Kids Book Index
Luma Mufleh
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with "dignity." Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the…
Family/School/Community All You Have to DoAutumn AllenPowerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this young adult novel is a gripping look at what it takes (and takes and takes) for two Black students to succeed in prestigious academic institutions in America.“Beautifully immerses the reader in the stories of two young Black student activists and their shared personal struggles that transcend decades.”—Ibram…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack ObamaRay Anthony ShepardThis YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much—and how little—has changed for Black Americans since our country’s founding.Full of daring escapes…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Run and HideDon Brown, illustrated by Don Brown"Mishra transforms a visceral, intimate story of one man's humble origins into a kaleidoscopic portrait of a society bedazzled by power and wealth . . .Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details