Kids Book Index
Samira Ahmed
Noor Khan’s father leaves the family, and her mother relocates them far from their Chicago home. The move means Noor must begin the final quarter of her senior year at an unfamiliar school. She is separated from the people and places she knows and loves while adjusting to a new home and school at a difficult moment for her family.
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How the Boogeyman Became a PoetTony Keith JrTony Keith Jr.’s memoir in verse follows his journey from a closeted gay Black teenager to an openly gay first-generation college student. It addresses the poverty, racism, and homophobia he experiences, as well as the years it takes him to recognize his own abilities and worth. Poetry is central to the book: writing and performing poems in public help him find courage, move toward freedom, and accept his sexuality.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the SkySherri L. Smith, Elizabeth WeinThis nonfiction history examines determined Black pilots who pursued aviation from the early twentieth century onward despite racism and segregation. It follows figures including Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, while placing their efforts in a country shaped by Jim Crow laws. The book also notes that Bessie Coleman had to go to France to earn her pilot’s wings. Archival photographs and extensive back matter support its account of Black aviators seeking equality in the skies.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Bridge Across the SkyFreeman NgIn 1924, a Chinese boy named Tai Go waits for an entrance interview that will decide whether he can enter the United States. Under the Chinese Exclusion Act, he and other immigrants are confined at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay while officials assess their claims. Tai Go endures confinement, medical examinations, and questioning intended to make detainees fail. During this wait, he finds encouragement in poems carved into barracks walls, fellow detainees prepared to defend their rights, and new friendships.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details