Kids Book Index
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke recounts her life story and explains the path that led her to say “me too.” The memoir connects that personal history with the launch of the Me Too movement, identified here as a major cultural event in American history. Written by the activist named as the movement’s founder, it also records how she came to launch the movement.
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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
Luck Of The TitanicStacey LeeValora and Jamie Luck are British-Chinese twins who work as acrobats and travel aboard the Titanic on its first voyage. Valora has a ticket for the ocean liner and a dream, but encounters exclusion at the gangway: she is told that Chinese people are not permitted to enter the United States. Determined to board the ship, Valora’s situation unfolds on the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden journey, alongside her twin and their shared British-Chinese identity.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
WallsL. M. ElliottWalls follows two cousins during the Cold War, when Berlin is divided and their friendship is under strain. Drew, an American army child, lives in West Berlin, where his father is stationed as soldiers stand against communist Russia. His German cousin lives on the other side of the division. Political and social upheaval culminates in the sudden construction of the Berlin Wall, which threatens to keep the cousins apart permanently.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details