Satoko and Nada
Satoko and Nada By Yupechika Published by Seven Seas Entertainment LLC ISBN-13: 9781626929098 Age Range: 13+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…makes Ramadan approachable to young audiences.” —School Library Journal Description Satoko, a Japanese student studying in America, has a new roommate: a Saudi Arabian woman named Nada! They might have different customs, but through mutual respect—and the hilarious adventures of their daily life—Satoko and Nada prove that friendship knows no borders. Groups Represented Japanese Saudi Themes #OwnVoices...
Read MoreFrankly in Love
Frankly in Love By David Yoon Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9781984812209 Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon| IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Full of keen observations about love, family, and race with a winning narrator, this is a must-purchase (multiple copies!) for any teen-serving library.” —School Library Journal Description Frank Li has two names. There’s Frank Li, his American name. Then there’s Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in...
Read MoreThe Sandwich Swap
The Sandwich Swap By Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio Illustrated by Tricia Tusa Published by Disney Press ISBN-13: 9781423124849 Age Range: 3+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This engaging title reminds children that having the courage to try new things can result in positive experiences.” —School Library Journal Description Lily and Salma are best friends. They like doing all the same things, and they always eat lunch together. Lily eats peanut butter and Salma eats hummus-but what’s that between friends? It turns out, a lot....
Read MoreI Was Their American Dream
I Was Their American Dream By Malaka Gharib Published by Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale ISBN-13: 9780525575115 Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A heartwarming tribute to immigrant families and their descendants trying to live the American dream.” —Kirkus Reviews Description I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood...
Read MoreNowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy By Katherine Marsh Published by Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 9781250307576 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Nowhere Boy is a timely, poignant tale of family, sacrifice and the friendship between a young Syrian refugee and an American boy living in Brussels. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do...
Read MoreWhat Can A Citizen Do?
What Can A Citizen Do? By Dave Eggers Illustrated by Shawn Harris Published by Chronicle Books LLC ISBN: 9781452173139 Age Range: 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…this must-have book distills the fundamentals of citizenship into easy-to-digest concepts and emphasizes the importance of caring for others, accepting differences, and taking action to initiate positive change.” —School Library Journal Description Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely...
Read MoreAll Are Welcome
All Are Welcome By Alexandra Penfold Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman Published by Random House Children’s Books Age Range: 4+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…the book’s refrain of “All are welcome here” feels both deeply reassuring and almost radical in our polarized time.” —Publishers Weekly Description Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yarmulkes play side-by-side with friends in baseball caps. A school where students grow and learn...
Read MoreHello Universe
Hello Universe By Erin Entrada Kelly Illustrated by Isabel Roxas Published by HarperCollins Publishers Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Plucky protagonists and a deftly woven story will appeal to anyone who has ever felt a bit lost in the universe.” —School Library Journal Description Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his...
Read MoreWho Belongs Here?: An American Story
Who Belongs Here?: An American Story By Margy Burns Knight Illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien Published by Tilbury House Publishers Age Range: 7+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “An attractive and telling picture book that provokes a dynamic dialogue about one of the most fundamental questions before our country.” —Booklist Description Who Belongs Here? tells the story of a boy who, having been forced to flee his war-torn country, struggles to be accepted by his new classmates in the U.S. Some kids think he should go back where he belongs, but what...
Read MoreSomeone New
Someone New By Anne Sibley O’Brien Illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien Published by Charlesbridge Age Range: 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Informative and genuine, the book offers much to learn about connecting, expanding understanding, and overcoming differences…” —Kirkus Reviews Description Are you new here? Do you know someone new? In I’m New Here and Someone New, young readers explore the immigrant experience through both “windows” and “mirrors.” In I’m New Here, readers meet three recent...
Read MoreSave Me a Seat
Save Me a Seat By Sara Weeks & Gita Varadarajan Published by Scholastic Inc. Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A window for some readers and a mirror for others…” —School Library Journal Description Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they’re both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL. Joe’s lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi’s family just moved to America from India, and he’s finding it pretty hard to figure...
Read MoreIt’s Not Like It’s A Secret
It’s Not Like It’s A Secret By Misa Sugiura Published by HarperCollins Publishers Age Range: 13+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don’t invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself—the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend....
Read MoreThat’s NOT How You Do It
Thats NOT How You Do It By Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar Published by Child’s Play-International Age Range: 3+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This story, with its gentle message of not only accepting differences but learning from them, is an effective read-aloud and a worthy addition to most collections.” —School Library Journal Description Lucy knows how to do everything. She knows how to eat with a spoon and fork, play the xylophone, paint elephants – and lots more besides! All her friends ask her for help if they need to know the right way to do...
Read MoreIce in the Jungle
Ice in the Jungle By Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar Published by Child’s Play-International Age Range: 3+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a solid depiction of the anxieties children face when moving…” —School Library Journal Description When Ice’s mother tells her that they’re going to move to an exciting new place, Ice isn’t so sure. She likes her home and her friends, and the fun they have together. The journey takes forever, and their new home is very strange. Everything is different – the weather, the food, the people and the language. Ice...
Read MoreThe First Rule of Punk
The First Rule of Punk By Celia C. Perez Published by Penguin Young Readers Group Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A charming debut about a thoughtful, creative preteen connecting to both halves of her identity.” —Kirkus Reviews Description There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school—you can’t fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School’s queen bee, violates the school’s dress code with her...
Read MoreThe Arsonist
The Arsonist By Stephanie Oakes Published by Penguin Young Readers Group Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A strange series of messages connects [Molly Mavity] with Ibrahim…Kuwaiti immigrant teen, and the diary of Ava Dreyman, an East German teenager who was murdered by the Stasi.” —VOYA Description Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and his execution date is fast approaching. For another, Molly refuses to believe that her mother is dead, and she waits for the day when they’ll...
Read MoreThief Girl
Thief Girl By Ingrid Lee Published by Lorimer, James & Company, Limited Age Range: 13+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A modern teen novel with emotional veracity and real intelligence.” —Children’s Literature Description Sixteen-year-old Avvy Go straddles the line— between the immigrant neighborhood were she lives and works and the established neighborhood where she attends high school, the line between right and wrong, and the line between telling secrets and keeping them. Set in an urban Chinatown neighborhood, Thief Girl is a frank look at...
Read MoreBorder Town: Crossing The Line
Border Town: Crossing The Line By Malin Alegria Published by Scholastic Inc. Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “[An] unforgettable novel that brings readers face to face with the global refugee crisis…” —Kirkus Reviews Description In Dos Rios, Texas, life is all about borders — and what happens when you cross the line.Nothing is simple in a border town like Dos Rios, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Even for high school students Fabiola Garza and her younger sister Alexis, whose parents run a local Tex-Mex restaurant, Dos Rios...
Read MoreThe Orange Houses
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...
Read MorePainted Words and Spoken Memories
Painted Words and Spoken Memories By Aliki Published by HarperCollins Publishers Age Range: 4+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Aliki has captured the emotions and experiences of many of today’s children.” —School Library Journal Description Returning to her own childhood for inspiration, Aliki has created an exceptional sixty-four-page book that presents Marianthe’s story — her present and her past. In Painted Words, Marian paintings help her to become less of an outsider as she struggles to adjust to a new language and a new school. Under...
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