Diverse Books: Social Class
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So That Happened . . . But Maybe You Already Knew That
Natalie (Nutty to her friends) knows turning twelve is a big deal. Even though she doesn't like change AT ALL, she's prepping for: a) having the best bat mitzvah party anyone has ever been to Read More →
Starlet Rivals
From the Series The Bollywood Academy
Twelve-year-old Bela has always dreamed about becoming a famous Bollywood star, and now the opportunity might finally be within her grasp. When a reality TV show gives her the chance to dance Read More →
Strikers: A Graphic Novel
Evan just wants to win a game. Bobby would rather fight than win. Hockey—and life—keep handing them both losses. Their team, the Strikers, has a roster of rejects in hand-me-down coats but… Read More →
Teen Incarceration: From Cell Bars to Ankle Bracelets
In the United States, the conversation about teen incarceration has moved from one extreme to another. For centuries, execution of juvenile offenders was legal. By the twenty-first century,… Read More →
The Bollywood Academy — Trade Hardcover Set
From the Series The Bollywood Academy
Set in Mumbai, where the bustle of street sellers gives way to the glitz and glamour of Bollywood, The Bollywood Academy charts the fortunes of students of the city’s most prestigious stage… Read More →
The Denim Diaries: A Memoir
Laurie Boyle Crompton’s coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s and 1980s was anything but idyllic. In moving verse accompanied by diary-esque sketches,… Read More →
The Force Born of Truth: Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
Gandhi's Salt March united all Indians in peaceful protest for independence. Yet British forces met them with violence and imprisonment. In this story of India's struggle for freedom, we'll… Read More →
The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World
From the Series Queer History Project
What if you discovered that the whole concept of a gender binary is an illusion? While many people identify as men or women, that is not all there is. The idea that all humans fall into one… Read More →
The Library in the Woods
After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the… Read More →
The Opioid Epidemic and the Addiction Crisis
From the Series Issues in Action (Read Woke ™ Books)
Opioids are drugs that people have taken for centuries to alleviate pain, but they are also highly addictive. In the past several years, the United States has seen a growing number of people… Read More →
The Pecan Sheller
In 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother… Read More →
The Playdate
For one little girl, the prospect of a playdate at her friend Henry's house fills her with excitement. She really likes Henry. He even has a funny dog. And although she and her mother have… Read More →
The Playmaker
From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories
With no team in her rural town, Zoey tries out for Bantam girl's team the Barrie Sharks. She makes the cut and, knowing that the income from her family's farm won't cover the fees, pushes… Read More →
The Queen on Our Corner
From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books
A thought-provoking story that encourages us all to sit up and take notice. Nobody notices the unhoused woman on the corner. Nobody, that is . . . except one young girl. Through her eyes, the Read More →
The Real History of the Gold Rush
From the Series Left Out of History (Read Woke ™ Books)
The Gold Rush was one of the largest mass migration events in US history. After gold was discovered in California, people from all over the world rushed there in search of fortune. But not… Read More →
The Real History of the Transcontinental Railroad
From the Series Left Out of History (Read Woke ™ Books)
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the United States, but it also created divisions. It displaced Native Americans and disrupted their trade and hunting. Chinese workers broke barriers… Read More →
The Slave Trade: Black Lives and the Drive for Profit
From the Series American Slavery and the Fight for Freedom (Read Woke ™ Books)
Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the… Read More →
The Summer Between Us
This coming-of-age story follows 18-year-old Adrian Carter as he graduates from high school and confronts difficult decisions about his future. As Adrian navigates the emotional highs and… Read More →
The Writing Room
Immediately after high school graduation, eighteen-year-old Maya is kicked out of her wealthy dad's NYC home; he prides himself on forcing his kids to "make their own way in the world."… Read More →
Una historia más (Just Another Story): Un relato gráfico de migración (A Graphic Migration Account)
Cuando Carlos tenía 19 años, su mamá decidió dejar su vida en El Salvador y buscar un nuevo comienzo en Estados Unidos. Para el viaje al norte, contrató los servicios de un coyote. Carlos se… Read More →
We Are Not Beasts of Burden: Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, California, 1965-1970
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"The only way we could win was to keep fighting for a long time...the only way we could win was by staying with it."—Cesar Chavez As the sun rose on September 8, 1965, in Delano, California, Read More →
We Shall Not Be Denied: A Timeline of Voting Rights and Suppression in America
If you're under 18, you might be thinking, "Why do voting rights matter to me? I'm too young to vote." Voting is how our country chooses government leaders to make important decisions that… Read More →
We Stand as One: The International Ladies Garment Workers Strike, New York, 1909
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"Girls, from the bottom of my heart, I beg you not to go back to work. We are all poor, many of us are suffering hunger, none of us can afford to lose a day's wages. But only by fighting for… Read More →
What's Your Story, Cesar Chavez?
From the Series Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans
Why did Cesar Chavez want to help farm workers? How did he get people to care about farm workers' rights? Cub Reporter interviews him to find out! Learn how Cesar fought to make the United… Read More →