The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

A Newbery Honor Book * Booklist Editors’ Choice * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Horn Book Fanfare * Kirkus Reviews Best Books * Publishers Weekly Best Books * Wall Street Journal Best of the Year * An ALA...

#metoo Movement ( Get Informedstay Informed ) by Heather Hudak

A movement begun a decade ago by American activist Tarana Burke, #MeToo went viral in 2017, changing the way people look at sexual harassment and assault of women. This compelling title encourages readers to examine silence breaking and the multiple...

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

The literary bestseller that redefines both family and narrative for the 21st century, this moving memoir is the story of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. This...

Beyond the Fence by Maria Gulemetova

Piggy lives in a large house with Thomas. Thomas knows exactly what Piggy needs. But a chance meeting with a wild pig changes everything, and Piggy finds out what lies outside the four walls, beyond the fence. A gentle book about freedom and friendship.

Bird by Zetta Elliott

Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren’t so easily fixed. As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older...

Black Ice by Lorene Cary

 In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious teenager from Philadelphia, went as a scholarship student to a formerly all-white, all-male (and still unapologetically elite) school in New Hampshire. She was determined to suceed--without selling out. This...

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an...

Boy: Tales of Childhood  by Roald Dahl

Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting

A poignant look at the pain inflicted upon one Indian child by a dominant culture's heavy-handed attempt to "help, " an offer that means destroying his native culture.

Child Abuse (Paperback) by Sydney Newton

This accessible and informative book examines the highly-charged issues of child maltreatment, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and neglect. Sensitively written by a child psychologist, Child Abuse discusses disclosure and feeling safe,...

Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept...

Dealing with Defeat by Kelli Hicks

Readers will learn the importance of accepting unexpected or unwanted outcomes in Dealing With Defeat. This title includes full-color photographs, vocabulary, comprehension and extension activities, and more to enhance readers' comprehension and...