Kids Book Index
Jake Halpern, illustrated by Michael Sloan
Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America.
Disability VisibilityEd. Alice WongA groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live."…Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Awakening of Malcolm XIlyasah Shabazz, Ti ff any D. JacksonPlagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
You Can’t Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to TellLeonard S. MarcusWhat happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details