwan, they set out to comfort the owner. Toleration. Bigotry. AR 2.5. Follett RL 1.9.
Candy Shop KPI  
KM 4212KM 4212 Cay (25 Books)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Theodore
Length: 0 Copyright: 1969

Survival tale of two people stranded on an island in the Caribbean--an elderly, black West Indian man, and an eleven year old boy (blinded after a torpedo attack at sea during World War II), who learns to overcome his prejudice and his blindness. Contents: five guides (Perma-Bound Guide, Teacher Created Materials literature unit, Literature Circle Guide, Novel Units guide, and Novel Ties Study Guide); 25 copies of the book (137 pages, GR level V, AR 5.3, RC 6.3, Lexile 860); and three unabridged audio CDs (3 hours). Novel Study. IL 5-8.
Cay (25 Books) IJ  
KM 6697KM 6697 Cay (6 Books)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Theodore
Length: 0 Copyright: 1992

Survival tale of two people stranded on an island--one old, black West Indian man, and an eleven year old boy who learns to overcome his prejudice and his blindness after a crack on the head leaves him sightless. Contents: six books (144 pages). Novel Study. Guided Reading level V. AR 5.3. RC 6.3. Lexile 860. IL 5-8.
Cay (6 Books) IJ  
B 73094B 73094 Chang's Paper Pony
Grade Lvl: P Author: COERR, ELEANOR
Length: 64 Copyright: 1988

In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot find one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution. An I Can Read book. Guided Reading level L. AR 2.8. RC 3.8. Lexile 440.
Chang's Paper Pony P  
B 124977B 124977 Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Adeyemi, Tomi
Length: 531 Copyright: 2018

Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy. Fantasy fiction. Series fiction: Legacy Of Orisha, Book 1. Starred reviews. IL 8-12. AR 4.8. RC 5.2. Lexile 670. Iowa High School Book Award 2020-2021.
Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1) JS  
KM 13228KM 13228 Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1) (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Adeyemi, Tomi
Length: 531 Copyright: 2018

Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy. Contents include playaway, book and a 5-way splitter. Playway runtime: approximately 18 hours. Fantasy fiction. Series fiction: Legacy Of Orisha, Book 1. Starred reviews. IL 8-12. AR 4.8. RC 5.2. Lexile 670. Iowa High School Book Award 2020-2021.
Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1) (Playaway) JS  
B 127439B 127439 Children of Blood and Bone (French Edition, Book 1)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Adeyemi, Tomi
Length: 568 Copyright: 2019

Book 1 of 2 : Children of Blood and Bone. French Edition. Une fantasy unique et époustouflante autour de l'univers africain Résumé : Il fut un temps où la terre d'Orïsha était baignée de magie. Mais une nuit, tout a basculé, le roi l'a faite disparaître et a asservi le peuple des majis. Zélie Adebola n'était alors qu'une enfant. Aujourd'hui, elle a le moyen de ramener la magie et rendre la liberté à son peuple ; même si face à elle se dresse le prince héritier du trône, prêt à tout pour la traquer. Dans une Afrique imaginaire où rôdent les léopardaires blancs et où les esprits ont soif de vengeance, Zélie s'élance dans une quête périlleuse... Dès 14 ans.a
Children of Blood and Bone (French Edition, Book 1) JS  
B 126338B 126338 Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Adeyemi, Tomi
Length: 404 Copyright: 2019

After Zelie and Amari bring magic back to the land of Orisha, the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orisha, forcing Zelie to fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath. Sequel to Children of Blood and Bone (#124977) Legacy of Orisha series, Book 2. African American. Fantasy fiction. IL 8-12. AR 4.8. Lexile 680.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2) JS  
B 127998B 127998 Choosing Brave
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Joy, Angela
Length: 64 Copyright: 2022

Subtitle: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement. The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement. Biography. Picture book for older readers. Social studies connections. American history. IL 2-6. AR 4.4. Lexile 680.
Choosing Brave IJ  
B 94246B 94246 Class Meetings That Matter, Grades 6-8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 181 Copyright: 2009

Subtitle: A Year's Worth of Resources for Grades 6-8. Manual provides teachers and other school staff members with developmentally appropriate activities to use as part of their Olweus Bullying Prevention Program class meetings. Thirty-five class meetings are oganized into eight categories: Building a Positive Classroom Climate; Identifying Feelings; Communication; Hot Spots; Peer Relationships; Respecting Differences and Promoting Acceptance; Serving the Community/Reaching Outward; and Using Current Events.
Class Meetings That Matter, Grades 6-8 T  
B 108958B 108958 Climbing the Stairs
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Venkatraman, Padma
Length: 247 Copyright: 2008

In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen year old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family, and become accustomed to a totally different way of life. AR 4.8.
Climbing the Stairs JS  
B 113545B 113545 Clone Codes
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: McKissack, Patricia
Length: 173 Copyright: 2010

On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, thirteen-year-old Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America. Cloning. Segregation. Freedom. Fugitives from justice. Identity. Cyborgs. AR 4.7. RC 4.2. Lexile 680. IL 5-7. Iowa Children's Choice 2012-2013.
Clone Codes IJ  
B 124889B 124889 Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Grade Lvl: JST Author: Rothstein, Richard
Length: 345 Copyright: 2017

Explores the history of America's housing policy, as well as the racial divide and discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. Discrimination in housing. Government policies. Segregation. IL 11-12.
Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America JST  
B 127827B 127827 Comeback
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Shen, E. L.
Length: 265 Copyright: 2021

Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve. 2023-2024 Iowa Children's Choice. Sports fiction. Asian Americans. Family life. IL 4-8. AR 5.1. Lexile 770.
Comeback IJ  
B 126768B 126768 Concrete Rose
Grade Lvl: S Author: Thomas, Angie
Length: 360 Copyright: 2021

A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder. Young adult. Realistic fiction. Coming of age/Bildungsromans. Teenage fathers. Gangs. Starred reviews. Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. IL 10-12. AR 3.4.
Concrete Rose S  
KM 13496KM 13496 Concrete Rose (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: S Author: Thomas, Angie
Length: 0 Copyright: 2021

A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder. Young adult. Realistic fiction. Coming of age/Bildungsromans. Teenage fathers. Gangs. Responsible decision-making. Starred reviews. Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. Contents include playway, hardcover book and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: approximately 8 hours and 30 minutes. IL 10-12. AR 3.4.
Concrete Rose (Playaway) S  
B 127058B 127058 Cost of Knowing
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Morris, Brittney
Length: 327 Copyright: 2021

Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him. Starred reviews. An Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. African American. Prejudice and racism. Responsible-decision making. Supernatural. Clairvoyance. Young adult. IL 9-12. AR 5.0. Lexile 780.
Cost of Knowing JS  
B 127222B 127222 Courage: My Story of Persecution
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Jan, Freshta Tori
Length: 122 Copyright: 2022

A young woman once persecuted by the Taliban shares her journey to becoming a community activist. As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends were murdered and shot. Her journey through poverty, terrorism, and other forms of injustice has enabled her to be a voice for those unable to share their stories and those unable to receive the opportunities she has sought. She believes in empowering youth in order to bring about change and be the leaders of today and tomorrow. Autobiography. Nonfiction: I, Witness series, Book 3. Memoir. Narrative nonfiction. Responsible decision-making. Afghan American women. Social reform. IL 6-10.
Courage: My Story of Persecution IJS  
B 128103B 128103 Crayon Box That Talked
Grade Lvl: KP Author: DeRolf, Shane
Length: 29 Copyright: 1997

Although they are many different colors, the crayons in a box discover that when they get together they can appreciate each other and make a complete picture. InquirED. Social awareness. Story in rhyme.IL Pres-3. AR 2.2. RC 2.2. Lexile 460. GR J.
Crayon Box That Talked KP  
B 107812B 107812 Crazy Man
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Porter, Pamela
Length: 214 Copyright: 2005

Presents a novel written in free verse about twelve year old southern Saskatchewan farmgirl Emaline Bitterman's physical and emotional healing after an accident leaves her disabled and her father's guilt drives him away. AR 4.5. Follett RL 4.0.
Crazy Man IJ  
B 126059B 126059 Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Gates, Henry Louis
Length: 225 Copyright: 2019

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation. Includes primary sources. U.S. Civil War. Reconstruction Era. IL 8-12. AR 8.7. RC 12.4. Lexile 1200.
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow JS  
B 127046B 127046 Dear Justyce
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Stone, Nic
Length: 266 Copyright: 2020

Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. Starred reviews. Young adult. Realistic fiction. Social awareness. Family problems. Companion novel to: Dear Martin (B 123410). IL 9-12. AR 5.3. Lexile 780.
Dear Justyce JS  
KM 13495KM 13495 Dear Justyce (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Stone, Nic
Length: 0 Copyright: 2020

Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. Starred reviews. Kit contents include playaway, hardcover book and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: approximately 5 hours. Young adult. Realistic fiction. Social awareness. Family problems. Companion novel to: Dear Martin (B 123410). IL 9-12. AR 5.3. Lexile 780.
Dear Justyce (Playaway) JS  
B 116559B 116559 Desmond and the Very Mean Word: A Story of Forgiveness
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Tutu, Desmond
Length: 32 Copyright: 2013

When a group of boys insult Desmond by calling him a very vulgar name, he seeks out the advice of Father Trevor and learns an important lesson in forgiveness. Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's childhood in South Africa. AR 3.9 IL K-4.
Desmond and the Very Mean Word: A Story of Forgiveness KPI  
B 126182B 126182 Dig
Grade Lvl: S Author: King, A. S
Length: 392 Copyright: 2019

Only a generation removed from being simple Pennsylvania potato farmers, Gottfried and Marla Hemmings managed to trade digging spuds for developing subdivisions and now sit atop a seven-figure bank account, wealth they've declined to pass on to their adult children or their teenage grand children. Now the five teenagers are lost in a tangled maze of family secrets. One of the teens sells pot; one has cancer; all are estranged from the family. As they come together for Easter dinner, will they be able to find their ways back to each other? Mature themes. Young adult fiction. Starred reviews. Michael L. Printz Award winner 2020. Multiple point of view. Realistic fiction. Family problems. IL 10-12.
Dig S  
B 127047B 127047 Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 139 Copyright: 2020

Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century that sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. Adapted for young adults. Biography. Special needs. Essays. Social conditions. IL 8-12. Lexile 1050.
Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today JS  
B 126186B 126186 Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past
Grade Lvl: S Author: Murray, Elizabeth A
Length: 120 Copyright: 2020

Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where rather than reforming the children in their care school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about 100 survivors. Thus far, forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle and her team from the University of South Florida have uncovered fifty-five sets of human remains. Follow this story of institutional abuse, the brave survivors who spoke their truth, and the scientists and others who brought it to light. Narrative nonfiction. True crime. US History. IL 10-12.
Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past S  
B 120567B 120567 Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 128 Copyright: 2014

Collection of art, prose, poetry, song, and memoir. Showcases the work of dozens of emerging and established contemporary Native American artists & writers. Identifies the contributors' nations & home reserves in the U.S. and Canada. They share stories about their lives & draw attention to issues facing Native American communities. Also includes musicians, students, dancers, entertainers, hunters, and photographers. Divided into four sections, 'Roots,' 'Battles,' 'Medicines,' and 'Dreamcatchers,' this book offers readers a unique insight into a community often misunderstood and misrepresented by the mainstream media. Stereotyping. Edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale. AR 6.8 IL 8-12.
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices JS  
B 113884B 113884 East Dragon, West Dragon
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Eversole, Robyn
Length: 33 Copyright: 2012

East Dragon and West Dragon are suspicious of each other although they have never met, but when the western king is captured in the Eastern Kingdom and West Dragon goes to rescue him they find they have much in common. Variant of "The City Mouse & the Country Mouse". AR 3.9. IL K-2.
East Dragon, West Dragon KP  
B 89672B 89672 ESCAPING TO AMERICA: A TRUE STORY
Grade Lvl: PI Author: SCHANZER, ROSALYN
Length: 32 Copyright: 2000

Tells how the author's family left difficult conditions in Poland to make a better life for themselves in America early in the 20th century.
ESCAPING TO AMERICA: A TRUE STORY PI  
B 103556B 103556 Especially Heroes
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Kroll, Virginia
Length: 32 Copyright: 2003

After talking about heroes and martyrs at school, a young girl gets a first-hand look at heroism when her father and several others protect their neighbor from a group of racists. Hate crimes. AR 4.0. Follett RL 5.0. IL 3-6.
Especially Heroes PI  
B 128315B 128315 Facing the Mountain
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Brown, Daniel James
Length: 231 Copyright: 2023

Subtitle: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II. This remarkable true story, resistance history and courtroom drama follows three courageous Japanese American soldiers as they fought for the US during WWII as part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team only to face discrimination at home. Adapted for young readers. Asian American. Military. Narrative nonfiction. World War II. IL 6-9.
Facing the Mountain IJ  
B 125452B 125452 Fair Ball (Book 4)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Jeter, Derek
Length: 146 Copyright: 2017

Derek is juggling finals and a baseball tournament during the last few weeks of school, but when his friend Dave starts ignoring him, Derek's perfect summer starts to look less fun. Autobiographical fiction. Series fiction: Jeter Publishing, Book 4. IL 4-8. AR 4.7. RC 4.5 Lexile 730.
Fair Ball (Book 4) IJ  
B 127711B 127711 Fast Pitch
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Stone, Nic
Length: 179 Copyright: 2021

Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past-and fast-before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever. Mystery fiction. African American. Softball. Racism. IL 5-8. AR 5.2. Lexile 790. GR X.
Fast Pitch IJ  
B 125022B 125022 Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riots of 1919
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Hartfield, Claire
Length: 198 Copyright: 2018

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index. Narrative nonfiction. IL 9-12. RC 10.6. Lexile 1120.
Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 JS  
B 123706B 123706 First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
Grade Lvl: PIJ Author: Goodman, Susan E
Length: 40 Copyright: 2016

Looks at how in 1847, a young African American girl named Sarah Roberts made history with her case of Roberts versus the City of Boston to outlaw segregated schools. Backmatter includes: integration timeline, bios on key people in the book, list of resources, and author's note. Starred reviews. Narrative nonfiction. IL 3-7. AR 4.7. RC 4.7. Lexile 770. GR S.
First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial PIJ  
B 127714B 127714 Five Survive
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Jackson, Holly
Length: 388 Copyright: 2022

Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend,the older brother, his perfect girlfriend, a secret crush, a classmate,and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night. Psychological thriller. Young adult fiction. Suspense. Secrets. IL 9-12. Lexile 670.
Five Survive JS  
B 123427B 123427 Four-Four-Two
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Hughes, Dean
Length: 268 Copyright: 2016

Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment. Historical fiction. IL 7-12. AR 5.5. RC 5.4. Lexile 820.
Four-Four-Two JS  
KM 13393KM 13393 Frankly in Love (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Yoon, David
Length: 406 Copyright: 2019

High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love, or himself, at all. Iowa High School Book Award 2021-2022. Kit contents include one book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 10 hours. IL 9-12. AR 4.7. Lexile 660.
Frankly in Love (Playaway) JS  
B 105342B 105342 Freedom Summer
Grade Lvl: P Author: Wiles, Deborah
Length: 30 Copyright: 2005

In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is African American, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists. Desegregation. 2002 Ezra Jack Keats author award (Deborah Wiles) and illustrator award (Jerome Lagarrigue). AR 3.2. RC 2.7. Lexile 460. GR level M.
Freedom Summer P  
B 90577B 90577 Freedom Writers Diary
Grade Lvl: ST Author:
Length: 280 Copyright: 1999

Subtitle: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. Tells the story of how young English teacher Erin Gruwell confronted the problem of racial and ethnic intolerance in her classroom, and features excerpts from the diaries of her students, now known as The Freedom Writers. Toleration. AR 6.4. The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide is number 90578.
Freedom Writers Diary ST  
KM 8831KM 8831 Friendship (5 Books)
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Taylor, Mildred
Length: 0 Copyright: 1987

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. Contents: five copies of the book (53 pages), winner of the Coretta Scott King Award by Mildred Taylor. AR 4.1. RC 5.1. Lexile 750.
Friendship (5 Books) PI  
B 126727B 126727 From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Marks, Janae
Length: 291 Copyright: 2020

Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime. African American. Prejudice and racism. Responsible decision-making. Social awareness. Prisoner's families. Starred reviews. Zoe Washington, Book 1. Iowa Children's Choice, 2021-2022. IL 5-9. AR 4.4. Lexile 660.
From the Desk of Zoe Washington IJ  
KM 13381KM 13381 From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Marks, Janae
Length: 291 Copyright: 2020

Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime. Iowa Children's Choice Award 2021-2022. Kit contents include one book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 6 hours. IL 4-8. AR 4.4. Lexile 600.
From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Playaway) IJ  
B 121302B 121302 Full Cicada Moon
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Hilton, Marilyn
Length: 389 Copyright: 2015

In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider. Racially mixed people- Fiction. Novels in verse. AR 4.7 RC 5.2 Lexile 790 IL 4-7. Iowa Children's Choice 2017-2018.
Full Cicada Moon IJ  
B 126232B 126232 Genesis Begins Again
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Williams, Alicia
Length: 364 Copyright: 2019

Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is. Realistic fiction. African Americans. Family problems. New experiences. Starred reviews. IL 5-8. AR 4.5. RC 4.2. Lexile 670. GR Y.
Genesis Begins Again IJ  
B 127851B 127851 Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Bolden, Tonya
Length: 40 Copyright: 2022

Illuminates the lesser-known history of Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem in the 1930s, who created The Green Book, a guide for African Americans to stay safe while traveling around the U.S. during the era of segregation. Biography. Includes back matter and timelines. African American. Segregation. 20th century. Social conditions. Travel. Picture book for older readers. IL 2-6.
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book PI  
B 116757B 116757 Grease Town
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Towell, Ann
Length: 232 Copyright: 2010

Twelve-year-old Titus Sullivan escapes his overbearing Aunt Sophie and sets out in search of adventure and freedom which he finds in Oil Springs, Ontario, a community of escaped slaves, but tragedy strikes when American bounty hunters arrive. Race riot. Oil Springs (Ont.) History Fiction. Fugitive slaves Fiction. AR 4.6 RC 4.3 Lexile 700 IL 5-9.
Grease Town IJ  
B 114841B 114841 Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Sommer, Shelley
Length: 135 Copyright: 2011

Photographs and text chronicle the life and career of professional baseball player Hank Greenberg, discussing his Jewish American heritage, and describing his childhood, military service during World War II, his role as a baseball executive, and other related topics. Baseball players. Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) History. AR 7.3 RC 10.0 Lexile 1080 IL 4-8.
Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer IJ  
B 109116B 109116 Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hand Greenberg
Grade Lvl: PI Author: McDonough, Yona
Length: 32 Copyright: 2006

Picture book biography of Hank Greenberg, the first Jewish American to become a celebrity in major league baseball. Detroit Tigers. Anti-Semitism. Illustrated by Malcah Zeldis. AR 5.8. Follett RL 3.6. RC 5.9. Lexile 920.
Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hand Greenberg PI  
B 119743B 119743 Handful of Stars
Grade Lvl: I Author: Lord, Cynthia
Length: 184 Copyright: 2015

When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life. AR 4.4 RC 4.3 Lexile 690 IL 4-6. Iowa Children's Choice 2017-2018.
Handful of Stars I  
B 124853B 124853 Harbor Me
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
Length: 176 Copyright: 2018

It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives. Starred reviews. IL 5-8. AR 4.1. Lexile 630.
Harbor Me IJ  
B 115804B 115804 Harlem's Little Blackbird
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Watson, Renee
Length: 34 Copyright: 2012

Illustrations and text relate the life story of Florence Mills, touching on her family history, and describing her accomplishments as a singer during the Harlem Renaissance. Singers. Florence Mills 1896-1927. AR 4.4 IL K-4.
Harlem's Little Blackbird KPI  
B 123660B 123660 Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee
Length: 231 Copyright: 2016

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. Iowa Teen Award 2018-2019. IL 8-12. AR 8.2. RC 10.6. Lexile 1120.
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who He JS  
B 128326B 128326 Hollow Fires
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Ahmed, Samira
Length: 404 Copyright: 2022

After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school. Young adult. Mature themes. Hate crime. Mystery. Asian American. Responsible decision making. Thriller. 24-25 Iowa High School Book Award. IL 9-12. AR 5.1.
Hollow Fires JS  
KM 13798KM 13798 Hollow Fires (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Ahmed, Samira
Length: 0 Copyright: 2022

After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school. Young adult. Mature themes. Hate crime. Mystery. Asian American. Responsible decision making. Thriller. Contents include book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 10 hours. 24-25 Iowa High School Book Award. IL 9-12. AR 5.1.
Hollow Fires (Playaway) JS  
B 124582B 124582 Hooper
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Herbach, Geoff
Length: 323 Copyright: 2018

For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future. But life is more complicated off the court. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam's finally formed after a lifetime of struggle, he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport that's given him everything. Realistic fiction. Bildungsromans/Coming of Age. IL 8-12. AR 3.8. Lexile 610.
Hooper JS  
B 127296B 127296 How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Hiranandani, Veera
Length: 380 Copyright: 2021

Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. Historical fiction. Learning disabilities. Prejudice and racism. Realistic fiction. IL 4-8. AR 4.6. Lexile 690.
How to Find What You're Not Looking For IJ  
B 83481B 83481 I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Stanley, Jerry
Length: 102 Copyright: 1994

Photo-essay tells the story of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Focuses on the experiences of one high school boy, Shi Nomura, who was sent to Manzanar, a camp in California. AR 8.2 Lexile 1180. GR level Z. IL 5-10.
I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment IJS  
B 128289B 128289 I Am Ruby Bridges
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Bridges, Ruby
Length: 48 Copyright: 2022

When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is a story full of hope, innocence, and courage. 24-25 Goldfinch Award Honor Book. IL 1-4. AR 3.0 Lexile 600.
I Am Ruby Bridges PI  
B 124167B 124167 If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Hooks, Gwendolyn
Length: 32 Copyright: 2017

Life today is a lot different than it was in the past. Think of the things you have today. The clothes you wear. The kind of home you live in. The foods you eat. Many of these probably wouldn't be the same if you were living in a different period of time. Through If You Were a Kid series, readers look at the history of the civil rights movement, including the story of African American twins Connie and Mark who witness and participate in it. Text includes index, timeline, and vocabulary words to know. Series nonfiction: If I Were a Kid... IL 1-4. AR 4.4. RC 4.3. Lexile 700.
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement PI  
B 126329B 126329 Internment
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Ahmed, Samira
Length: 387 Copyright: 2019

A terrifying, futuristic United States where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence. Realistic fiction. Multicultural. Concentration camps. Revolutionaries. Science fiction. IL 9-12. AR 4.7. Lexile 660.
Internment JS  
B 122852B 122852 Internment Camps
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Hyde, Natalie
Length: 48 Copyright: 2017

Examines the internment of enemy aliens in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. With particular emphasis on yellow peril and the plight of Japanese-American and Canadian citizens, the book reveals the events, mindsets, and policies leading up to and following the forced removal of thousands of citizens from their homes into internment camps. Uses primary sources including real accounts of survivors. From the series Uncovering The Past. RC 8.2 Lexile 1030 IL 5-9.
Internment Camps IJ  
B 107648B 107648 Irish Americans
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Uschan, Michael
Length: 48 Copyright: 2007

Examines Irish immigration to the United States and their efforts to overcome prejudices. Includes charts and graphs, time lines, and information on important people and events. From the series World Almanac Library of American Immigration. AR 8.6. Follett RL 7.4.
Irish Americans IJ  
B 106630B 106630 It's Okay to Be Different
Grade Lvl: K Author: Parr, Todd
Length: 30 Copyright: 2001

Illustrations and brief text describe all kinds of differences that are "okay," such as being a different color, needing some help, being adopted, and having a different nose. Focuses on acceptance and tolerance of others.
It's Okay to Be Different K  
B 126948B 126948 It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Noah, Trevor
Length: 294 Copyright: 2019

The host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, shares his personal story and the injustices he faced while growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in this young readers' adaptation of his adult memoir. Mature themes. Memoir. Biography. Young readers edition. IL 9-12. AR 5.6. Lexile 780. GR Z+.
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood JS  
KM 13465KM 13465 It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Noah
Length: 0 Copyright: 2019

Looks at the life of South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host, Trevor Noah. This is his story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Kit includes: Hardcover book, playaway and splitter. Mature themes. Africa. Memoir. Biography. Young adult. Adapted for young readers. IL 9-12. AR 5.6. Lexile 780.
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Pla JS  
KM 9629KM 9629 Japanese-American Internment Camps Posters-Jackdaw (BB)
Grade Lvl: IJST Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 1999

Subtitle: Life In the Camps. Twelve b/w historical photograph posters relating to the evacuation of Japanese-Americans to relocation centers (internment camps) from 1942-1946. Includes study guide with information, map, activities, timeline, and photo analysis worksheet. Primary sources. Source documents.
Japanese-American Internment Camps Posters-Jackdaw (BB) IJST  
KM 13206KM 13206 Journey of Little Charlie (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Length: 234 Copyright: 2018

When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him. Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing. Playaway runtime: 5 hours. Playaway, book and a 5-way splitter. Starred reviews. Historical fiction. African American. IL 5-9. AR 5.8. RC 7.5. Lexile 960.
Journey of Little Charlie (Playaway) IJ  
B 124180B 124180 Judgmental Flower
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Cook, Julia
Length: 31 Copyright: 2016

When a Purple flower suddenly sprouts next to a Blue, all sorts of confusion ensues. Fortunately, Momma Blue is there to remind everyone about the beauty of diversity, including how the wind, rain, sun and bees treat all flowers the same regardless of the color of their petals or the size of their stems. Shares a timely and valuable lesson about appreciating differences and embracing diversity in life and in friendships. Fiction. IL Pres-3.
Judgmental Flower KP  
B 127679B 127679 Just Like Jesse Owens
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Young, Andrew
Length: 40 Copyright: 2022

Civil rights icon, Ambassador Andrew Young and his daughter, Paula Young Shelton, deliver a powerful oral history about a special day in Andrew's childhood that changed him forever. Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens racing toward Olympic gold, showing the world that the best way to promote equality is to focus on the finish line. The teaching of his parents, and Jesse Owens' example, would be the guiding principles that shaped Andrew's beliefs in nonviolence and built his foundation as a civil rights leader and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. African American. Prejudice and racism. Juvenile nonfiction. Picture book for older readers. IL 2-6.
Just Like Jesse Owens PI  
B 127694B 127694 Kneel
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Buford, Candace
Length: 311 Copyright: 2021

When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred. 2023-2024 Iowa High School Book Award. African American. Realistic fiction. Social awareness. Sports fiction. Young adult. IL 8-12. AR 5.2.
Kneel JS  
B 126363B 126363 Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Jackson, Tiffany D
Length: 380 Copyright: 2019

Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered--not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party. With the help of Steph's younger sister Jasmine, they come up with a plan to promote Steph's music under a new rap name: the Architect. Soon, everyone wants a piece of him. When his demo catches the attention of a hotheaded music label rep, the trio must prove Steph's talent from beyond the grave. As the pressure of keeping their secret grows, Quadir, Jarrell, and Jasmine are forced to confront the truth about what happened to Steph. Only, each has something to hide. And with everything riding on Steph's fame, they need to decide what they stand for or lose all that they've worked so hard to hold on to, including each other. Hoaxes. Teenager death. IL 9-12. AR 4.0. RC 4.4. Lexile 610.
Let Me Hear a Rhyme JS  
B 106677B 106677 Let's Talk About Race
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Lester, Julius
Length: 32 Copyright: 2005

The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story." Race awareness. Toleration/Tolerance. AR 3.0. Follett RL 3.3.
Let's Talk About Race PI  
B 109481B 109481 Liberation of Gabriel King
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Going, K. L.
Length: 151 Copyright: 2005

Gabriel, a white boy who is being bullied, and Frita, an African American girl facing prejudice, decide to overcome their many fears together as they enter fifth grade in Georgia in 1976. Coming-of-age story. Fear. AR and RC 4.5. Lexile 780.
Liberation of Gabriel King IJ  
B 126890B 126890 Linked
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Korman, Gordon
Length: 246 Copyright: 2021

When swastikas begin appearing all over town, Link, Michael, and Dana, the only Jewish girl in town, must face crimes both past and present to find the truth. Mystery fiction. Prejudice. Realistic fiction. 24-25 Iowa Teen Award. IL 5-8. AR 5.3.
Linked IJ  
KM 13784KM 13784 Linked (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Korman, Gordon
Length: 0 Copyright: 2021

When swastikas begin appearing all over town, Link, Michael, and Dana, the only Jewish girl in town, must face crimes both past and present to find the truth. Contents include book, playaway, and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 6 hours and 30 minutes. Mystery fiction. Prejudice. Realistic fiction. 24-25 Iowa Teen Award. IL 5-8. AR 5.3.
Linked (Playaway) IJ  
B 92497B 92497 Literature Circle Guide: Roll of Thunder, Hear My
Grade Lvl: T Author: Callan, Rebecca
Length: 33 Copyright: 2003

Guide to using the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for literature circles in grades 4-8 that includes management tips, biographical profile of Mildred D. Taylor, reading comprehension strategies, reproducible writing prompts, discussion questions, and project ideas.
Literature Circle Guide: Roll of Thunder, Hear My T  
B 116277B 116277 Lloro por la tierra (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Mildred
Length: 299 Copyright: 1992

Spanish translation of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. An African-American family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. IL 4-7.
Lloro por la tierra (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry) IJ  
B 108722B 108722 Lovable Lyle
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Waber, Bernard
Length: 48 Copyright: 1969

Lyle, the crocodile, thought everyone loved him until the day he received a hate note from an anonymous despiser. Hate mail. Enemies. AR 3.8. RC 3.4. Lexile 510.
Lovable Lyle KP  
B 126367B 126367 Love From A to Z
Grade Lvl: S Author: Ali, S. K
Length: 342 Copyright: 2019

Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths. Multicultural. Realistic fiction. Romance. Arab. IL 9-12. AR 5.0. Lexile 740.
Love From A to Z S  
B 127789B 127789 Love in the Library
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
Length: 40 Copyright: 2022

Set in an incarceration camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak. Asian American. Historical fiction. Internment camps. Family story. World War II. Picture book for older readers. IL 2-6. AR 3.4.
Love in the Library PI  
B 123661B 123661 Making Bombs for Hitler
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
Length: 230 Copyright: 2017

In 1943 ten-year-old Lida is torn away from her home in the Ukraine, separated from her little sister Larissa, and sent to a slave labor camp in Germany, but when she is moved and set to making bombs she sees a way to strike back at the Nazis. Iowa Teen Award 2018-2019. IL 5-12. AR 5.3. RC 4.6. Lexile 760.
Making Bombs for Hitler IJS  
B 113972B 113972 Missing in Action
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Hughes, Dean
Length: 228 Copyright: 2010

While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve year old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the neaby internment camp. AR 3.9. RC 4.5. Lexile 620. IL 5-9.
Missing in Action IJ  
B 108878B 108878 Mr. Lincoln's Way
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Polacco, Patricia
Length: 40 Copyright: 2001

When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the whole world," discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance. AR 3.7. Follett RL 4.2. RC 3.2. Lexile 450.
Mr. Lincoln's Way PI  
B 115389B 115389 My Uncle Martin's Words of Love For America
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Watkins, Angela Farris
Length: 39 Copyright: 2011

Angela Farris Watkins, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., recounts her uncle's work to promote racial equality and introduces key events during the civil rights era. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968 AR 5.0 GR level R IL 1-4.
My Uncle Martin's Words of Love For America PI  
B 126594B 126594 Neither
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Anderson, Airlie
Length: 40 Copyright: 2018

Because Neither is unlike both the rabbits and birds of the Land of This and That, Neither sets out to find a new place where all kinds of creatures are welcome. Animal stories. Individuality. Social acceptance. IL Pres-2. AR 1.5.
Neither KP  
B 123636B 123636 New Kid
Grade Lvl: PI Author: English, Karen
Length: 124 Copyright: 2017

Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he? Realistic fiction. Series. Carver Chronicles, Book 5. IL 2-6. RC 4.3. Lexile 690.
New Kid PI  
B 125343B 125343 New Kid (Book 1)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Craft, Jerry
Length: 249 Copyright: 2019

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself? African American fiction. School stories. Graphic novel. IL 4-8. AR 2.9. Lexile 320. Iowa Children's Choice Award 2020-2021. Newbery Award 2020.
New Kid (Book 1) IJ  
KM 13237KM 13237 New Kid (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Craft, Jerry
Length: 249 Copyright: 2019

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself? African American fiction. School stories. Graphic novel. Iowa Children's Choice Award 2020-2021. Newbery Award 2020. Contents include playaway, book and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 2 hours. IL 4-8. AR 2.9. Lexile 320.
New Kid (Playaway) IJ  
B 128033B 128033 Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Sis, Peter
Length: 64 Copyright: 2021

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. A story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Biography. Picture book for older readers. Responsible decision making. Jewish children in the Holocaust. IL 2-6. AR 3.7.
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued PI  
B 127211B 127211 Omar Rising
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Saeed, Aisha
Length: 216 Copyright: 2022

Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school. Companion to Amal Unbound - B 124893. Boarding schools. Pakistan fiction. School story. Realistic fiction. 24-25 Iowa Teen Award. IL 5-10.
Omar Rising IJS  
KM 13802KM 13802 Omar Rising (Wonderbook)
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Saeed, Aisha
Length: 0 Copyright: 2022

Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school. Companion to Amal Unbound - B 124893. Contents include a Wonderbook and a 5-way splitter. Wonderbook run time: 4 hours and 40 minutes. Boarding schools. Pakistan fiction. School story. Realistic fiction. 24-25 Iowa Teen Award. IL 5-10. AR 3.8. Lexile 540.
Omar Rising (Wonderbook) IJS  
B 127652B 127652 Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Madison, Megan / Ralli, Jessica
Length: 40 Copyright: 2021

Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way. Identity. Social history. Race. Prejudices. Series nonfiction: Our First Conversations. IL Pres-4. Lexile 550.
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race KP  
B 88098B 88098 Petey
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Mikaelsen, Ben
Length: 280 Copyright: 1998

In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in an institution, he befriends a boy and share with him the joy of life. AR 4.8. IL 7-10.
Petey JS  
B 119291B 119291 Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight For Civil Rights
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Sheinkin, Steve
Length: 200 Copyright: 2014

Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American. Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944. National Book Award 2014 finalist. Horn Book Award Winner 2014 - Nonfiction. AR 6.7 RC 7.4 Lexile 950 IL 6-10.
Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight For Civil Rights IJS  
B 126733B 126733 Prairie Lotus
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Park, Linda Sue
Length: 261 Copyright: 2020

In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Asian American. Historical fiction. Social awareness. Starred reviews. Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2021-2022. AR 5.2. RC 4.5. Lexile 730.
Prairie Lotus IJ  
B 106607B 106607 Project Mulberry: A Novel
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Park, Linda
Length: 225 Copyright: 2005

While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between chapters are short dialogues between the author and main characters about the writing of the book. AR 4.3. Follett RL 4.8. RC 3.7. Lexile 690. GR level W.
Project Mulberry: A Novel IJ  
B 108729B 108729 Racism
Grade Lvl: P Author: Green, Jen
Length: 32 Copyright: 2008

Illustrations, photographs, cartoons, and easy-to-follow text offer children a simple explanation of racism, its basic causes, and the ways in which it can lead to unfair practices. From the series Thoughts and Feelings. AR 4.2. Follett RL 3.0.
Racism P  
B 93262B 93262 Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons, Gr 4-6
Grade Lvl: T Author: Begun, Ruth
Length: 286 Copyright: 1996

Complete title: Ready-to-use Social Skills Lessons & Activities for Grades 4-6. Lesson topics: thinking before acting; listening; following instructions; improving self image; accepting consequences; using self control; goal setting; completing assignments; problem solving; deaing with anger; dealing with feelings; accepting change; dealing with prejudice; dealing with peer pressure; and stopping false rumors.
Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons, Gr 4-6 T  
KM 9011KM 9011 Red Or Blue, I Like You! Big Book Only (BB)
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Albee, Sarah
Length: 0 Copyright: 2008

Elmo and his new friend Angela learn that even though they have different color fur, they like the same thing. Toleration. Muppets. From the series 123 Sesame Street. Follett RL 2.4. Contents: big book.
Red Or Blue, I Like You! Big Book Only (BB) KP  
B 70166B 70166 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Mildred
Length: 276 Copyright: 1976

A black family living in the South during the 1930's is faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand. Newbery award winner. GR level W. AR 5.7 RC 6.9. Lexile 920. IL 4-7.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry IJ  
KM 13373KM 13373 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (30 copies)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Mildred D
Length: 0 Copyright: 2020

Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. Told from the main heroine, Cassie Logan, is an independent school aged girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family. She learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. Kit contents includes: 30 paperback copies of the book, 6 audio CDs, 5 playaways, 2 splitters, Teacher guides from: Novel Ties, The Engaged Reader, Taking Grades, Teacher Created Resources, and Great Works. Historical fiction. Playaway run time: 7 hours 30 minutes. Audio CDs run time: 7 hours and 30 minutes. Mentor text. Middle School Literacy/Language Arts with Social Studies connections. IL 5-9. AR 5.7. RC 6.9. Lexile 920. GR W. Four week loan period.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (30 copies) IJ  
KM 8834KM 8834 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (6 Copies) GR Level W
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Mildred
Length: 0 Copyright: 1976

A black family living in the South during the 1930's is faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand. Newbery Award winner. Novel Study. GR level W. AR 5.7. RC 6.9. Lexile 920. IL 4-7. Contents: Permabound teacher's guide and six copies of the book (276 pages) by Mildred Taylor. Four-week loan period.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (6 Copies) GR Level W IJ  
KM 11953KM 11953 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Taylor, Mildred
Length: 0 Copyright: 2012

A black family living in the South during the 1930's is faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand. Kit contains playaway-- a pre-loaded audio book (7.5 hours) on a dedicated digital audio media player (MP3); instruction sheet; earphones; and book (276 pages) by Mildred Taylor. AR 5.7 RC 6.9 Lexile 920 IL 4-7.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Playaway) IJ  
B 122498B 122498 Ruby Lee & Me
Grade Lvl: I Author: Hitchcock, Shannon
Length: 207 Copyright: 2016

When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher in 1969, two girls--one black, one white--confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship. Interracial friendship- Fiction. School Integration. AR 4.2 RC 3.3 Lexile 590 IL 4-6. Iowa Children's Choice 2017-2018.
Ruby Lee & Me I  
B 127221B 127221 Run. Book One
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Lewis, John
Length: 152 Copyright: 2021

Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of John Lewis' involvement in the civil rights movement and public life after the March saga. The books bring to the page the true story of John Lewis and many of his colleagues in the movement after the historic success of the Selma campaign. Opening two days after the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, John Lewis and his colleagues are arrested and taken to jail in Americus, Georgia, as the largest hooded Klan march in years takes shape on the courthouse steps. Run: Book One takes readers through the behind-the-scenes struggle to exercise the hard-won rights of people of color to register, vote, and secure equal representation in their elected leaders, all the while facing escalating tensions over continued American involvement in Vietnam. African American. Civil Rights. Graphic novel. Starred reviews. IL 9-12. Ar 5.6. Lexile 940.
Run. Book One JS  
KM 8359KM 8359 Saving Shiloh (6 Copies)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Naylor, Phyllis
Length: 0 Copyright: 1997

Sixth grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Traves, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him. Contents: six copies of the book (137 pages) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner. Novel Study. AR 4.9. RC and Follett RL 5.5. Lexile 1020. Four-week loan period.
Saving Shiloh (6 Copies) IJ  
B 127224B 127224 Sea in Winter
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Day, Christine
Length: 250 Copyright: 2021

After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up. Authentic author. Mental health. Self-management. Native Americans. Step-families. Ballet dancers. Makah Indians. Secrets. IL 5-9. AR 4.9.
Sea in Winter IJ  
KM 11645KM 11645 Second Step: Grade 8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2008

Subtitle: Student Success Through Prevention. Program teaches empathy and communication, emotion-management and coping skills, and decision making. These skills are designed to help students stay engaged in school, make good choices, set goals, and avoid peer pressure, substance abuse, bullying, and cyber bullying. Contents: Teaching book (has activation key code for accessing online training & program materials) with 13 lessons; Grade 8 DVD with media elements for each lesson, including videos, quotes, cartoons, and audio clips; and 4 posters. Two-week loan period.
Second Step: Grade 8 T  
B 128318B 128318 Seen and Unseen
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Partridge, Elizabeth
Length: 124 Copyright: 2022

Subtitle: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration. This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers, Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams. Photos along with firsthand accounts of this grave moment in history. Consequences of war. Photography. World history. Japanese internment camps. 24-25 Iowa Teen Award. IL 6-10. Lexile 990.
Seen and Unseen IJS  
B 111983B 111983 She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Vernick, Audrey
Length: 32 Copyright: 2010

An illustrated biography of baseball fanatic Effa Manley, describing her childhood in Philadelphia, her career as a business manager, how she came to be the owner of the New Jersey baseball team, the Newark Eagles, and her induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Illustrated by Don Tate. AR 4.7. RC 3.7. Lexile 770. IL 1-4.
She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story PI  
B 111364B 111364 Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Pinkney, Andrea
Length: 40 Copyright: 2010

A picture book that celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-in at the lunch counter at Woolworth's as a protest against segregation. AR 5.2. Follett RL 2.9. RC 3.7. Lexile 500. IL 1-5.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down PI  
B 126386B 126386 Slay
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Morris, Brittney
Length: 321 Copyright: 2019

An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide. Video gaming. Fantasy world. African American. High schools. Realistic fiction. IL 9-12. AR 6.0. Lexile 930.
Slay JS  
B 126237B 126237 Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Length: 40 Copyright: 2019

Jose de la Luz Saenz (Luz) believed in fighting for what was right. Though born in the United States, Luz often faced prejudice because of his Mexican heritage. Determined to help his community, even in the face of discrimination, he taught school--children during the day and adults in the evenings. When World War I broke out, Luz joined the army, as did many others. His ability to quickly learn languages made him an invaluable member of the Intelligence Office in Europe. However, Luz found that prejudice followed him even to war, and despite his efforts, he often didn't receive credit for his contributions. Upon returning home to Texas, he joined with other Mexican American veterans to create the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), which today is the largest and oldest Latinx civil rights organization. Picture book for older readers. Pura Belpre Author Honor, 2020. Biography. IL 2-6. AR 5.3. Lexile 860. GR V.
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War IJ  
B 126463B 126463 Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Celano, Marianne
Length: 40 Copyright: 2018

After discussing the police shooting of a local Black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates. Stories about me. Racism fiction. IL 2-6. Lexile 540.
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice PI  
B 126185B 126185 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Grade Lvl: S Author: Reynolds, Jason
Length: 294 Copyright: 2020

A remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning. A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today. Social issues. Prejudice and racism. Young adult. Mature themes. IL 9-12. GR Z+. Iowa Teen Award 2021-2022.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You S  
B 122130B 122130 Steep & Thorny Way
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Winters, Cat
Length: 335 Copyright: 2016

A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father's death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired by Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. Classic Retellings. Murder- Fiction. Oregon History- Fiction. Prejudices- Fiction. Racially mixed people- Fiction. AR 5.5 RC 5.7 Lexile 880 IL 9-12.
Steep & Thorny Way JS  
B 120029B 120029 Stella by Starlight
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Draper, Sharon M
Length: 320 Copyright: 2015

When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town. Segregation- Fiction. AR 4.8 RC 4.5 Lexile 740 IL 4-8. Iowa Children's Choice 2017-2018.
Stella by Starlight IJ  
B 83150B 83150 Story of Ruby Bridges
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Coles, Robert
Length: 30 Copyright: 1995

For months, six year old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of segregationists when she becomes the first African-American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. Desegregation. AR 4.4. RC 5.4. Lexile 730. GR level O. Making inferences. Inferring. IL 1-4.
Story of Ruby Bridges PI  
B 114995B 114995 Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Bowers, Rick
Length: 160 Copyright: 2012

Presents a group of interconnected stories that come together in the 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan, following the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the powerless, the people who made Superman a media sensation, and the club that spread fear and hate. Superheroes. Superman (Fictional character). Comic books, strips, etc. Social aspects. Hate groups. Racist organizations. AR 9.6 RC 10.0 Lexile 1300 IL 6-10.
Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superher IJS  
B 116822B 116822 Sweetest Spell
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Selfors, Suzanne
Length: 404 Copyright: 2012

Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistle's life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold or jewels in the kingdom of Anglund. Chocolate Fiction. Romantic fantasy. AR 4.4 IL 8-11.
Sweetest Spell JS  
B 74883B 74883 Teammates
Grade Lvl: P Author: Golenbock, Peter
Length: 32 Copyright: 1990

Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese. Making inferences. Inferring.
Teammates P  
B 109511B 109511 Thin Wood Walls
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Patneaude, David
Length: 231 Copyright: 2004

When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Joe Harnada and his family face growing prejudice, eventually being torn away from their home and sent to a relocation camp in California, even as his older brother joins the United States Army to fight in the war. Japanese Americans Evaculation and Relocation. Points of view. AR 4.3. Follett RL 4.0. RC 3.3. Lexile 620.
Thin Wood Walls IJS  
B 126331B 126331 This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
Length: 310 Copyright: 2019

In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Civil rights. Includes primary sources. U.S. History. African American biography. IL 6-10. AR 6.3. RC 8.5. Lexile 1000.
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality IJ  
B 126477B 126477 Three Keys (Book 2)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Yang, Kelly
Length: 271 Copyright: 2020

Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud 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, sixth grade is no picnic. Sequel to first book: Front Desk.(B 124891) IL 4-8. AR 4.8.
Three Keys (Book 2) IJ  
B 121872B 121872 Tiny Piece of Sky
Grade Lvl: I Author: Stout, Shawn K
Length: 322 Copyright: 2016

Working in her German-born father's restaurant kitchen alongside African-American cooks under the supervision of a racist manager, third daughter Frankie investigates local suspicions that her father is a Nazi spy, in a tale based on a true story from the author's life. Lexile 830 IL 4-6.
Tiny Piece of Sky I  
B 116379B 116379 To Kill a Mockingbird
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Lee, Harper
Length: 323 Copyright: 2010

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl. Young adult fiction. Mature themes. AR 5.6 IL 8-12.
To Kill a Mockingbird JS  
KM 5470KM 5470 To Kill a Mockingbird (28 Books)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Lee, Harper
Length: 0 Copyright: 1960

Eight year old Scout Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer. Contents: teaching guide, reproducible test, 28 copies of Harper Lee's novel of racial justice, Permabound teacher's guide, Novel Unit teacher guide, and Maxnotes study guide for the book. Mature themes. Young adult fiction. Novel Study. Guided Rdg level Z. AR 5.6. RC 8.1. Lexile 870. Four-week loan period.
To Kill a Mockingbird (28 Books) JS  
KM 11352KM 11352 To Kill a Mockingbird (Book & Audio CDs)
Grade Lvl: S Author: Lee, Harper
Length: 0 Copyright: 2006

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African American charged with the rape of a white girl. Contents: American classic by Harper Lee (323 pages, Lexile 870, GR level Z) and audio CD read-along (11 CDs, 12 hours). Four-week loan period.
To Kill a Mockingbird (Book & Audio CDs) S  
B 105661B 105661 True Book: Knowing Your Civil Rights
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Ditchfield, Christin
Length: 48 Copyright: 2004

Introduces the concept of civil rights, explaining what they are, how they are protected, and what can be done to uphold them. Covers the various amendments and the fight for civil rights for African Americans and women. Civil Rights Movement. AR 6.0. Follett RL 6.2. RC 5.6. Lexile 890. IL 3-5.
True Book: Knowing Your Civil Rights PI  
B 124598B 124598 Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Brimner, Larry Dane
Length: 111 Copyright: 2017

On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the South. The Ride would last twelve days. Despite the fact that segregation on buses crossing state lines was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1946, and segregation in interstate transportation facilities was ruled unconstitutional in 1960, these rulings were routinely ignored in the South. The thirteen Freedom Riders intended to test the laws and draw attention to the lack of enforcement with their peaceful protest. As the Riders traveled deeper into the South, they encountered increasing violence and opposition. Noted civil rights author Larry Dane Brimner relies on archival documents and rarely seen images to tell the riveting story of the little-known first days of the Freedom Ride. With author's note, source notes, bibliography, and index. Includes primary sources. IL 7-12. AR 7.0. Lexile 1080.
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 JS  
B 103819B 103819 Two Suns in the Sky
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Bat-Ami, Miriam
Length: 223 Copyright: 2001

In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' confiction that they do not belong together. Scott O'Dell Award, 2000. Refugees, Jewish. Holocaust survivors. AR 4.1. RC 5.9. Lexile 550. IL 8-11.
Two Suns in the Sky JS  
B 105125B 105125 Under the Sun
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Dorros, Arthur
Length: 212 Copyright: 2004

Chronicles the harrowing journey of Ehmet, a thirteen year old boy from Sarajevo who gets caught up in the ethnic conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. AR 5.3.
Under the Sun IJ  
B 99352B 99352 Understanding to Kill a Mockingbird
Grade Lvl: ST Author: Johnson, Claudia
Length: 225 Copyright: 1994

Subtitle: A Student Casebook To Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents. Source material to help students to study the novel in the context of its time. Documents and readings include court testimony from the Scottsboro case of the 1930's, news stories and editorials on civil rights activities in Alabama of 1950's, and memoirs, interviews, and other readings that promote interdisciplinary study of the novel.
Understanding to Kill a Mockingbird ST  
KM 11377KM 11377 Unforgettable Pen Pal
Grade Lvl: PI Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 1989

A.J. loves basketball and is thrilled to learn that Joey, his new pen pal, does too. Even though they have never met, the two become good friends. Their friendship crumbles, however, when A.J. tells Joey that disabled people make him feel uncomfortable, only to find that Joey must use a wheelchair. The program concludes with five steps to avoid prejudice. Contents: videocassette and activity guide and 28-minute DVD.
Unforgettable Pen Pal PI  
B 127164B 127164 Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Length: 32 Copyright: 2021

A powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. African American. U.S. History. IL 4-8. AR 5.8. RC 5.9. Lexile 1100. GR X.
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre IJ  
B 126216B 126216 Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Woods, Brenda
Length: 194 Copyright: 2019

Gabriel, twelve, gains new perspective when he becomes friends with Meriwether, a Black World War II hero who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South. Historical fiction. African American. Family life. IL 5-9. AR 4.9. RC 4.7. Lexile 780. Iowa Children's Choice Award 2021-2022.
Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA IJ  
KM 13241KM 13241 Very Large Expanse of Sea (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Mafi, Tahereh
Length: 310 Copyright: 2018

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. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She's tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments, even the physical violence she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she's built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her. They seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she's not sure she'll ever be able to let it down. Asian American. Multicultural. First love fiction. Muslim religion. Iowa High School Award 2020-2021. Contents include playaway, book and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 6 hours and 45 minutes. IL 9-12. AR 5.0.
Very Large Expanse of Sea (Playaway) JS  
B 127774B 127774 Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Smith, Tommie
Length: 200 Copyright: 2022

A graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Autobiography. Civil rights. Memoir. US History. Sports. IL 9-12.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice JS  
B 120509B 120509 Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Length: 34 Copyright: 2015

A collage-illustrated collection of free form poems describing the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer. Story is told in the first person from Hamer's own perspective. Includes an author's note & timeline. John Steptoe Illustrator Award- 2016. Caldecott Honor Book- 2016. Robert F. Sibert Honor Book- 2016. AR 5.8 RC 5.4 Lexile 820 IL 5-9.
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement IJ  
B 123216B 123216 Waiting for Pumpsie
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Wittenstein, Barry
Length: 32 Copyright: 2017

In 1959 Bernard is a young Red Sox fan, troubled by the lack of Black players in Major League Baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team, but change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green. IL K-3. AR 3.1. Lexile 600.
Waiting for Pumpsie KP  
B 124974B 124974 Walking with Miss Millie
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Bundy, Tamara
Length: 227 Copyright: 2017

Alice is angry at having to move to Rainbow, Georgia-a too small, too hot, dried-up place she's sure will never feel like home. Then she gets put in charge of walking her elderly neighbor's dog. But Clarence won't budge without Miss Millie, so Alice and Miss Millie walk him together. Strolling with Clarence and Miss Millie quickly becomes the highlight of Alice's day and opens her eyes to all sorts of new things to marvel over. During their walks, theymeet a mix of people, and Alice sees that although there are some bullies and phonies, there are plenty of kind folks, too. Miss Millie shares her family's story with Alice, showing her the painful impact segregation has had on their town. And with Miss Millie, Alice is finally able to express her own heartache over why her family had to move there in the first place. Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2019-2020. Historical fiction. Civil rights. IL 4-8. AR 4.9. RC 5.2. Lexile 790.
Walking with Miss Millie IJ  
KM 8758KM 8758 Watsons Go to Birmingham (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Curtis, Christopher
Length: 0 Copyright: 2006

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. Contents: instruction sheet, a pre-loaded audio book (ca. 4 hours, 45 minutes) on a dedicated digital audio media player (MP3) with earphones and Newbery Honor book (210 pages) by Christopher Paul Curtis. AR 5.0. RC 5.5. Lexile 1000. GR level U. Four-week loan period.
Watsons Go to Birmingham (Playaway) IJ  
B 127057B 127057 We Are Not Free
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Chee, Traci
Length: 384 Copyright: 2020

For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, his two brothers, his friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps. An Iowa High School Book Award 2022-2023. Starred reviews. Young adult. Historical fiction. Asian American. California history 20th century. Japanese Americans evacuation and relocation. IL
We Are Not Free JS  
B 114994B 114994 We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Levinson, Cynthia
Length: 176 Copyright: 2012

Photo-essay discusses the 1963 Birmingham Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama. African American students History. 2013 Orbis Pictus Honor book. AR 7.4 RC 8.6 Lexile 1020 IL 6-12.
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March IJS  
B 127847B 127847 Weight of Blood
Grade Lvl: S Author: Jackson, Tiffany D
Length: 406 Copyright: 2022

When Springville residents, at least the ones still alive, are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation, Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret, one that will cost them all their lives. Young adult. Horror. Bullying. Thriller (fiction). 24-25 Iowa High School Book Award. IL 10-12. AR 5.0.
Weight of Blood S  
KM 13788KM 13788 Weight of Blood (Playaway)
Grade Lvl: S Author: Jackson, Tiffany D
Length: 0 Copyright: 2022

When Springville residents, at least the ones still alive, are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation, Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret, one that will cost them all their lives. Contents include book, playaway and a 5-way splitter. Playaway run time: 11 hours. Young adult. Horror. Bullying. Thriller (fiction). 24-25 Iowa High School Book Award. IL 10-12. AR 5.0.
Weight of Blood (Playaway) S  
B 126726B 126726 What Lane?
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Maldonado, Torrey
Length: 125 Copyright: 2020

Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement. Prejudice and racism. Realistic fiction. Social awareness. African American. Starred reviews. Iowa Teen Award, 2021-2022. IL 5-9. AR 3.5.
What Lane? IJ  
B 124795B 124795 What Makes Us Unique?: Our First Talk About Diversity
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Roberts, Jillian
Length: 32 Copyright: 2016

A nonfiction picture book that introduces very young children to the concept of diversity in a way that is uplifting and approachable. Cultural pluralism. Toleration. IL Pres-3. Lexile 610. GR M.
What Makes Us Unique?: Our First Talk About Diversity KP  
B 115803B 115803 When Jackie and Hank Met
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Fishman, Cathy Goldberg
Length: 40 Copyright: 2012

Relates the moment when baseball players Jackie Robinson and Hank Greenberg met at a collision at home plate, and, despite being encouraged by the crowd, decided not to engage in a fight, and discusses the challenges the two men overcame throughout their lives and their legacies. Jack Roosevelt Robinson(1919-1972). Henry Benjamin Greenberg (1911-1986). Baseball players. AR 5.5 GR level R IL 1-4.
When Jackie and Hank Met PI  
B 120578B 120578 X: A Novel
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Shabazz, Ilyasah
Length: 348 Copyright: 2015

Co-written by Malcolm X's daughter, this revealing novel follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 Childhood and youth- Fiction. African American Muslims- Fiction. Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor Book 2016. AR 4.0 Lexile 580 IL 9-12.
X: A Novel JS  
B 127347B 127347 You Are Not Alone
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: McGaw, Kaitlin / Shepherd, Tommy
Length: 56 Copyright: 2022

It can be scary to feel like you're all on your own, especially in the face of prejudice. But always remember: you are not alone. Inspired by the Alphabet Rockers' empowering song 'Not Alone,' this uplifting picture book reassures kids that they belong and encourages them to love their beautiful selves and their identities, use their voices against hate, and step up for one another and have one another's backs no matter what. Picture book for older readers. Social awareness. Identity. Self-acceptance. Friendship. IL 1-4.
You Are Not Alone KPI