Kids Book Index
Isabel Wilkerson
In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class.
Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High SchoolHanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Peter Kahn, Dan “Sully” Sullivan, foreword by Tyehimba JessAn expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club."Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland area.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the WorldFrederick Joseph, Porsche JosephFrom the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Friend and a seasoned activist comes an indispensable guide to social and political progressivism for young people and anyone wanting to get more involved.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Code Breaker – Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic CodeWalter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details