I’m Ok
I’m Ok By Patti Kim Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers ISBN-13: 9781534419292 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat A work of heavy, realistic fiction told with oddball humor, honesty, and heart. —Kirkus Reviews Description Ok Lee knows it’s his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, there’s really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he can’t sing or dance, and has no magic up his sleeves, so he tries...
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Dream Country By Shannon Gibney Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9780735231672 Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A necessary reckoning of tensions within the African diaspora—an introduction to its brokenness and a place to start healing.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when seventeen-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. He’s exhausted by being at once too black and not black enough for his African American...
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The Day You Begin By Jacqueline Woodson Illustrated by Rafael Lopez Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9780399246531 Age Range: 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A must-have book about the power of one’s voice and the friendships that emerge when you are yourself.” —Kirkus Reviews Description There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it’s how you look or talk, or where you’re from; maybe it’s what you eat, or something just as...
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Calling the Water Drum By LaTisha Redding Illustrated by Aaron Boyd Published by Lee & Low Books, Inc ISBN: 9781620141946 Age Range: 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A powerful story of loss and survival, human connection and hope.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Henri and his parents leave their homeland, Haiti, after they receive an invitation from an uncle to come to New York City. Only able to afford a small, rickety boat, the family sets out in the middle of the night in search of a better life. Out at sea Henri dreams of what life will be like...
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The Orange Houses By Paul Griffin Published by Penguin Young Readers Group Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A rich smorgasbord of themes demands provocative classroom discussion about bullying, war, illegal immigration, and last but so not least, friendship.” —VOYA Description Tamika Sykes, AKA Mik, is hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She’s a tough girl who mostly...
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You Bring The Distant Near By Mitali Perkins Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews! Description This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture—for better or worse. From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their...
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Joseph’s Big Ride By Terry Farish Illustrated by Ken Daley Published by Annick Press, Limited Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N “A joyful, upbeat tale that takes a positive perspective on an immigrant child’s first encounters..” —Kirkus Reviews Description A refugee boy’s determination to ride a bicycle leads to an unexpected friendship. Joseph wants only one thing: to ride a bike. In the refugee camp where he lives, Joseph helps one of the older boys fix his bike, but he’s too small to ride it. Joseph and his mother travel to America, where everything is...
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