Kids Book Index
Crystal Marie Fleming
This collection contains 29 accounts of young people from around the world confronting extraordinary challenges. Its stories include a child surviving a plane crash in the jungle and young people striking in response to climate change. Together, the accounts focus on girls and boys who overcome difficult circumstances and take action in the face of danger or major challenges.
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Glory: Magical Visions of Black BeautyKahran, Regis BethencourtGlory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty is a photography book created by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, a husband-and-wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography. Their book challenges conventional beauty standards for Black children. St. Martin's Press published the 256-page book on October 20, 2020. Its title identifies its subject as magical visions of Black beauty, expressed through photography as a visual art form.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sugar Town QueensMalla NunnFifteen-year-old Amandla lives in a South African shantytown after apartheid. She is biracial and has never met the relatives on her White mother’s side. On a difficult day for her mother, Amandla’s family tensions are already close at hand. With help from friends, she begins to uncover secrets and truths within her family. The story connects friendship with questions about family, identity, and life in post-apartheid South Africa.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee MemoirKao Kalia YangKao Kalia Yang, herself a Hmong refugee, gathers accounts of refugees now living in the Twin Cities. The people represented came from places including Syria, Bosnia, Thailand, and Liberia, and have rebuilt their lives after leaving what they held dear. Set against Minnesota’s unusually large refugee population, this collective memoir looks beyond headlines to consider who refugees are, how they live, and what they have lost. It centers resettlement, displacement, and the creation of home.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details